Product Innovation Specialist

1 day ago

Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia Coles Full time

About the Company

Coles, a leading Australian retailer, has been serving communities since 1914. With over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands, Coles Group is committed to making a positive impact on millions of Australian lives.

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Product Technologist to join our Meat, Deli, & Seafood team. This permanent role will involve ensuring the safety, compliance, and ethical sourcing of Own Brand products in this category.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Ensuring the safety, legality, compliance, responsible sourcing, ethical sourcing, and repeatable quality of Own Brand products in their portfolio.
  • Delivering supplier accountability and performance in safety, legality, compliance, responsible sourcing, ethical sourcing, and repeatable quality.
  • Landing new and maintaining current products, aligned to technical KPIs, compelling competitive claims, brand guidelines, and activity plan.
  • Reviewing products to schedule, maintaining agreed quality, equal or better than competitor benchmarks.

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will possess:

  • Expertise in working with cross-functional teams to ensure product safety, legality, and compliance.
  • Demonstrated experience working in retail or food service supply base, the retail sector, or with retailers in similar categories.
  • Technical subject matter expertise, ideally within the poultry and/or meat space.
  • Strong planning and time management skills.
  • Proven experience in supplier management, investigations, audit response, and data analysis.
  • Influencing skills.
  • Experience working with legislation, internal policy, and guidelines additional to legislation.
  • A Bachelor degree in Food Science or a related field, such as Science, Microbiology, or Chemistry.
  • Lead Food Safety/Quality auditing qualification preferred.
  • Experience in working with international and small suppliers to deliver product innovation and essential safety controls.

What We Offer

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

  • A salary range of $80,000 - $120,000 per annum, depending on experience.
  • Flexible working options to achieve a positive work-life balance.
  • Office perks, including a gym facility, fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, and fooderie hub.
  • Discounts on supermarket and liquor purchases, both online and in-store.
  • Reward through recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform 'mythanks'.
  • Opportunities for learning and development, including career development programs and job-specific training.
  • Paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
  • An investment in your future through our annual team member share plan offer.

Company Culture

Coles is committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for all team members. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities.

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