All Locations
Leicester
All Departments
Technical
Advertising Salary
Competitive salary + benefits
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Normal Working Days:
Monday - Friday (some weekends may be needed for product launches)
Normal Start & Finish Time:
08:30 - 17:00

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Private health scheme
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Experience annual pay reviews
  • Profit related pay
  • Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
The Opportunity

In this role you will the day-to-day product and quality contact between Samworth Brothers and the external manufacturing sites producing our branded products (Urban Eat, Leaf & Loaf, West Cornwall Pasty Company), delivering updates on action plans, improvement plans and potential issues.
 
  • Support the delivery of FFFN Products through the Concept to Launch process, review launched products and ensure products meet the required internal and external expectations.
  • To drive the quality agenda on FFFN, products and packaging, ensuring that all stakeholders are communicated with, regarding action plans etc. this will involve completing visiting internal and external manufacturing sites, store visits and benchmarking panels.
  • To work in conjunction with all relevant departments to provide guidance and coaching to ensure compliance against the Samworth Brand standards.
  • Supporting the commercial teams with necessary technical and product information to support customer presentations, tenders and adhoc requests.
  • To internally report on monthly KPI data for all FFFN brands; tracking trends, complaint levels and then working with the supplier to deliver actions and improvements. 

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

  • Experience of the product development cycle from concept to launch.
  • Experienced in a technical / QA role within food manufacturing (chilled preferable but not essential)
  • Effective communication skills with external stakeholders
  • Ability to use word, excel, powerpoint.
  • Ability to negotiate, influence & recognise others view points
  • Full driving Licence required
We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role. 

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.


Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.

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