Raw Materials Manager

at  Bakkavor

ABOUT THE ROLE

To ensure robust governance for food safety and integrity and support the technical and procurement strategic development of key suppliers. Develop and track horizon scanning information relevant to Bakkavor, reporting on impacts to the business where necessary. To support the completion of raw material risk assessments, investigations and audits. Escalate and communicate effectively where risk is identified. Maintain the governance procedures and build and maintain TIC Knowledge Hub

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Technical Standards: support site-based teams in risk assessing raw materials and facilitating discussions with suppliers as required. Understanding and applying all relevant Bakkavor, Customer and legal standards to raw materials and finished product packaging.
• Technical Standards: Support investigations of raw material incidents. Gather information from site and supplier sources. Support the incident management process where required. Make recommendations for improvement in supply chain where required. Create and manage incident logs and files, ensuring KPI reporting, trending and feedback into governance processes are completed on time.
• Technical Systems: Responsible for the review and gathering of data relevant to raw material and supply chains, for horizon scanning and risk reporting and development of Knowledge Hub on TIC.
• Technical Standards: Lead raw material trace tests to ensure due diligence and integrity controls for relevant raw materials. Maintain details for due diligence, escalate and make recommendations for schedule adjustment as required.
• Audits: Undertake relevant audits of suppliers on behalf of the group, ensuring all Bakkavor and customer technical requirements are met in full to ensure robust supply chain.
• Audits: To lead and present relevant raw material information where required for customers or audit purposes.
• Communication: Review, trend and report on industry body (FIIN, CBRI, Fera etc.), customer and regulatory sources of information. Escalate and communicate trends or incidents as required.
• KPI’s: Develop relationships with suppliers to drive improvements, where KPI trends are identified. Lead and manage visits to suppliers where engagement is required.
• Communication: Establish a strong working relationship within the Central/Site Technical teams, and Procurement teams. Attend NWT meetings and lead and present KPI data when required.
• Technical Systems: responsible for the continued review and management of raw material governance procedures.
• Health & Safety: To operate in a safe working manner and support the business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety & the environment.