Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: Runcorn
- Date: 18 hours ago
Description:
About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
Join Kerry's Runcorn Samples Team and play a key role in supporting innovation and customer delivery across our Taste & Nutrition business. As a Samples Technician, you will be responsible for preparing, packing and dispatching samples to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring all documentation, systems and quality standards are maintained accurately and efficiently. Working as part of a collaborative team, you will help ensure the smooth operation of our sampling activities while contributing to the high levels of service that support Kerry's product development and customer partnerships. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is highly organised, detail-oriented, and interested in building a career within the food and beverage industry.
Key responsibilities
Prepares & packs samples as allocated to them.
Sources materials, blends, prepares and generates documentation as required to enable dispatch of samples.
This is an internal facing role following prescribed procedures.
Maintain and record documentation.
Upkeep of equipment.
Updating relevant systems & maintaining all relevant hygiene and housekeeping and laboratory standards.
Support and assist with all tasks relating to the Sampling operations when required.
Qualifications and skills
Minimum academic qualifications are GCSE grade C (4/5) in mathematics and English language.
Demonstrable interest in Food industry, technologies, or processes. This may be reflected education choices previous employment experience or compelling commitment to this career path demonstrated at interview.
Where dangerous goods are shipped IATA certification may be required, if necessary, the training will be provided.
Independence
Meticulous attention to detail
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Good teamworking skills
Analytical skills
Time management