Supplier Quality Technologist

Tate & Lyle Sugars; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Tate & Lyle Sugars is seeking a Supplier Quality Technologist for our Thames Refinery, London. The role partners with Procurement, Regulatory Affairs, Operations and NPD to ensure safety, compliance and continuity of supply.

You will own supplier categories, monitor quality metrics, lead audits, and drive CAPA actions to resolve issues across a global network. This hybrid role offers UK-based opportunities and requires travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline; PCQI and GFSI Lead Auditor training provided.
• Experience in a GFSI manufacturing environment with HACCP and Food Safety.
• Experience auditing suppliers and manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage an assigned category of suppliers, raw materials, ingredients, packaging, or services.
• Ensure suppliers and materials comply with food safety, regulatory and customer requirements, including FDA regulations, GFSI standards and internal specifications.
• Risk assess each supplier and material combination and implement auditing, testing and monitoring activities.
• Collect and maintain supplier quality and regulatory due diligence documents.
• Monitor supplier quality, food safety, regulatory compliance and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs, R&D, NPD, Operations and Procurement to ensure lifecycle compliance.
• Represent the company when leading supplier audits, performance reviews, investigations and escalation meetings.
• Execute the Supplier Corrective Action Request program for quality incidents and containment.

Skills

GFSI knowledge

HACCP

Auditing

Supplier quality

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science

PCQI

GFSI Lead Auditor certification

Job description

Job Title

Supplier Quality Technologist

Location

Thames (Optionally Hybrid 3 days office)

Reports To

Director, Food Safety & Supplier Quality

Company Description

The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.

Overview

The Supplier Quality Technologist is responsible for ensuring that suppliers and purchased materials consistently meet company quality, food safety, regulatory, and compliance requirements. The role owns a designated category of raw materials, ingredients, packaging, or services and applies a science and risk-based approach to supplier management, performance monitoring, auditing, and continuous improvement.

Working closely with Procurement, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Quality, and New Product Development teams, the Supplier Quality Technologist helps protect consumers, safeguard the business, and support supply continuity by ensuring suppliers operate in compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) expectations.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own and manage an assigned category of suppliers, raw materials, ingredients, packaging, or services.
• Ensure suppliers and materials comply with applicable food safety, regulatory and customer requirements, including FDA regulations, GFSI standards and internal specifications.
• Risk assess each supplier and material combination in use within FCC, ASR and Ingredients Plus global manufacturing network and implement and appropriate and proportionate level of auditing, testing and other verification and monitoring activities as needed to protect operations from food safety, regulatory and functional risk of materials.
• Collect and maintain supplier quality and regulatory due diligence documents for all supplier and material combinations
• .Monitor and review supplier quality, food safety, regulatory compliance and performance metrics, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs, Research & Development, New Product Development, Operations and Procurement teams to ensure supplier and material compliance throughout the product lifecycle.
• Represent the company when leading supplier audits, performance reviews, investigations and escalation meetings.
• Execute the Supplier Corrective Action Request program to investigate supplier-related quality incidents, material non-conformances and food safety concerns, ensuring appropriate containment and corrective actions are implemented.

Work Experiences

• Experience working in a GFSI (BRC / IFS / SQF / FSSC22000) manufacturing environment, HACCP, & Food Safety.
• Experience performing audits of internal and external suppliers / manufacturing facilities
• Utilization of Quality Assurance systems and supplier corrective action programs
• Experience of working independently to influence others and achieve objectives within a framework of authorization

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology) from an accredited college/university
• PCQI (FSMA, FSVP); training provided
• GFSI Lead Auditor certification; training provided

Language Requirements

• Primary language is English
• Ability to read/write/speak in Portuguese, Spanish, German or French is a plus

Travel Requirements

• 10-20%
• Must be able to travel freely and on short notice within the home region (UK/EU/Schengen area)
• Must be able to travel/drive internationally as needed
• Full UK Driving licence; capability to drive rental cars in geographic region

LOCATION OF ROLE

Thames Refinery, London

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.

Service Excellence

Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services.

Efficiency and Sustainability

Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment.

Value-Add

Create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services.

Talent and Culture

The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.