Quality Auditor

Allied Bakeries | part of Associated British Foods plc; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time Off – 25 days annual leave

Health & Wellbeing Support – Simplyhe​

Pension & Life Assurance – Up to 10%

Retail Discounts – Extra Slice

Learning & Development – Career growth

Financial Wellbeing Support

Green Benefits – Sustainable options

Recognition & Rewards

Charitable Giving

Job summary

Allied Bakeries in Stoke-on-Trent is recruiting a Quality Auditor for our Technical team. You will promote, monitor and drive continuous improvements in Quality, Food Safety and due diligence across the site.

You will manage controlled documents, data and CCPs, ensuring compliance with customer requirements and legal standards, while supporting audits and trend analysis. A background in food manufacturing and strong Microsoft Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• A food manufacturing background is essential.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent organising skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
• Good communication with production and technical teams.
• Positive and proactive approach to changing priorities.
• Takes ownership and follows issues through to resolution.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Safety-First culture and ensure Health, Safety, Food Safety and Quality compliance.
• Coordinate daily product assessments and promote corrective actions.
• Download and assess food safety critical process data.
• Assist investigations of complaints and food safety incidents.
• Review documentation and implement improvements to paperwork standards.
• Maintain procedures, briefs and specifications and ensure updated docs.
• Support NPD/EPD with department tasks.
• Coordinate collection and distribution of product samples.
• Conduct mould-free shelf-life sample assessments.
• Assist with traceability and recall exercises.
• Support during external audits and non-conformance close-out.

Skills

Food manufacturing background

Microsoft Office

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Proactive mindset

Ownership of issues

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.

We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.

Overview Of Role

Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Hours: Monday-Friday 7am-3pm

Salary: £30,500

We are looking for an experienced Quality Auditor to join our Technical team at Hovis Bakeries in Stoke-on-Trent. The Quality Auditor is a key member of the Technical team and is responsible for promoting, monitoring and driving continuous improvements in Quality, Food Safety and due diligence standards across the site.

As a Quality Auditor you will be committed to ensuring that the Bakery’s team are compliant with BRCGS standards of food safety and are audit ready at all times. Working with the wider team to ensure all products are manufactured to industry standards will be important to you, as without these standards being met, we aren’t able to fulfil customer’s orders.

As our next Quality Auditor, you’ll be looking after our controlled documents, forms and procedures, collating and assessing process critical data to ensure we comply with our CCPs, legal and customer requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Positively engage with the Safety-First culture, ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures in respect of Health and Safety, Food Safety and Quality.


• Coordinate Daily product assessments, promoting corrective actions to remedy any faults found.


• Download and assess food safety critical process data.


• Assist with the investigation of complaints and food safety incidents.


• Review process documentation and implement improvement initiatives to drive paperwork standards.


• Control and, maintain procedures/briefs/specifications and ensure documentation is updated to meet the required standards.


• Departmental support with NPD and EPD.


• Coordinate the collation of product samples and distribute accordingly.


• Conduct Mould Free Shelf-Life samples assessment.


• Support with traceability/recall exercises.


• Departmental support during external audits and non-conformance close out process.

The Right Person

What you'll need:

• A food manufacturing background is essential, ideally with experience of QA or technical function.


• Competent user of Microsoft Office.


• Excellent organising skills.


• Attention to detail and ability to multi-task and prioritise workload.


• Good communication skills for working with production and technical teams.


• Maintains a positive and proactive approach when dealing with challenges and changing priorities.


• Takes ownership of issues and follows them through to effective resolution.

Benefits

• Time Off – 25 days annual leave


• Health & Wellbeing Support – Simplyhealth healthcare cash plan, eye care support and wellbeing resources


• Pension & Life Assurance – Up to 10% employer contributions


• Retail Discounts – Save on 500+ major retailers through Extra Slice


• Learning & Development – Career development, training and progression opportunities


• Financial Wellbeing Support – Financial tools, support and access to affordable loans


• Green Benefits – Save on electric cars and bikes


• Recognition & Rewards – Celebrate achievements through colleague recognition schemes


• Charitable Giving – Support Save the Children through payroll giving