Quality Testing Coordinator

We are currently seeking to appoint a Quality Testing Co-Ordinator to manage and coordinate the running of our Quality Testing Plan. The role will require good organisation cross functionally at all levels. You will be responsible for leading and planning the quality testing and development testing in our facility and implementing our processes and prepare sensory samples for in-house panels, with an understanding, and selection of different testing methods (Descriptive, comparison, triangle tests). Complete sensory tests to verify adherence to specification to ensure we maintain a record of quality control, process control, or product development and provides technical support with sensory projects, and reports.

• Ensuring accurate documentation of test goals and objectives, test design, and testing procedures.
• Submitting tests for scheduling, and communicating test schedule to team to ensure testing materials are ready on-time and in correct quantities.
• Creating questionnaires for Sensory Panel testing.
• Summarizing test results orally, and in written documentation. Co-ordinating, setting up, administering, and reporting results of R&D internal sensory testing.
• Co-ordinating and scheduling sensory & consumer panels.
• Recruiting, screening, training and coordinating internal groups of people for testing.
• Facilitating group discussions on sensory, perceptual, or consumer attributes of food.
• Working closely with sensory scientists, other researchers, and functions developing, preparing and testing novel foods.
• Ensuring all agreements are accurate and recorded in writing in line with Commercial processes, and reporting Grocery Regulations complaints to Legal within 48hours of receipt.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always act with integrity and due diligence.

• Minimum of 1 years’ work experience; R&D or Sensory experience desirable.
• Must be detail oriented and flexible to changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently as well as in multi-functional teams.
• Proficient in MS Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Candidates should have a basic understanding of statistics, be detail and task-oriented, and have strong written and verbal communication skills.

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

• Competitive Salary
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Life Assurance Cover
• Annual Bonus
• Our Virtual GP service provides free and confidential access to an online GP through video GP consultations, and online prescription service for colleagues. The service is also available to families of colleagues who live at the same address for a reduced cost.
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and family members for in the moment emotional support along with free access to a range of wellbeing services supporting you under our new Wellbeing First approach of Body, Mind and Life.
• Colleague Clubcard with 10% discount increasing to 15% starting on the last Friday of each month for 3 days (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 3 months service 
• Annual leave
• Save As You Earn Scheme

*Entry requirements and rules of the scheme apply
 

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move.  Our core purpose is “Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day”.  Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers.  It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of, and for the planet. Through initiatives like the Tesco Community Fund, our association with Children’s Health Foundation, our partnership with FoodCloud and our Stronger Starts programme, we have supported over 21,000 community groups, raised over €7.5 million for medical equipment, and provided almost 15 million meals nationwide, to those living in food insecurity.

Tesco has operated in the Irish retail market since 1997, and with 170 stores nationwide, we employ over 13,000 people in cities and towns around Ireland, supporting almost 45,000 jobs directly and indirectly. We partner with over 500 Irish suppliers - of which almost three-quarters are small and medium enterprises - which in turn supports almost 13,000 farming families around Ireland. Tesco is the single largest buyer of Irish food and drink in the world, buying €1.6 Billion a year; more than any other single country in the European Union, more than even the USA which you perceive as a massive buyer of Irish food.  

We work closely with suppliers across Ireland who are dedicated to making the best products for our customers and this is reflected in the numerous awards our products have won over the years including Blás Na hÉireann, World Steak Challenge and Great Taste Awards.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. It is embedded in our values: we treat people how they want to be treated.   At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings.  We always want our colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work and we are committed to helping them be at their best.

We have embraced a blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

We are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We’ve taken steps to ensure our stores are places where everyone feels welcome to shop too, with colleagues all trained to support those with a visible or hidden disability through the Sunflower Lanyard programme.

We’re a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you.  

Tesco is committed to celebrating diversity and everyone is welcome at Tesco. We're committed to providing a fully inclusive recruitment process, allowing candidates the opportunity to thrive and inform us of any reasonable adjustments they may require.

How can I let Tesco know I need additional support?

Please let us know you need additional support by emailing tescoireland.recruitment@tesco.ie

This will allow us to understand more about you and how we can best support you through the recruitment process.