Assistant Technologist - Labelling
£23,400 to £25,000 plus great benefits (Work level 6C) 
Manchester city centre, in this role you'll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

We’re looking for Assistant Technologists to join the labelling team at our Co-op. In this role, you’ll make sure that our own brand products are legally labelled and within brand and policy guidelines. This is a great opportunity for you to gain experience across a huge range of product categories and to collaborate with lots of internal colleagues and external suppliers.

What you’ll do

• Review and approve artwork, ensuring legal and policy compliance
  Create and develop effective relationships with key internal and external colleagues across the group to deliver artwork on time and to agreed critical path 
• Support the team by reviewing competitor activity focussed on specific areas of labelling or new trends
• Attend artwork wall review meetings 
• Provide support on our rebrand, reporting, supplier training programme and customer queries

This role would suit people who have

• A high level of attention to detail with prioritisation and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to work collaboratively with lots of people at different levels of the business, as well as independently and as part of a team
• Good general IT skills with the ability to pick up new systems quickly 
  
  

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early. 

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes.