Food Safety Data Technician - Temporary Position (Maternity Cover)
40hrs p/w Monday- Friday - can be flexible with start/finish times)
Salary of up to £35k p/a (depending on experience and qualifications) plus excellent benefits package
Location: Hybrid, Home/Office Based - office location could be Willenhall (West Midlands) or Talbot Green (South Wales)
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Food Safety Data Technician within our Blakemore Logistics division. We are after someone who has an eye for detail and possesses a 'get it right first time' attitude, is proactive, self-motivated, and passionate about their role, whilst offering excellent service and standards to our customers. Full training and support will be given.
Job Role: The focus is on supporting food safety, legality, quality, and integrity compliance across AFB Blakemore. Special focus is on data management across the group with real focus on internal and external food safety data and labelling systems.
About us: A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd is the 60th largest privately owned company in the UK. This forward-thinking family-owned business began life in 1917 as a counter-service grocery store and has grown from these humble beginnings into a company that now owns 280 SPAR Convenience Stores and employs more than 7,100 people with a turnover in excess of £1 billion. As one of the largest convenience retailers in the UK, we are always looking for innovative ways to create a point of difference. Food and drink have always been the lifeblood of A.F. Blakemore and the business now entails retail, wholesale distribution, foodservice, logistics, specialist foods and shop fitting divisions.
Some Key Accountabilities:
1. To input supplier data into the Nutritics system for BR and BTP
2. To input recipe, build data for all retail lines – Nutritics
3. To ensure live and accurate product labels for BR and BTP at all times
4. To work with suppliers to get a direct data feed into the Nutritics system
5. To support Food Service / retail with customer specification queries and advice
6. To support foodservice with food safety data input and data review (input into customer systems such as star chef, smartsupplier etc)
Some Key requirements:
7. Excellent data transfer skills and eye for detail are essential
8. QA or specifications writing experience is preferable but is not essential
9. Ability to work accurately under time deadlines
10. Keen and enthusiastic approach to working both in a team and independently
11. Excellent communication skills and the capacity to build good working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, and customers
12. Strong organisational and planning skills with an attention to detail
13. Customer focussed and understands the importance of this to the business
14. Positive attitude and flexibility
15. Demonstrates integrity, a strong work ethic and upholds the company values and principles
What’s in it for you?
16. Develop your skills and capability in a highly supportive and progressive culture
17. Leadership and commercial development opportunities
18. Gain hands-on experience in a high volume, fast paced environment
19. Excellent benefits package including:Early access to your pay through ‘EarlyPay’24/7 access to your payslips and Rotas via HR/Payroll portal10% Staff Discount in our SPAR storesAccess to our colleague benefits scheme which offers a wide range of high street retail, holiday & leisure discountsCompany Life Insurance worth 1 x Annual Salary and 6 x Annual Salary with Company Pension SchemeCompany Pension SchemeNEST pension schemeExtra Holidays - Purchase SchemeCycle to work - Bicycle purchase schemeLong Service Awards (e.g. 25 years service is £500 in vouchers and extra 4 weeks paid leave)