Raw Materials Quality Auditor

Raw Material Quality Auditor

We rise to challenges together Salary: Competitive depending on experience

Benefits: Life Assurance (1 x salary), MyBargains Discount Platform, A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)

Location: Devizes, SN10 2EU

Ways of Working: Site based

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday / 06:00 - 14:00

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 5th March

Why join us?

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The fast-paced, high-pressure environment of our 24/7 operation keeps us agile and offers a wide range of career opportunities to explore. We encourage everyone to push their limits, work hard, and demonstrate resilience. And it’s thrilling. Because by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, we’ll continue to diversify, grow as individuals, and succeed together. We’re proud to offer you a career with significant potential for development. We recognize your hard work and ambition, offering plenty of support and opportunities as a talented Senior Section Manager. We empower you to drive your own success and build a career you can truly be proud of.

What we do.

We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.

About the role.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven and motivated Raw Materials Quality Auditor to join our food manufacturing technical team - to be accountable for ensuring industry leading high standards of product safety, quality & legality.

Role Accountabilities:

Assessing all incoming deliveries against a pre-determined raw material specification. Maintaining accurate records of all raw materials (including packaging) entering the site Collecting samples for microbiological, nutritional, quality and chemical sampling against a pre-determined schedule and report progress in a timely manner With guidance from Line Manager, coordinating day to day activities to deliver improvement of Technical KPIs Participating in Technical audits including customer and Group Technical, ensuring all relevant raw material information is available and completed in the required timescale Auditing compliance against Quality Management Systems, GMP and HACCP controls - raising all non-conformances against relevant standards with objective evidence, effectively communicated to enable the operational teams to take the appropriate and necessary corrective action & to follow up and monitor completion of actions Developing relationships with suppliers by ensuring all non-conformances are communicated in a timely manner. Monitoring whether responses have been received and review the action plans to ensure root cause has been considered. Ensuring that all customer complaints in relation to raw materials are investigated satisfactorily and corrective actions are agreed and documented. Investigation findings will be reported to the site Quality/Systems Manager. Logging non-conformances associated with raw materials identified through intake checks, factory issues and/or customer complaints in order that supplier performance can be monitored and trended. Operating in a safe working manner and support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and the environment

About you.

You will be a driven and highly motivated individual with a strong willingness to learn. Attention to detail is crucial in this role, as you will need to accurately complete documentation.

You’ll be an excellent communicator, capable of liaising with other departments when necessary, and able to work independently with a proactive and innovative approach to problem-solving.

Strong computer skills are essential for success in this role. You will consistently take a thorough and diligent approach to every task, demonstrating our core values: Respect & Trust for one another, pride in our work, putting the customer at the heart of what we do, and ensuring we "get it right and keep it right."

What you’ll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

Life Assurance (1 x salary) 25 days holiday plus bank holidays Staff Shop Stakeholder Pension Scheme MyBargains Discount Platform Personal Accident Insurance Free Independent Mortgage Advice Employee Assistance Programme A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) Discounted tutoring for children Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service) Free Carparking

Proud to be Bakkavor.

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply. Internal Closing Date Wednesday 5th March 2025.