Technologist (Poland)

We are currently recruiting for a Technologist for non-food products position in our office in Kraków. The ideal candidate will have experience support the team developing new and existing factories across Europe to ensure products are manufactured to a consistent level of quality.

About the Technical team

Our Home Technical function is leading to ensure all own brand products are safe, meet legal requirements, and always meet customer expectations, also products are with great quality and produced in safe, responsible & sustainable way. We have local technical team in various countries across Asia & Europe, from product specialist to production specialist to ensure to produce the right products in the right place.

It's our mission to serving Tesco customers, communities, and planet a little better everyday, to deliver great quality & sustainable products at right price.

About the role

This role will report to our Technical Manager, based in Poland.

This role will play a vital role in ensuring own brand products are manufactured with consistent quality and safety standard and empowering the suppliers by training and up skilling them to be capable of self-inspection or self-approval.

The role is based in our Kraków office. We have flexible working arrangements but like to spend as much time collaborating together in the office as we do working independently offsite. We prioritise making our business a great place to work, and all colleagues are encouraged to help organise and participate in different activities outside their day job.

You will be responsible for

• Ensuring Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), processes and best practices are followed
• Clearly briefing the factories with the Tesco product standards & testing requirements
• Working closely with factories to ensure products are manufactured with consistent quality and safety standard
• Closely monitoring the technical critical path to assure Cargo Received Date (CRD) is met and highlighting any risks to the project landing on time.
• Approving pre-production/production samples which are legal and safe and meet the Product Buying Brief as close as possible
• Approving and ensuring complete product files (product specifications, certifications, DoC, ….) are held by Tesco
• Working closely with Product Buying Brief for any incidents of recall, EPW, customer complaints and high return products
• Supporting the Line Manager in resolving any problems or technical issues
• Supporting any ad-hoc projects assigned

Supplier Partnership

• Build a trust relationship with strategic partners who understand our technical strategy to drive quality and reduce cost through Quality Engineering (QE)
• Monitor new and existing suppliers' performance and train them up to constantly manufacture products that meet/exceed the Tesco standard
• Empower the suppliers by training and up skilling them to be capable of self-inspection or self-approval
• Provide technical support to the commercial team in executing their Supplier Partnership Plan & Supplier Contingency Plan
• Work with our suppliers to understand the opportunity to improve the overall satisfaction rate in our Supplier Viewpoint score
• Be the main point of contact for our supplier partners in addressing technical issues.

You will need

• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Experience with production processes (i.e. glass, ceramic, plastic, candles, wood or paper production)
• Product testing reports analysis skills
• Track record of delivering safe, legal, ethical products to the customer
• Production / Manufacturing process knowledge as relevant for product area
• Familiar with factory technical audit, evaluation techniques and quality systems
• Product experience as relevant for food contact product area – preferable
• Willing to travel across Europe for factory visits
• Excellent communication and time management skills

What's in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work These include but aren't limited to:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work setup
• Annual bonus scheme
• Additional days of annual leave
• Employee insurance programme
• Private healthcare through LuxMed
• Multisport card