Job Ref: 214318918

Date: 2021-07-29 17:08:45

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Buckinghamshire

Hours of work

It is expected this role will be Monday – Friday 6:00am-2:00pm however as part of this role is to provide a level of holiday cover for the main QA team there will be the need to change hours across all 4 shift patterns to facilitate this as required

Reporting to the Quality Manager, key accountabilities will be to:

* Develop and implement a raw materials sampling plan and then maintain raw materials sampling plan schedule and escalate any out of spec results to Quality & Supply Chain Department

* Ensure all raw material deliveries, including packaging, are received against Company & customer specifications.

* Sign off of new packaging against the agreed artwork and keep a reference library

* Liaise with raw material suppliers, raise non-conformances as appropriate and verify corrective/preventative actions to lead to an overall reduction in raw material related issues. Hold meetings with suppliers on repeated issues.

* Complete complaint investigation, traceability and associated reports related to raw material issues.

* Assist Quality Manager / Purchasing/ Specification Manager with conducting periodic supplier reviews.

* Develop a vendor rating programme for raw material and packaging suppliers.

* Proactively identify areas of improvement within the current raw materials base

* Support new raw material approval against proposed specification working with technical and NPD

* Develop and implement QAS sheets for raw materials and inspect against these in agreement with the suppliers.

* Highlight any Non – conformity material to cross-functional departments with an agreed action plan.

* Support and cover other QA tasks as required by the QA manager.

* Complete all offline tasks as required.

* To train as factory QA to cover holidays

Skills and experience include:

* Must have previous experience of raw materials and packaging QA

* Experience in a chilled prepared food manufacturer or with other complex food products

* Excellent communication skills and ability to deal with suppliers.

* Excellent organisational skills, skilled at time management

* Excellent standard of written English and Numeracy

* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

* Good IT skills- data entry, report writing (graphs & charts) QAS

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