At Yeo Valley, we're about more than just making great food – we're here to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. As a co-owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly. We manufacture over 25% of the UKs packaged yoghurt, created with passion and a stellar reputation, we are known for our commitment to organic farming, sustainability and animal welfare.
As a Quality Auditor you'll be driving a quality culture across our Crewkerne site. Coaching and motivating the key stakeholders you'll be working with, you'll be acting as a catalyst for influencing continuous improvement and better ways of working. We are the custodians of our customers and consumers' expectations and support the business
in achieving a true quality, food safety focused, working environment.
We are proud of the products we produce, and all the brands we represent.
Please note, this is a maternity cover position for 12 months, starting November/December, for 42 hours per week, 6am - 6pm, on a shift pattern of 4 on/4 off
The purpose of your role:
- Upholding legal, customer and consumers expectations, ensuring we are operating in a
true quality, food safety focused, working environment. Support and coach all site
functions on food safety and quality aspects of production
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To provide an operationally proactive Quality Assurance presence in order
to monitor real time manufacturing Product Quality and Compliance to Quality
Standards and Technical Procedures, and support cross functional improvements
when required across all key stakeholders
Your key responsibilities:
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Ensure all individual and team activities are completed safely, with clear controls,
understanding and instructions at all times and fully supporting a safety first culture.
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High factory floor presence and engagement with teams, developing a site food safety
and quality culture.
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Engage with site operational teams to ensure all food safety and quality
requirements are maintained at all times and coach to aid / improve understanding.
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End to end understanding of the process to ensure full traceability is maintained and
routinely tested.
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Provide verification of legal, food safety and quality systems, reporting results in a clear
and accessible format
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Collate and present summary trends of information in a clear and concise manner in
meetings
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Uses knowledge of site KPI’s to focus teams on driving improvement.
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Investigate live issues and trends, working cross functionally to develop a team solution
or escalating to key stakeholders if appropriate.
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Supporting of Development trials, ensuring success criteria are met through data
collation and analysis prior to scale up/launch of products or packaging.
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Conduct audits to schedule and ensure corrective actions are completed, in full, to root
cause.
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Identify opportunities of technical knowledge or skills gaps at operational levels and
support training or guidance through local Department Management.
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Actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement in self and others.