Description

Are you a fruit or veg professional with an eye for wonky, but tasty, produce? Can you help us ensure that the produce reaching our customers' tables is fresh and delicious?
The Role:
We are looking for a talented fresh produce expert to drive an improved quality standard of the products we pack in our boxes. Reporting to our Technical Manager, you will be working closely with our supply base and buyers, whilst at the same time supporting the business's growth aspirations.
Primary responsibilities:
You will be a core part of the technical team, driving visibility on product and supplier performance.
Tracking product and supplier performance to enable data-driven decision-making when buying.
Investigating and resolving variance in product or supplier performance
Technical packaging management
customer response to Technical queries
Delivery of Quality Improvement and carbon plans with Oddbox strategic suppliers.
Managing supply base - Onboarding, Suspending and Delisting suppliers/products
Support Sourcing, Quality and Technical teams with supplier approval, varietal and seasonal strategy
Leading new product implementation and trials
What we’re looking for:
Qualified by study or experience in a food-related field (Food Science, Safety, Technology or Agriculture)
Solid experience in Technical/Technologist role, preferably Supplier facing
Good working knowledge of food, food safety and production systems, UK standards and new product development processes
Outstanding communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
Auditing experience (Red Tractor, Global Gap, Farm To Fork, Select Grower, LEAF, etc.)
Strong analytical skills
Flexible and willing to try new ideas and initiatives
Able to work at a fast pace in an agile environment
Other details:
Start date – ASAP
Duration of role – permanent, full-time
Location – Hybrid- You'll spend time every week onsite with our suppliers and growers. There will also be times when you need to be in our co-packing facility in Birmingham or our HQ in Vauxhall with your colleagues.
Perks & Benefits
An exciting opportunity to be part of a sustainable challenger brand at a time where we are scaling rapidly, helping reduce food waste one carrot at a time.
33 days holiday per year (incl. Bank Holidays)
4 'Not-Sick' Days per Year
Access to Health Cash Plan
Cycle to Work Scheme
Learning & Development Budget
2 days Volunteering Allowance per year
Discount on Oddbox fruit and veg
Employee perks via Perkbox & Charlie HR
Flexible Working Hours
About Oddbox
Oddbox is a community-powered weekly rescue mission to save delicious, fresh fruit and veg which is deemed ‘too big’, ‘too ugly’, the ‘wrong colour', or simply ‘too many’ from going to waste. It delivers its boxes directly from the growers to people’s doorsteps across London, the South and the Midlands.
With food waste being a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, Oddbox is building a community that together can play its part in fighting food waste and tackling climate change. A proud B Corp with over two million boxes delivered since it launched in 2016, Oddbox has already saved 13,790 tonnes of food waste with a goal of saving 150,000 tonnes by 2025.