Product Innovation Technologist

Job Title: Product Innovation Technologist

Location: London

Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter!

AG Barr has been quenching the nation’s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK’s most loved drinks brands.

Employing around 850 people across four business units and seven UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people’s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us!

What we’re looking for…

We’re looking for a Product Innovation Technologist to join our Alcohol R&D team and help bring our innovation plans to fruition. You’ll be part of the team that develops the exciting new flavours across our alcohol portfolio so think FUNKIN and think KA Remix!

As our Product Innovation Technologist you will

• Develop new and existing formulations in collaboration with the NPD manager.
• Organise retention samples and regular production sample tastings.
• Coordinate gold standard sampling with manufacturing sites.
• Attend factory trials and product launches in order to comprehend applicable factory processes.
• Review and update raw material and finished product specifications. 
• Coordinate consumer testing, sensory evaluations and competitor reviews.
• Assess new raw materials in conjunction with supply chain and quality teams.
• Provide assistance during shelf-life trials to establish microbiological and organoleptic standards.
• Assist with technical and value engineering projects.
• Support completion of customer forms and technical databases.
• Follow-up customer complaints tracking in coordination with the Quality Manager. 

What you’ll bring…

• Passion for innovation and willingness to learn. 
• Minimum 1 year experience within an NPD department in the food manufacturing industry. Experience with beverages and alcoholic drinks is highly desirable.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. 
• Degree in Food Science or related discipline or equivalent technical experience.
• A good understanding of good manufacturing practices and food quality assurance systems. 
• HACCP Level 2 highly desirable. 

What we offer…

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard.  Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Up to 34 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)
• Flexible holiday trading
• Living Wage Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Peppy Health
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashback, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
• Life assurance
• Save as you earn scheme
• Staff sales discount
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
• Pension
• Annual salary review 
• Ongoing professional development

And much more! 

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

Our large factories produce multi formats across a number of high speed modern lines, to high quality standards whilst maximising production outputs and minimising overhead costs and whilst we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for! Apply now!

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is 4th July