Beverage Technologist - United Kingdom - Valeo Confectionery Limited

Description

Valeo Snackfoods is the combination of Kettle Foods, Tangerine, Big Bear and It's All Good and is one of the UK's top 100 grocery brands.

It is headquartered in Norwich and Pontefract and employs over 2,000 people.

Over the past few years, we have strengthened our portfolio to include the Metcalfe's popcorn brand and Yellow Chips in Emmeloord, Netherlands.

Build, develop and maintain effective relationships to ensure effective management of our suppliers and our raw materials.

Working in partnership with the procurement team through a risk and performance based approach to manage food safety, quality, food fraud and ethical risks in our supply base.

Act as an ambassador for Valeo Foods UK.
Risk Management and

Supplier Assessment:
Ensure effective management of our supply base to meet Valeo Foods, customer and third party standards
Support to ensure where appropriate all supply chains are mapped out and we have visibility of risks
Evaluate ethical risks during audits and visits
Quality and


NPD:
Support the site technical team on raw material and supplier related quality issues
Support the team with quality issues related to our raw materials
Ensure we meet customer policies and COP's
Work cross functionally to help establish testing/surveillance requirements
Identifies the risk based and customer compliance intake checks for the sites
Maintain supplier Sedex compliance and work with HR to establish any risks
Conduct supplier risk assessments and scorecards
Conduct supplier audits in line with the risk based audit schedule
Address any supplier quality issues and non-conformances
Highlight any new heightened risk suppliers to the Supplier and Raw Materials Technical Manager
Degree or equivalent in Food Science or related discipline and/or experience Min 5 years' experience in FMCG or similar environment
Good understanding of the manufacturing process
Great at building relationships internally and externally