Supplier Quality Technologist

Role Overview

We are recruiting for an exciting Supplier Quality Technologist opportunity with a leading international food manufacturer. This role sits at the heart of supplier quality assurance, taking ownership of a designated portfolio of raw materials, ingredients, packaging or service suppliers to ensure compliance with stringent food safety, quality and regulatory requirements.

Working closely with Procurement, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Quality and New Product Development teams, you'll play a critical role in protecting consumers, supporting supply continuity and driving continuous improvement throughout the supplier network.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and develop an assigned category of suppliers, ingredients, raw materials, packaging or services.
• Ensure supplier and material compliance with food safety, regulatory, customer and internal quality requirements.
• Conduct supplier and material risk assessments, implementing appropriate auditing, testing and verification activities.
• Maintain supplier quality and regulatory due diligence documentation.
• Monitor supplier performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Operations, Procurement and NPD teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead supplier audits, performance reviews, investigations and escalation meetings.
• Manage supplier corrective action programmes and investigate quality incidents, non-conformances and food safety concerns.
• Support the implementation of robust containment and corrective action plans to minimise risk and improve supplier performance.

People Profile

To be successful in this position, you will ideally bring:

• Experience within a food manufacturing environment operating to recognised GFSI standards such as BRCGS, IFS, SQF or FSSC 22000.
• Strong understanding of HACCP, food safety and supplier quality management systems.
• Experience conducting audits of suppliers and manufacturing facilities.
• Proven experience using quality assurance systems and supplier corrective action processes.
• The ability to work independently, influence stakeholders and deliver results within defined authority levels.
• A degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology or a related scientific discipline.
• Exposure to FSMA, FSVP, PCQI and Lead Auditor principles would be highly advantageous.
• Excellent analytical, communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify, assess and mitigate supplier risk.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a quality professional looking to further develop their career within a highly respected international food business, where you'll have genuine influence over supplier performance, food safety standards and business continuity. Dive into a varied and rewarding role that combines technical expertise, supplier engagement and continuous improvement on a global scale.

We regret we cannot offer visa sponsorship and can only consider candidates who hold right to work in the UK.

To apply, please e-mail in strict confidence, with a comprehensive CV, including salary details, quoting the above reference and for the attention of James Constable.

Due to a high volume of responses, we cannot reply to each application individually. If you have not had a response within one week, we are sorry to say your application has not been successful on this occasion.