As a brand we have grown over the last 120 years from a small Italian artisanal company to an industrial giant. We remain family owned and our passion for quality coffee is coupled with a spirit of entrepreneurship, defined by innovation and a sense of responsibility. We bring high performance vending technologies to offices and factory floors across the UK, partnering with some of the nation’s best loved drinks brands.
With an investment of about €50million in the 2020-2023 period, you can be proud to join a company dedicated to sustainability, innovation, and employee development.
Great team, Great Line Manager, Development opportunities, company benefits, Hybrid working available (if appropriate), Amazing office environment, competitive financial package, Yearly profit and performance related bonus.
safety, quality and adherence to technical specifications. The job holder is expected to deliver relevant and customer-centric designs of experiment leading to robust tests and provide data for any activities that are in the innovation or sustain pillar; The criticality of this role is to issue and share accurate and traceable results so that the product performance is achieved within a desired timeframe.
. Project manage and lead all aspects of product quality testing throughout the innovation cycle. Influence product design at the early stage of the Product Development process by being the ‘voice’ of the consumer to ensure product meets the quality promise at front end of design.
• Manage laboratory work scheduling, activities and resources, including working with contractor provider for additional resource, timesheets and overtime, as required.
• Develop robust testing protocols and design of experiments by evaluating risks against consumers’ key quality attributes. Lead root cause analysis on quality issues with key stakeholders.
• Make recommendations to project teams on technical solutions to improve product quality, manage change to validate these solutions and ensure safety of new Lavazza Pro products.
• Provide data analysis of test data to influence business decisions and drive factual recommendations.
• Deliver peer reviews and milestone reports to R&D Project Managers or key stakeholders.
• Be an active member of the Product Quality team, helping to co-create and facilitate the broader team meetings and engagement activities.
Able to leverage interpersonal skills to form strong relationships / build networks
Statistical software knowledge and application
Design of experiment experience would be an asset
Computer literacy (Microsoft Office and statistical software advantageous)
You must have relevant and proven work experience as this is not a graduate role.
Please refer to the Background Screening Policy for further information which can be sent upon request.