Specification Manager

To support the New Product Development (NPD) team in creating brand and customer specifications in line with company and customer standards against legal labelling criteria. Build and maintain positive relationships with customers and internal stakeholders whilst providing administrative support to group wide functions and specific specification customer requests. Your Duties Will Include:

• Effective completion and maintenance of customer specifications and portal systems in line with customer category plans and company agenda including raw materials, packaging and legality.
• Work alongside Procurement, Technical and Packaging to ensure that teams have acquired and maintained accurate raw material and packaging supplier information
• Management of the specification administration process from concept, through to delist.
• Adhere to latest labelling guidelines and customer codes of practice whilst understanding customer policies and procedures
• Complete documentation in support of the product development team and wider business when required.
• Support artwork process and lead at site level to produce legal packaging in line with company, retailer and industry standards
• Support in customer/audit visits to site from a customer specification perspective
• Promote and follow safe working across site and advice immediately on unsafe work practices.
  
  Customer specification system experience (food related)
• HACCP / Food Safety Training
• Meat analysis experience
• Critical path management
• Food manufacturing experience within an FMCG environment
Key Skills:
• Planning, organisation, and project management
• Communication at different levels of seniority across various teams
• Presentation skills
• Identifying solutions
• Microsoft Office including Excel and Word
Qualities:
• A passion for food - product tasting is required across multiple categories
• Problem solving
• Enthusiasm to learn and grow
• Self-Motivated
• Flexible attitude
• A team player with well-developed interpersonal skills
  
  We have a fantastic opportunity for a Specification Manager to join our chilled food manufacturing site, based in Poole.
At The Compleat Food Group we never just make food. We make food to feel good, taste good and do good for everyone. Our aim is to delight our customers and consumers every day, creating the best possible foods for shoppers needs and budgets. Our site at Poole Bakery produces chilled savoury sausage rolls, hot pies, pasties and slices. The business has been producing products at its current site since 1937 and previously as Millers of Poole. Our ability to drive category growth for our customers is through our focus on understanding our consumers and our relentless pursuit of innovation - we have the courage to think differently and challenge the status quo. We work at the correct pace to make clear decisions and deliver on our commitments on time every time. Quality is at the heart of everything we do, always. We take in pride in everything we produce. We value everybody who works in our organisation. Everyone is treated with respect and encouraged to thrive and develop. Together we will become number one for culture.


• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Online and High-street retailer discount scheme and well-being portal
• Employee well-being and community support groups
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid
The Compleat Food Group are proud to have built an inclusive and respectful culture where our colleagues feel safe, supported and valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive. We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life. That's why we're committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do.