The Bread Factory is a Food Manufacturing bakery that makes deliciously crafted bread, cakes, and pastries. We are proud to craft products for our GAIL’s bakeries, neighborhood grocery stores, restaurants, and more!

As our teams grow, we are looking for our next Raw Material and Supplier Assurance Technologist to join our team.

Every day is different at The Bread Factory, but here are some of the things you will be doing:

Ensure Raw Material specifications are up to date and liaise with Specifications Technologist to ensure RM & Finished product specifications are aligned.
Approving of raw material and packaging specifications ensuring supplier documentation meets due diligence standards
Complete traces for audits and to the site schedule.
Managing and maintaining all raw material data and KPI’s, identifying any trends.
Investigate customer complaints or any non-conformance raised internal or externally to provide data which informs resolution with suppliers.
Ensure compliance with updated customer technical policies, current labelling standards and include all regulatory changes that will impact back of pack information
Follow relevant process development procedures, ensuring these are documented correctly and are compliant with internal and customer standards
Support Raw Material and Supplier Assurance Manager with audits of suppliers.
Liaise and support procurement team with sourcing of new suppliers ensuring they achieve the correct standard prior to approval.
Support in the development of VACCP and supplier risk assessment documentation and procedures.

Our team tells us you will be a great addition if you have…

Good literacy and numeracy skills
Accuracy and attention to detail
Organised and good time management
Good written and verbal communication skills
Influencing and expectation management skills
BSc or above professional qualification in Food Safety or similar field (Desirble)
3+ years food manufacturing experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
Level 3 HACCP (Desirable)
VACCP (Desirable)
Internal Audit Training
Proficient in Microsoft packages

What’s in it for you?

Free products on the job
Family-friendly policies such as enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and grandparents' leave
50% off GAIL’s discount card and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets. As well as access to our benefits platform
3 months career break with your job waiting for you when you return
Wellbeing benefits such as 24-hour GP service, parties, Cycle to work schemes, and more…

We understand that flexibility can improve productivity to help you balance your career with your commitments and interests outside of work. If you have a suggestion of how we can make this role work for you, please let us know.

We believe job descriptions are your daily to-do lists, and that’s why our job adverts are a little bit about us and why we would like you to choose us. If you are successful at our pre-screening stage, we can provide you with the full job description

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