Technical Assistant

Fresh People are recruiting for a Technical Assistant on behalf of our client, a market leader in the sourcing, production, and distribution of fresh produce. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone from a quality assurance or product management background in fresh produce looking to step into a more technical role. This position offers a blend of hands-on product sampling and supermarket benchmarking, alongside data analysis, technical reporting, and cross-functional collaboration. If you're confident with product quality in-store and equally comfortable working with Excel, dashboards, and technical systems, we’d love to hear from you. Key Responsibilities: * Support the Group Technical Director with product safety, quality, and compliance. * Sample fresh produce and conduct internal and external benchmarking across all categories. * Coordinate product trials, packaging assessments, and category transformations. * Liaise with supermarkets and internal stakeholders to report on product performance. * Compile and manage KPI reporting across quality, shelf life, wastage, and customer complaints. * Maintain and update customer technical libraries and specifications. * Assist in supplier reviews, quality culture initiatives, and internal communications. * Provide support for packaging development, presentations, and courier coordination. * Work with cross-functional teams (Commercial, Compliance, Service Provider) to manage technical data and improvements. * Help maintain resilience planning, policy changes, and support BRCGS/customer standard implementation. About You: * Experience in fresh produce, ideally in quality assurance, product, or supply chain functions. * Confident benchmarking products in supermarket environments and evaluating quality. * Excellent Excel skills; able to handle data sets, databases, KPI dashboards, and presentations. * Understanding of HACCP principles, BRCGS standards, and audit expectations (training provided). * Great communication skills – able to support both internal teams and customer-facing activity. * Familiarity with ERP systems such as Prophet (preferred but not essential) If this is the role you have been waiting for then reach out today lets have a chat