Group Raw Materials Technologist

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Join Our Technical Team at The Compleat Food Group! We’re excited to offer an excellent opportunity for Group Raw Materials Technologist to join our dedicated team at one of our sites.

At The Compleat Food Group, we’re proud to be a food business built on purpose and passion. Formed in 2021, we’re on a mission to create Food to Feel Good – great quality, tasty and affordable food that people love to eat. We are home to some of the UK’s most exciting and loved food brands, including Wall’s Pastry, Pork Farms, Wrights, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co.,

unearthed, Vadasz, Squeaky Bean, Palace Culture, and Harvey & Brockless. Alongside our branded portfolio, we’re a leading supplier of delicious own‑label pastry, sweet bakery, party food, olives and antipasti, added‑value egg products, continental meats, dips and sauces and plant‑based food to the UK’s major retailers, as well as across food service. With over 6,000 talented colleagues across 17 sites, and an annual turnover of £1.3bn, we’re united by a shared ambition to shape the future of food for the better.

We are backed by European private equity firm PAI Partners.

Monday – Thursday: 8:30am – 5pm & Friday: 8:30am – 4pm

This role can be based at any of our sites nationwide, such as Nottingham, Crewe, Market Drayton or Milton Keynes.

£30,607 per annum

To sign off and maintain the Raw Materials (including packaging, consumables) specifications (Recipe Professor based or MS Office based), and to ensure all existing and new suppliers to the Compleat Food Group are risk‑assessed, approved and monitored against defined criteria of food safety, quality, integrity and legality.

• Accountable for approval and maintenance of all suppliers and raw material specifications.
• Authorised to approve or reject specifications not compliant to the requirements of the Compleat Food Group.
• Responsible for raw material specifications (ingredients, packaging & consumables) and their review as required, reviewing against The Compleat Food Group Standard, customer codes of practice & ensuring fit for purpose & challenged accordingly.
• Update specifications templates (software based or MS Office based).
• Obtain product specific approval documentation from existing and potential new suppliers, formal accreditations (e.g., BRC and other certification schemes), SAQs, allergen procedure, allergen cleaning validations and HACCP documentation.
• Complete supplier risk assessments to ensure compliant with customer and BRC requirements.
• Horizon scanning.
• Assist Senior Raw Material Technologist in maintaining supplier documentation to ensure due diligence & audit readiness in line with legislation & specific customer codes of practice or sourcing requirements.
• Assessment of new raw materials; liaising with NPD & Procurement to provide positive feedback & challenge & provide alternative options.
• Supporting profit improvement plans regarding raw material supply, working with Purchasing and site technical/NPD to ensure changes are made in a timely manner.

• HND or equivalent in food or related discipline.
• HACCP – Level 2.
• Computer literate – confident using IT packages especially Microsoft Office.
• Authenticate/ Food Connected training (Desirable).
• Recipe Professor Training (Desirable).
• Allergen Training (Desirable).
• Understanding of VACCP (Desirable).

• Technical experience within food manufacturing.
• Knowledge of QMS and food safety systems.
• Experience of raw material specifications and associated quality standards.

• Data management skills.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to prioritise and meet strict deadlines with high attention to detail; self‑motivated with a “can do” attitude.
• Team working, self‑motivation and organisational skills.
• Able to work as part of team and independently / without close direction.

At The Compleat Food Group, we believe our people are the heart of our success. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your lifestyle, wellbeing and career…