Quality Analyst

Saputo Dairy UK; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy company in the UK is seeking a Food Safety and Quality Manager to ensure food safety and quality management systems are upheld. The individual will monitor data, conduct audits, and ensure regulatory compliance to maintain standards. This role necessitates detailed knowledge of BRC and retailer standards, along with strong communication skills to convey vital information to stakeholders.

Benefits

Bonus scheme paid quarterly

Enhanced employer pension contributions

Health cash plan for essential healthcare

Access to wellbeing app

Long service recognition every 5 years

Life assurance up to 4 x pay

Discounted branded products

Free onsite parking

Subsidised staff restaurant

25 holidays + 8 bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in food safety/quality roles with knowledge of BRC and retailer standards.
• Willingness to train to Level 4 food hygiene and HACCP standards.
• Strong communicator with experience in stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining food safety and quality management systems.
• Conducting audits and verification activities.
• Monitoring and investigating food safety related customer complaints.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Analysis and trend identification

Education

Level 3 food hygiene certification

Level 3 HACCP

Job description

SDUK's brands include the Nation’s favourite cheese brand Cathedral City plus other well-known butter & spreads (Clover, Country Life, Vitalite, Utterly Butterly), functional ingredients and dairy free products.

This position has a key role within the site food safety and quality management team, tracking and monitoring data to identify and escalate any trends to key stakeholders.

The role will cover data from customer complaints, micro testing (with on-site and external assessments), and ensure accurate management of documentation and records on internal systems and through external portals and have responsibility for communicating information with external auditors (BRC/retailers).

You’ll manage and document the site food safety and quality management systems, ensure systems and procedures in place facilitate the production of safe, legal, and authentic products to the specified quality and food safety standards and take a leadership role in driving the adherence to the food safety agenda.

YOU’LL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MATTER BY…

• Maintaining food safety and QMS in line with group standards and relevant retailer requirements
• Conducting verification activities (QMP, GMP, internal audits) and support investigations
• Ensuring all microbiological data is accurately recorded and analysed for any trends or patterns, and weekly and monthly reports are generated and circulated to the technical team, and records are accurate and up-to-date, correctly stored, and are retrievable for audit and traceability purposes
• Conducting routine traceability exercises to challenge the systems to ensure they are robust and accurate, and leading trace activities during audits
• Monitoring and supporting investigating food safety related customer complaints, foreign bodies, and customer or third-party issues
• Maintaining site GMP standards, food safety and quality systems in line with SDUK standard and relevant retailer standards and requirements
• Maintaining BRC accreditation and relevant retailer approvals, including Red Tractor certification, and Halal/Kosher accreditation

YOU’RE BEST SUITED FOR THE ROLE IF YOU ARE…

• Experienced working within a food safety/quality-related role with demonstratable experience of BRC and retailer standards and audits
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of analysis and trend identification related to food complaints/quality/micro assessments
• Level 3 food hygiene certified (with a willingness to train to Level 4 standard)
• Level 3 HACCP (with a willingness to train to Level 4 standard)
• Able to show high attention to detail
• A strong communicator and influencer, with experience sharing data and analysis to stakeholders at all levels, internally and externally
• Able to demonstrate commercial and business awareness

WE SUPPORT AND CARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING YOU WITH…

• Bonus scheme paid quarterly
• Autonomous and inclusive working environment
• Enhanced employer pension contributions with Scottish Widows
• Health cash plan - claim money back towards essential healthcare such as dental, eye care etc.
• Access to Thrive 24-hours a day - a leading and NHS clinically approved app which focuses on general wellbeing
• Long service recognised every 5 years
• Life assurance up to 4 x contractual pay
• Discounted branded products
• Free, onsite parking
• Subsidised staff restaurant
• 25 holidays + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• One paid workday a year to volunteer for a local community or charitable institutions of your choice.
• My Staff Shop - access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings -providing great discounts from thousands of the UKs largest retailers & service providers.

For additional information on our benefits please go to uk.saputo.com/en/carees/employee-benefits

We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join our team.

To enable you to bring your best we will ensure you are provided with any physical or non-physical adjustments to support your participation in the job application and interview process.

Agencies - Thank you for your interest in working with Saputo Dairy UK. We have a PSL who will be supporting us if needed. We do not pay fees or acknowledge any CV’s supplied to Saputo Dairy UK unless you have been briefed on the role by a member of the Talent Acquisition Team.