FOOD QUALITY TECHNICIAN

The Spec...

REF NO – RY56TEC

• £35,000 Basic salary
• Bonus
• Company Car, Pension, Package
• Home-based
• Market-leading global specialist manufacturing company, food production sector

With a history stretching back over 60 years, this organisation is now the world’s market leader across its product portfolio for the food production sector. They are a company that consistently delivers high-quality products and service levels with an excellent reputation with its customers, who supply major retailers across the UK.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• You will play an integral role as part of a small, yet highly productive team, establishing strong working relationships with customers, as well as the UK and international colleagues.
• Travelling extensively from a home base in the UK you will be responsible for an account portfolio which includes some ‘house-hold name’, food production manufacturers.
• Providing technical support – especially regarding production issues – you will be key in maintaining and developing customer relationships and developing the business.
• Through a planned programme of contact/site visits and by responding promptly when issues emerge, you will build strong partnerships with your customers.

WHAT YOU WILL HAVE

• Solid technical background, ideally within food and/or packaging
• Strong interpersonal skills, being both persuasive and assertive
• Methodical and logical with an ability to provide solutions
• Strong mathematic, written English and IT skills, demonstrable experience of Microsoft applications
• Highly organised, disciplined, and able to maintain high standards while unsupervised
• In possession of a strong work and flexible travel ethic

Colleagues enjoy working in a growing, fast-paced, and challenging environment. They embrace change as being constant and work together to ensure the continued success and growth of the business in the UK and Ireland. You will be joining a global business who focus on creating long-term value for customers and employees through passionate dedication to excellence and a disciplined management process. This drives a sustained competitive advantage in a dynamic global market. They achieve success by developing industry-leading technology, investing globally, and delivering results for customers and creating career opportunities and development for colleagues.

GET IN TOUCH

If you are successful in getting the job, we guarantee that you are going to love it. Why? For every 100 people that we recruit, 96 are still with their company 12-months later, and 94 are still there 2-years later. That speaks for itself.

Please, contact the Mercury Hampton team, quoting ref no RY56TEC, on 01925 937311 for more details.