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Product Engineering Specialist

Leighton Buzzard
6 months ago
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Role: Product Engineering Specialist                      

Location: Leighton Buzzard

Salary: £48,000 - £52,000

This market leading FMCG company is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Product Engineering Specialist to join their business. The candidate must have a 'can do' attitude and possess a high attention to detail with excellent communication skills. A critical factor of the role will be the efficient utilisation of AI tools to ensure the smooth operation of the Marketing department and the attainment of its goals. 

As a Product Engineering Specialist, you will work closely with the Sales team, toidentify potential markets and customers to support a business case for new product development, build/update company product sheets, build new product launch documents and facilitate product training alongside the sales department and lead product promotion campaigns to support global and regional sales strategy.

Internally, the Product Engineering Specialist will also work closely with the Global Sales Team to adapt the corporate marketing communication strategy to local requirements as well as the wider R&D, Customer Technical Service and Operations teams for various product related projects.

Your profile

Bachelor’s in marketing, Business Studies or related field (desired)
Experience in similar product engineering role required
Previous experience in Manufacturing industry required, ideally Packaging
Previous experience in B2B required
Flexibility to travel (an average of 2-4 times a year)
Prefer to work on-site (key to effective specialist product knowledge)
Strong presentation skills
Data rational and good numeracy skills
Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook
Advanced level in PowerPoint required
For further details, please contact Nick Sollis – (phone number removed) or email your cv (url removed)

Omega Resource Group are an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

We are always seeking Engineering Staff, Senior Managers, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Machinists, Mechanical Fitters, Electrical Fitters, Quality Engineers, Materials Science Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Test Technicians, Technical Authors and Laboratory Technicians to name but a few.

For details of other opportunities available within your chosen field please visit our website (url removed)

Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors

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