Are you ready to join the largest food manufacturer in the UK?

We are seeking a Supply Assurance Manager during an exciting period of growth and transformation. This role offers extensive opportunities for development and progression. Embrace a supportive company culture that prioritizes employee well-being while leading and developing a team of junior professionals. Enjoy competitive salary packages as you help shape the future of this esteemed organization.

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You will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Obtain and evaluate supplier records & questionnaires to assess suitability to supply and support risk assessment process.
• Maintain approved suppliers list.
• Maintain risk assessment data; requesting updates from suppliers and challenging data as required.
• Establish programme of supplier assessments: audits, traces, third party audit reports, questionnaires etc to maintain ongoing approval.
• Carry out supplier audits to schedule, evaluating and reporting against requirements.
• Carry out supplier traces to schedule and ad hoc as required.
• Follow up and close out corrective actions from audits, traces, non-conformances,maintaining records on Foods Connected.
• Escalate concerns where suppliers are not performing to the expected standards.
• Build good working relationships with suppliers developing a collaborative approach.
• Share learnings and promote continuous improvement.
• Ongoing maintenance and administration tasks to ensure suppliers are compliant
• Work closely with procurement team to improve standard of supply base.
• Lead/participate in initiatives to develop our systems and processes to deliver continuous improvement.
• Ensure information is provided in an easy to find, easy to understand format for sites to support third party audits etc.
• Support factory audits as required in the area of Supplier assurance.
• Support issue/incident investigation and resolution with suppliers.
• Evaluate supplier performance and support score card process.
• Maintain and report KPIs.
• Provide support for the wider team as required.

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What's required?

• Food-related qualification or experience in a similar role.
• Practical experience of systems auditing.
• Practical understanding of BRCGS Food and key customer expectations
• Working knowledge of food legislation
• Good communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to influence.
• Open minded – able to make decisions based on evaluation of risk.
• Natural coaching ability
• Understanding and experience of root cause analysis.
• Ability to challenge and question in a positive way without causing offence.
• Drives high standards with good attention to detail.
• Uses initiative, self-motivated and assertive.
• a similar Computer literate – familiar with Office 365(Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and SharePoint, comfortable using computer systems such as Foods Connected
• Considerable travel required to visit/audit suppliers.

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What's in it for you?

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£50,000.00 - £55,000.00

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Do you think you fit the criteria?

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