Description
This is a full and varied role providing the opportunity for personal development as well as ensuring that we achieve legal and corporate requirements. This is a permanent position, based in Wolverhampton, with some travel to our food and drink manufacturers and pubs.
The role is pivotal in ensuring we deliver a safe guest experience through the provision of legal and accurate product information and maintaining the quality of our food and drink ingredients.
Job Role
- The role will undertake tasks relating to food and drink compliance by working across our business with other departments and a wide range of external food and drink manufacturers.
- Have responsibility for the maintenance of technical documentation and approve product specifications for compliance against legislation and Marston’s Food Supplier Charter.
- Manage the “housekeeping” of product specifications on a web-based platform.
- Ensure internal and external customer relationships are managed professionally and timely.
- Administration for, and completion of, projects to assist in our food information system.
- Support the business on product substitutions – what can and cannot be allowed and why.
- Support the Technical Manager in collation of allergen information for the allergy app.
- Help manage food quality complaints when the Technical Executive is on leave.
- Support the Technical Manager in the planning, preparation and execution of food quality panelling.
- Working alongside the Head of Technical you will critique manufacturer adherence to Marston’s expectations and pre-requisite standards.
Profile of the Ideal Applicant:
- Educated to degree level in food science, food technology or a related subject and have previous technical administration experience. The later could be from a university placement or Post-graduate role.
- Excellent attention to detail is essential.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects.
- Good working knowledge of finished product specifications, with exposure to writing specifications and approving finished product or raw material specifications.
- Previous experience of a web-based specification management system.
- Highly IT literate and confidence with database management are essential – experience of NT Assures Smart Supplier or similar databases would be a benefit.
- Outgoing, open minded and flexible thinker.
- An exceptional eye for detail.
- A skilled communicator at all levels, both written and verbal.
What you get in return:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the ability to buy and sell holiday.
- 20% off in Marston’s pubs and accommodation through our Privilege Card.
- Marston’s Rewards Programme (discounts with major retailers).
- Company Contributory Pension Scheme.