Quality Technologist – Food & Drink

About the role

As a Quality Technologist you will be responsible for ensuring Asda’s own‑brand food and drink products meet the highest quality standards. You will work closely with suppliers and internal teams to drive a culture of quality and improve customer perception.

Key responsibilities

• Drive product quality for Own Brand food and drink through testing, sampling and quality framework implementation.
• Support suppliers with quality improvement initiatives and conduct challenging conversations when standards are not met.
• Lead investigations into quality failures, customer complaints and online reviews, delivering sustainable corrective actions.
• Assess product quality after launches and maintain key customer quality KPIs.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to address quality issues and champion Asda’s standards.
• Travel to supplier manufacturing sites and depots as required.

Required profile

• Passion for food quality and a degree or equivalent experience in a relevant scientific field.
• Strong stakeholder management and decision‑making abilities.
• Excellent data interpretation and communication skills.
• Understanding of technical and manufacturing processes within a retail or manufacturing environment.
• Commercial awareness and ability to build sustainable supplier relationships.

Required skills

• Food product sampling
• Quality testing
• Data analysis

What we offer

• Hybrid working model – minimum three days per week in a Home Office.
• Discretionary company bonus and pension matching up to 7%.
• 15% colleague discount in store and online.
• Free wellbeing services including virtual GP, counselling and wellbeing platform access.