Jobs at Cape Herb & Spice

Purpose:

• Cape Herb & Spice is looking for a Development Technologist to fulfil a vital role within our Tea category, focusing primarily on a key local customer’s expressing creative flair in helping develop commercially viable and delicious tea concepts in line with current trends. 

Key Functional Areas:

• Execute the product development process within given deadlines, ensuring product conforms to country-specific legislation as well as customer-specific regulations on product and packaging.
• All stages of the development process to be followed and filed meticulously.
• This procedure involves
• HACCP compliance
• Recipe development and tastings
• Raw material costings
• Supplier interaction
• Factory implementation in terms of factory trials and travel tests
• Artwork approvals
• Specification generation and maintenance
• Technical support to both QA department and sales teams alike
• Play your role in maintaining the compliance to business food safety, ethical, religious and sustainability certifications
• Effective execution of launches through thorough communication, consultation and involvement of internal departments.

Required Knowledge & Skills:

• Computer Literacy (Microsoft Office)
• Excel skills – Intermediate to advanced
• Driver’s license essential

Required Prior Learning/ Experience:

• Degree in Food Technology or Food Science
• 2-3 years’ experience within an NPD role

Personal Characteristics:

• Deadline driven
• Great Time management skills
• Commercially minded
• Meticulous
• Passionate foodie
• Good communicator
• Creative thinker
• Team Player
• Reliable
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Optimistic solution finder

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Key Functional Areas

• Creation and/or updating and maintenance of raw material, packaging, in-process and finished product specifications.
• Review of technical supplier documentation on new suppliers / raw materials required in new developments. Liaise with suppliers on CHS requirements.
• On-going review of labels and specifications (final product and in process specifications)
• Assist in conducting factory trials, travel tests and 1st productions on new lines.
• Review of product labels for legislative and customer compliance. Must have a strong capability to research and interpret legislation for multiple markets e.g., South African, USA, Australia, Europe
• Technical support to other departments: QA, Operations and Sales alike.
• Support in the meticulous execution of the Development Process by following procedures.
• Ensure product detail on internal system, in departments and on shared drive are all accurate and product is as per customer requirement.
• Support in the execution of shelf-life testing as set out in the shelf-life schedule.
• Execute technical projects as set out by the NPD Technologist.
• Executing the Supplier Quality Assurance process.

Required Prior Learning/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Consumer Science.
• 1-2 years’ experience in an NPD Food Technologist role.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Own transport necessary.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English.
• Strong administrative and analytical ability.
• Strong project management and coordination skill.
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Personal Characteristics:

• Great Time Management skills.
• Dynamic & quick thinking.
• Solution-orientated.
• Great attention to detail.
• Ability to perform under pressure.
• Proactive, team orientated and enthusiastic.
• Optimistic & positive outlook.
• Eager to learn and develop skills.
• Passionate foodie.
• Reliable, honest, and courteous.