Supply Chain Coordinator - Wednesbury, United Kingdom - Avara Foods

Avara Foods

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Wednesbury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the Role:

Who are we, and what do we do?
You may not have heard of us, but there's a good chance you've enjoyed our products.

Avara Foods is one of the UK's leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country's major supermarkets and well-known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door - meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions.

We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

A little about our Wednesbury site:

Our advanced manufacturing site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, is our newest advanced manufacturing site, and we've invested around £4.7 million into state-of-the-art facilities.

Our Wednesbury site is a flagship Added Value centre for Avara, which employ over 150 talented individuals at the site, who help to supply some of the UK's largest supermarkets and popular restaurants

About the Role:

Are you passionate about product safety and quality?Looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience or qualifications in quality management?

As an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to investing in our approach to quality across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated
Supply Chain Coordinator to join our Team, based at our
Wednesbury site.

The role is predominantly office based, however some time in the factory will also be required. As
a Supply Chain Coordinator you'll be working Monday to Friday 07:00 - 16:00

What will you be doing as a Supply Chain Coordinator at Avara?

As a
Supply Chain Coordinator you'll support operation to help ensure product quality, legality and safety whilst meeting customer specifications within a fast-paced short shelf-life environment.

You will also support Production and Technical to ensure that customer product requirements are understood and achieved. You will be responsible to challenge and implement robust traceability system on site.

What will your key responsibilities as a Supply Chain Coordinator include?

Manage packing, ingredients and raw material matrixes
Handle traceability challenges
Daily batch reconciliation
Mass balance challenge (ingredients, packaging, and raw material)
Operational paperwork review and archive
Ownership of Ingredient tracker, ingredient trace from daily production
Sample requests
Surplus material traceability
CoA/CoC management
Support Technical training
Waste management
HACCP/Food Defense Team Member
Carry out other technical related duties that may be required.

What you'll need to be successful:

Relevant scientific or food related qualifications. (Degree desirable)
A practical working knowledge of BRC and retailer requirements.
Experience working with major retailers including leading audits.
HACCP and Food safety qualifications.
Internal auditing QMS
Stock take
Basic understanding of microbiology and potential consequences to food safety and quality.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.

The benefits of working for Avara Foods:

As a
Supply Chain Coordinator,** you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.

We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us.

You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things include the following:

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From £27,000 per annum.
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31 days holiday allowance
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5% pension

Life assurance/insurance
Various lifestyle benefits, such as cashback perks, exclusive shopping discounts from well known retailers, and discounted cinema tickets
Wellbeing resources, including free online health advice & support, and wellbeing assessments.
Free staff parking

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

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