My clients were Established in 1982, they are a family-owned UK business specializing in the import and distribution of its own brand of products into education, retail, and wholesale channels.
They are now looking to add to their busy team a Product Technologist
Monday – Friday 37.5 hours 9-5.30pm
Holidays 20 per year + bank holidays
Car parking
Pension
The Role
You are to ensure that our products (stationery, educational, arts & crafts, electrical products but not limited to), are compliant in quality, performance, and safety and that all legal, testing and regulatory expectations, are met.
Typical work activities
Duties, which will be affected by the nature of the product, are likely to include some or all support of the following activities:
- Maintain Master Product Technical file (test reports, factory audits, safety assessments, artworks, MSDS, product specifications, bill of materials, bill of substance, user instructions and UK/CE Conformity Declarations etc.)
- Follow GSS procedure, includes both document and product retention.
- Briefing buying team on product compliance at new range reviews, (performance test products to required standards, and give feedback).
- Arranging third party product testing if required (such as Intertek, SGS, etc.), negotiate test fees.
- Arrange factory inline inspections. Assess, feedback, kickback where necessary on reports until AQL is met.
- Manage factory, ensuring production deadlines are met so that shipping schedules are on time.
- Arrange factory audits.
- Manage / maintain the critical path. Communicate efficiently in timely manner with co-workers if any variations to plans, or delays occur.
- Proofread, evaluate, and re-write instruction manuals, review artworks and check product, packaging and labelling is legal and factually correct and accurate.
- Communicate with customer and supplier QC depts, build strong relationships on a professional basis with key accounts.
- Monitor product performance statistics (returns, store & customer complaints, internet reviews & product incidents & provide regular product performance updates).
- Data Processing: Input and maintain product specific information into Item Card of ERP system (UOM, net & grs weights, dims, pcs / inner / outer qty’s etc.).
- Handle incoming product related technical calls and ccomplaints’.
- Managing, but not limited to, WEEE Waste, Battery Waste, Waste Packaging compliance schemes, also preparing and calculating data for submissions, submitting data, ensuring directives and laws complied with, good record keeping.
Requirements
Must be able to or have.
- Prioritize and balance workload.
- Influence people and handle objections.
- Be good at teamworking.
- Minimum of 2-3yrs experience working on FMCG and Stationery Items
Knowledge / Qualifications
- Quality Management Degree, equivalent NVQ
- Regulatory testing requirements of product that encompass our range.
- BS 7272 and ISO 11540 for the safety of pen caps and end-plugs for children
- Toxicological risk assessments for inks, paints, crayons, craft embellishments
- Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act (LHAMA)
- REACH chemical requirements.
- CPSIA for children’s products
- EN 71 for children’s art and craft toys
- Microbiological cleanliness (USP 51, USP 61/62, BP XVII B &C)
- ISO, TAPPI and GB standards for paper quality
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