At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner. From Kettle’s bold crunch to Rowse’s natural sweetness, through to Matthew Walker and Barratt Sweets, our portfolio blends heritage, craft and category-leading innovation.
Alongside our branded portfolio, we are also one of the UK’s largest suppliers of private label products, partnering with major retailers to deliver quality and category expertise that meets the needs of millions of households every week.
As a business, we’re on a journey of transformation. We’re strengthening our operations, driving quality and investing in our people. It’s an exciting, fast-moving environment where heritage meets new thinking, and where every colleague contributes to shaping the future of food across the UK.
Join us and play your part in building the next chapter of some of Britain’s most loved brands.
Product Quality Technologist
Join us in our candy-coated world of confectionery manufacturing!
Location: York / Leeds (with travel to other Valeo Foods sites as required)
Are you passionate about quality and driven by attention to detail? Do you have a keen eye for consistency and a desire to help create products that customers love? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
At Valeo Foods UK, we're looking for a Product Quality Technologist to play a key role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of our confectionery products. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll help ensure our products consistently meet the highest standards, delivering excellent taste, quality and consumer satisfaction.
What you'll be doing
As Product Quality Technologist, you'll be responsible for monitoring product performance, coordinating quality assessments, and providing valuable insight that supports continuous improvement across our product portfolio.
Key responsibilities
Key Skills and experience
Hours: Monday to Friday
Hybrid working - 3 days per week York and Leeds with additional travel as needed
What we offer you in return
We are a leading producer and innovator of high quality, category-defining branded food products that have a proud history that dates back to 1845.
At Valeo Foods, we are passionate about food and our portfolio of over 20 iconic food brands, which includes Jacobs, Batchelors, Kettle, Rowse Honey, Balconi, Schluckwerder, are tried and trusted by consumers across Ireland, UK and Europe for their quality, wholesomeness, nutrition and fun.
We are a diverse business that combines food production, brand development and innovation, distribution and sales. We are Ireland’s largest ambient food supplier to the grocery trade, a major supplier to the food service market through Valeo Professional, and an increasingly prominent supplier to the UK market and a range of European Markets now.
We are focused on the continued development of our excellent portfolio of category defining food brands as we look to expand our footprint across Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond with our latest acquisition in North America. We are committed to delivering quality food products through continued innovation and excellence in manufacturing. This commitment ensures that our brands retain a market leading position in each of their respective categories.
We continue to recruit people with the best skills and expertise across a range of areas including manufacturing, food science, research and development, nutrition, distribution, sales, operations, marketing, human resources and finance, and aspire to be a best in class employer, focused on developing and empowering our people.
