Senior Product Information Advisor (12-Month Secondment) - Internal Vacancy

The role

We are excited to offer an internal opportunity for a Senior Product Information Advisor on a 12-month secondment basis, supporting one of our UK Retail clients. This role is ideal for experienced Product Information Advisors who are looking to take the next step in their careers.

Key duties and responsibilities 

• Spec/pack copy review 

• Artwork review 

• Formulation review 

• Regulatory Adaptations 

• In-depth technical knowledge in area of responsibility, including codes of practice, policies and guidance 

• Practical experience of using specification or artwork systems and packages  

• Consistently works at expected work rate and to a high level of accuracy 

• Confident to apply requirements to product information and explain decisions to clients 

• Excellent oral and written communication.  

Experience  

• Demonstrable experience of independent working, managing your own workload and time management 

• Demonstrable risk-based decision making  

• Confident to apply requirements to product information  

• Able to explain complex requirements in a simple way  

• Ability to research and gather information using available resources  

• Welcomes guidance and understands the commercial environment  

• Stress resilient and able to work against tight deadlines  

• Positive approach to opportunities to develop  

• Consistently works at expected work rate and to a high level of accuracy.  

• Work efficiently in a team to ensure a consistent approach is applied for each client.  

• Clearly demonstrates the Ashbury Values 

Competencies  

Communication 

• You should be able to effectively communicate actionable comments on the work they provide to clients in a simple and concise manner. You will be able to confidently deliver concise communications on complex technical topics, for clients who may not have a technical background.  

Building and managing relationships 

• You will be able to identify and differentiate between regulatory requirements and client policy, codes of practice, or any other client-specific guidance documents.  

• You will be able to acknowledge different priorities from team leads and/or clients, and prioritise tasks based on information provided by the client, using their own initiative to ensure deadlines are adhered to.  

• You excel in collaborating with others to achieve shared goals. You actively listen to colleagues, respect diverse perspectives, and contribute constructively to discussions. You willingly share information, resources, and ideas, fostering a collaborative environment. You understand the importance of teamwork and strive to maintain positive relationships within the team. You will demonstrate your ability to lead a team of advisors and be decisive in your approach to issue and performance management.  

• You will be able to demonstrate experience of engaging and participating with trade associations, external professional bodies, and/or competent authorities in a regulatory or technical capacity.  

Delivering results 

• You will be able to display regulatory/food safety/food science knowledge through the work which they carry out, to an acceptable level, across multiple categories. 

• You will be able to confidently navigate and interpret UK and EU regulations when considering specifications, artworks, and other product-related documentation for clients.  

• You will be able to confidently navigate and scrutinise client artworks and specifications, highlighting non-compliances within the documents provided.   

• Where required, you will be able to confidently navigate specification systems (i.e. FIND), to gather the data/documents required for artwork and specification reviews. identify missing documentation or information required for progressing the specification or artwork. 

• You will be able to confidently navigate and interpret UK and EU regulations when considering specifications, artworks, and other category-related 

• You will be able to confidently review and determine risks associated with decisions made within the role, applicable to both product safety and business risk. You will be able to demonstrate a critical thinking process when determining the appropriate action or escalating when required. You will understand and adapt to the client's tolerance to regulatory risk.  documentation for clients.  

• You will be able to complete tasks in a time efficient manner to the required level of detail, avoiding any errors when conducting work for clients.   

• You'll possess strong analytical skills and can approach problems with a logical, solution oriented, approach. You are capable of breaking down complex problems into smaller components, analysing data and information, and identifying patterns or root causes. You apply critical thinking to generate potential solutions and evaluate their feasibility.  

• You will be able to demonstrate strong IT skills, such as Microsoft Office capability and performance management systems. You will have experience in analysing data sets to determine business efficiency and performance metrics.  

• You will be able to demonstrate understanding of way of working at Ashbury, including the dynamic nature of the work we deliver to our clients. You will be able to demonstrate ways of adapting to this work and supporting advisors to achieve deadlines.  

• You will be able to display regulatory/food safety/food science knowledge through the work which you carry out, to a degree level or above. 

• You will be able to demonstrate experience in conducting either internal or external audits to a specific standard (e.g. GFSI) and have a recognised auditing qualification or have received recognised training on the standard.  

• Where applicable to the role, you will be able to show the required skills to be able to deliver the work required for clients.  

• You will be able to demonstrate experience and understanding of the operations surrounding food manufacturing establishments and how they apply to bringing a product to market.  

Commerciality 

• Within the comments, you'll be able to show how they consider the commercial requirements of clients when reviewing artwork, specification, and policies.