Safety, Quality and Allergens Lead

£50,000+ DOE

+ Employee benefits

Remote working

Consulting Technology

Supporting food manufacturers and retailers with product innovation including: rheology, new product development, value optimisation, instructional development, pilot plant, quality and food safety manufacturing, thermal processing, new technologies, and regulatory affairs.

Global Safety and Quality Team

Campden BRI provide global consultancy services for global food safety and quality. Our team of specialists ensure that products are safe and fit for purpose. Food quality management uses tools, such as HACCP and auditing, to describe processes, analyse what could go wrong, put procedures in place to prevent things going wrong, check the systems are working, and identify actions to take if things do go wrong.

The role helps our clients and internal teams to consistently and efficiently meet complex, demanding and shifting legal requirements and best practice relating to provision of safe, honestly marketed food, as well as providing a point of contact for food allergen related questions and projects.

Position

Identifying business opportunities and maximising commercial developments,
Assisting in the development of marketing activities.
Proposing new allergen services, and suggesting improvements of current services to expand and promote regulatory and allergen portfolio.
Management of and liaison with clients in the area of food allergens, including answering technical inquiries from clients and colleagues, interpretation of testing results where required, and the provision of consultancy, information, training, and advice.
Preparing quotes and proposals.
Establishing, managing, and developing processes and applying control in the form of improvement and root cause analysis.
Support quality assurance and customer service development.
Actively contributing and supporting the Safety and Quality Team Lead in the development of the team within the allergens field.

Requirements

Graduate level qualification(s) in science, law or related subjects.
Proven experience of food allergen management and its role in the wider context of food production (such as alignment with HACCP), and the theory and practice of testing, specifically using ELISA, DNA-based or mass spectrometry techniques.
Acknowledged expertise in the field of food allergen testing, evidenced through production of publications, contribution to training and/or involvement in relevant research.
Good understanding of the food industry.
Experience of large-scale project management and securing significant revenue
Customer service-oriented and committed to providing an outstanding level of service to all
Proven track record in mentoring colleagues.
Fluency in additional language desirable but not essential.

Benefits

All travel paid for client visits involving overnight stays as required by the client and internal needs.

Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Buy and sell holiday scheme
A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)
Subsidised onsite restaurant

Additional information:

Home-based requirement for travel to Chipping Campden site for meetings and training.

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