Manage supplier approval and assurance for food suppliers to Pilgrims Europe, driving continuous improvement in food safety, quality and integrity.
Risk assess, approve and integrate new suppliers.
Monitor risk and performance continuously, report findings and drive supplier improvement.
Responsibilities:
1. Obtain and evaluate supplier records & questionnaires to assess suitability to supply and support risk assessment process.
2. Maintain approved suppliers list.
3. Maintain risk assessment data; requesting updates from suppliers and challenging data as required.
4. Establish programme of supplier assessments: audits, traces, third party audit reports, questionnaires etc to maintain ongoing approval.
5. Carry out supplier audits to schedule, evaluating and reporting against requirements.
6. Carry out supplier traces to schedule and ad hoc as required.
7. Follow up and close out corrective actions from audits, traces, non-conformances, maintaining records on Foods Connected.
8. Escalate concerns where suppliers are not performing to the expected standards.
9. Build good working relationships with suppliers developing a collaborative approach.
10. Share learnings and promote continuous improvement.
11. Ongoing maintenance and administration tasks to ensure suppliers are compliant with Pilgrims Europe standards.
12. Work closely with procurement team to improve stand...