What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trainee Technical Account Manager position at Dawn Meats Group?
Overview
A role as a Trainee Technical Account Manager has become available at our Dungannon site in Northern Ireland. This is an opportunity for a highly motivated, career minded individual to progress their career within the Food Safety & Quality department whilst liaising with key UK retailers.
As a key representative of the Food Safety & Quality division of the company, this role will provide opportunity for personal growth and development, this will be a dynamic role with scope to drive a wide range of customer relationship initiatives while collaborating with and supporting a high performing and effective Technical team.
Responsibilities
The Role:
- To work collaboratively between the customer and the company, ensuring that we cascade and deliver the Food Safety & Quality requirements of the customer to the Technical and wider functions within the site.
- Develop strong relationships with both the customers and the wider site teams and to help establish Dunbia as the supplier of choice with the customer.
- To be responsible for protecting at all times, the integrity of the company through positive and constructive actions and attitude.
- Represent the Food Safety & Quality department in a positive and pro-active manner at customer head office meeting, including development gate meetings, technical reviews, product reviews etc.
- To organise customer visits and audits to the factory, including the management of post-visit actions.
- Liaise with New Product Development department with respect to food safety aspects of launching new products
- Regularly review KPI’s and drive actions along with the site teams to continually improve KPI’s
- Review artwork of primary packaging; sleeves / labels to ensure legal and accurate
- Management of raw material & finished product specifications and factory quality attribute sheets
- Conduct product assessments to ensure production adherence to agreed standards
- This is a 1 year fixed term contract
Qualifications
The Person:
- 2 years Food industry experience, preferably in a Technical/ Quality role
- Science/ Food Science/ other related discipline qualification at higher education level
- Exposure to the understanding of retailers
- Organisational skills to enable the management and development of multiple projects
- Understanding and working knowledge of food science, legal labelling, audit requirements and of customer technical requirements
- Confidence to manage customers and key stake holders in a fast paced environment
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal at all levels
- Ability to work effectively within a team and on your own initiative
- Willing to build knowledge base above and beyond core experience
- Full UK Driving Licence
Benefits
- Enhanced Holiday
- Free On-Site Car Carking
- Subsidised Canteen
- Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance Cover
- Discounted Staff Shop
- Phone and Car Insurance Perks
- Free Health Surveillance
- Ongoing Training and Progression Opportunities
- Employee Engagement Activities
- Give Aways (Free meat seasonally)
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Death in Service scheme
No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.
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