Product Specialist – Blueberries and Grapes

Overview

In this role you will champion product quality, safety, and category knowledge for blueberries and grapes within our Technical & Product team. You’ll guide seasonal transitions, support intake standards, and provide hands-on learning for operations and intake colleagues. You’ll build strong cross-functional connections with procurement, At Source teams, and site operations to ensure exceptional produce. You’ll use data and insights to improve quality and streamline intake while upholding safety and BRC standards. This is a hands-on, collaborative role with meaningful impact on product integrity and supplier relationships.

Pay / Benefits

• generous holiday entitlement
• discretionary bonus scheme
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores
• career progression and Leadership School
• healthcare / wellbeing benefits
• pension and life assurance

Responsibilities

• Champion food safety, quality, and product integrity across blueberry and grape ranges
• Provide seasonal guidance, training, and skill-building for technical intake and packhouse teams
• Oversee product freshness checks, shelf-life studies, quality reviews, and intake validations
• Collaborate with Procurement, At Source teams, Technical Managers, and Site Operations on category trends and supplier relationships
• Ensure product specifications and site guidelines align with safety standards, BRC expectations, and internal best practices
• Use product insights and data to continuously improve quality and streamline intake processes

Key requirements

• Relevant experience or a degree in science, food technology, chemistry, microbiology, engineering, manufacturing or business
• Knowledge of safety, legality, compliance and quality across supply chain and produce range
• Experience/knowledge of high-risk contexts with thermal processing
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication and solution-focused problem-solving abilities
• Proven track record of people management and delivering results through a team in a leadership role
• A can-do attitude and strong work ethic

• Excellent communication skills
• Solution-focused problem solving
• Collaborative mindset
• Food safety and quality assurance
• BRC and safety standards compliance
• Shelf-life analysis and intake validations

…