Food Safety Technologist - Manchester Stores - #1674966

As a Food Safety Technologist, you will provide guidance and advice across the business in relation to Food Safety, whilst ensuring safety and legislation protocols are adhered to, which are paramount to put the customer at the heart of everything we do, aligning to the businesses' success

As a Food Safety Technologist, you will:

Ensure compliance is adhered to against UK regulations within all food areas at Selfridges

Ensure products sold in Selfridges comply with allergen legislation and Selfridges allergen management protocols

Deliver multiple different training sessions across a range of stakeholders in the business

Ensure food complaints are investigated in line with procedures

Maintain quality assurance for suppliers, maintaining affective relationships with the B&M teams

Deliver an effective pest control program within food areas in the business

To deliver and maintain an effective micro sampling schedule

Liaise with suppliers, Restaurant and Retail Operations, Buying and Merchandising to resolve queries with product specifications

Maintain effective communication between stakeholders within the business to ensure Food Safety compliance is adhered to

Support the sustainability target at Selfridges by ensuring robust supplier assurance

How you’ll do it…you will be:

Have a passion for Food Safety and Quality across a range of products and businesses

Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with key stakeholders

Adaptable. You can multi-task, prioritize and work to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining attention to detail for Team Members at all levels

Have a strong sense of ownership and adaptability to follow tasks through to completion

A problem solver. You can apply different ways of thinking in different situations

Possess strong Microsoft Office and internal system skills

Intermediate Food Hygiene Level 3 HACCP (Preferred but not essential)

Experience maintaining hygiene standards

Knowledge of food composition and nutrition

An example of our values, a trusted and respected colleague to strengthen and drive value

This guide represents a summary of the role; however, all team members are expected to be flexible in the work they undertake, which may change from time to time, according to the needs of the business