Machine Operative - Spalding, United Kingdom - westfalia fruit

westfalia fruit

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Spalding, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Come and join the leading #avoexperts
Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value added products to global markets.

Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce - 365 days a year & across the globe.

With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognised as the leading
#avoexperts, and considered as the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.

We're looking for a Technologist to join our team in Spalding.

Our Technologist ensure that Westfalia Fruit can demonstrate proactive compliance with our customer requirements for product safety, quality, authenticity and legality.

And, proactive supplier development to meet with key protocols and quality expectations.

You will work closely with the Technical Managers and other internal teams to ensure customer specific and internal department KPI's are met in full.

Scope:
Westfalia Fruit's non-retail customers & retail customers

Responsibilities include:

Maintaining Westfalia Fruit's supplier risk assessments
Manage a sampling and analysis programme - Pesticide, Microbiology and authenticity
Ensuring all customers have their due diligence demands met

Ensuring that suppliers have up to date certification and due diligence documentation:

Agricultural systems
Global Gap, F2F, TN, LEAF, Organic

Packhouse

BRC & equivalent where necessary
Due diligence will include
Warranty statements, pre

- and post-harvest records, food contact packaging certification or migration results, Approved PPPL's, Actual spray records

Ensuring suppliers are kept up to date with legislation and MRL changes and customer requirements
Review grower spray programmes against retailer and banned/restricted lists and assist growers in identifying alternative / softer programs.
Ensure all suppliers have appropriate SEDEX registrations.
Complete internal audits as per the internal audit schedule
Partake in 3rd party site audits including customer, BRC and Organic.
Overseas visits including supplier auditing and supplier development

Experience we look for:

Fluent in Spanish (Desired)
Open to UK and global travel dependant on business needs
Understanding of the importance of product testing pesticide, microbiology and authenticity
Retailer and industry software systems experience
Internal auditor trained

What can Westfalia Fruit offer you?

Hybrid working (1 day per week WFH)
20 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with an additional day for each year of service up to 25 days.
Free onsite parking
Free Tea & Coffee
Company pension plan
Medicash cash plan
Christmas hampers
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status._

Salary:
£22,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Benefits: