Raw Materials Coordinator
- Location: North Somerset
- Job Type: Full-time
- Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday to Thursday 08:45 to 16:45, Friday 08:45 to 16:00)
Reed Food & FMCG are representing a vibrant company in the food industry as they look to recruit a Raw Material Coordinator to work alongside their NPD team. This role is ideal for a highly motivated, energetic individual with a positive outlook, who is task-focused with great attention to detail and excellent communication skills. You will be an integral part of the NPD team, developing great tasting, commercially viable seasonings and flavours for a wide range of food products.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Proactively source new and provenance ingredients.
- Represent NPD in raw material meetings.
- Monitor the status of existing raw materials on the system, working with the supply chain.
- Solve problems with Technical & Supply Chain on existing raw materials.
- Keep the rest of the NPD team informed of changes in raw material status.
- Evaluate and approve replacement raw materials in seasoning applications.
- Work with Technical to streamline and manage the approval process for new raw materials.
- Check the status of raw materials in recipes to be scaled up.
- Interpret customer briefs, communicating with the account manager to develop appropriate products within specified timelines.
- Develop innovative products, working with marketing to create presentations that showcase these.
- Produce samples and relevant paperwork for submission to customers.
- Manage NPD raw materials library, ensuring all materials are within shelf life and representative of production stock.
- Support supply chain and technical in the resolution of raw material issues.
- Participate in taste panels for QC of production batches.
- Maintain a clean, tidy, and organised NPD lab.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Creative problem-solving skills with the ability to think outside the box.
- Proactive initiative and a self-starter attitude.
- Strong technical acumen ensuring all products and ingredients comply with safety and legal standards.
- Experience in dealing with ingredient suppliers.
- Passion for the food industry and staying updated on trends and innovations.
- Commercial awareness of the supply chain, including cost management and production feasibility.
- Solution-oriented mindset with tenacity and resilience.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Competence in Microsoft Office and Outlook, including Word and Excel.
- Excellent time management skills with a flexible approach to work.
- Full Right to Work in the UK.
- Full Clean Driving Licence.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please do apply with your up-to-date CV to find out more information.