Food Technical - Account Manager ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

Food Technical - Account Manager ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

£55k – £100k • 0.1% – 0.5%

🎯 Our Mission

1/3 of food is wasted, but why?

Most food is still good to eat or cook at the expiry date, because the dates are chosen to cover a worst-case scenario. That’s great for quality and safety, but leads to a huge amount of waste. We believe food should tell you how fresh it is, and in 10 years the world will not be wasting food because of a fixed printed date.

We replace use-by dates and shelf-life testing with smart labels that measure spoilage gas, and AI that predicts the remaining days of freshness. We invented this technology as scientists from Imperial College London, and we're using it to improve the whole supply chain, from food producers to households, and reduce the unbelievable amounts of waste caused by the 50-year-old system of destructive testing and printed expiry dates.

We’ve recently signed major food-industry customers and raised £5m investment. Do you want to be BlakBear's food technical leader as we rapidly expand?

💼 The Role

• Own a seamless onboarding and training process for food technical teams, to ensure a great experience using BlakBear on manufacturing sites and in supply-chain.
• Build strong relationships with food technical teams to support and expand their journey with BlakBear.
• Help improve BlakBear’s product to be lightyears better than legacy methods, such as microbiological testing and temperature logging.
• Help build food-industry trust in a cutting edge new technology.
• Located in our London UK office and customer sites around the UK (and potentially visits abroad).

👤 Your Skills

Must-haves:

• 5-12 years in food manufacturing & retail, including as a technical manager for meat, fish, poultry or meals products.
• Highly knowledgeable in food science, retailer codes of practice, regulations and testing methods.
• Desire to work in a customer-facing role.
• Great interpersonal skills to build conviction and trust in new technology.
• Ability to run meetings and handle objections.
• Ability to present technical data persuasively to customers and conferences.
• Desire to transition into cutting edge technology involving sensors and AI.

Bonus:

• Writing skills: write thought-leading articles for our blog and social media.
• Design skills: create customer-facing materials.

Personality

• Hands-on attitude, adaptable and intellectually curious team-player.
• Team player with demonstrable emotional intelligence.
• Self-driven, pro-active and motivated, showing initiative to advance the company.
• Strong work ethic with a desire to grow knowledge independently.

🙌 Our Benefits

We'd like you to be our expert in food technical, with a fast-growing career towards a leadership role, and a significant shareholding in BlakBear. You'll also help expedite the transition to digital use-by dates, and the future of food manufacture and retail.

📈 Competitive salary and shares in BlakBear Ltd

🩺 Top tier private healthcare, fully covered

🍉 Free healthy snacks available in the office

👥 Impactful work, with team volunteering days

💙 Mental health support - we’re partnering with Spill

🌴 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

🕹️ Monthly socials such as dinners, VR experiences, or games nights

🎓 Team skill building events, such as 3D Printing Day and AI Hackathon

🏘️ Located in our London UK office and customer sites around the UK (and potentially visits abroad)

🐻 About Us

Values

Psychological Safety

Safe to voice opinions, even if they go against the group, no fear of retribution or adverse impact on reputation. Critical feedback is celebrated - asked for, listened to, then acted on.

Intellectually Curious

Studying our craft, using the best available tools, we prioritize learning over being right.

Team Dependability

We support each other through the hard times, this team has your back. Everyone can trust that high quality work will be produced on time.

Embracing Risk

Turn challenges and setbacks into opportunity. Live a culture of excitement at our mission.

Passionate about Solving Real Problems

Avoid environmental politics and focus on building and scaling solutions.

🤝 Diversity and Inclusion at BlakBear

At BlakBear, we’re committed to hiring the best people regardless of demographics. We benefit from a diverse workplace and strive for a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.

We aim for an inclusive recruitment process, if you need any reasonable adjustments please let us know.