Footwear Technologist

Role: FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGIST

Location:

Kettering, UK

Hours:

37.5 hrs per week
Salary:
Up to £33,000.00

As a Technologist your key responsibilities will include:

• Discussing results and new work with customers
• Drafting reports and responding to customer emails
• Meeting with customers and presenting seminars/webinars
• Working to and understanding Quality System and Health & Safety requirements
• Supporting technicians’ development
• Delivering SAFT training programme
• Contributing to writing of technical articles for internal and external publication
• Involvement in customer visits and promotion of services

• Familiar with physical testing techniques
• Demonstrated organisation and planning skills
• Customer facing experience
• Confident presenter
• Excellent time management and scheduling skills
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work on own and as part of a team
• Highly motivated
• Problem solving and logical thinking
• Willingness to travel

• Completion of SAFT course or working towards completion
• Degree in Maths or Science
• Full, clean driving licence
• Experience of direct sales and marketing with exposure to business development tools and techniques
• Footwear industry experience

Staff benefits include 25-30 days (service related) annual leave; life assurance; a group personal pension plan; income protection; free parking; flexible working hours.