At Yeo Valley, we’re about more than just making great food – we’re here to nurture and nourish people and planet by making great food the right way. As a co‑owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly.
As a Senior Supplier Technologist, you’ll be pivotal in building and maintaining strong relationships with our raw material suppliers, ensuring right first‑time quality of raw material supply into our manufacturing sites.
Your focus will be to manage a supplier portfolio, ensuring effective supplier management and raw material quality, leading and driving continuous improvement in our supply base, and working collaboratively with procurement, NPD and site manufacturing teams.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing a portfolio of raw materials and suppliers
- Effective management through risk assessment and performance
- Evaluating and approving potential and new suppliers in your category
- Working cross‑functionally to drive cost out across suppliers
- Collaborating with procurement and development to ensure suitable suppliers/ingredients for innovation and business continuity
- Ensuring supplier specifications are accurate and include all appropriate characteristics necessary to enable right first‑time quality for operations
This role is part of a job share and the working hours are 2 days a week (16 hours per week) of which specific fixed days are to be agreed. The role is based at our Blagdon HQ offices.
The important things:
- Experience in Quality & Food Safety management
- Supplier Management experience
- Strong people and communication skills
- Effective networking and influencing skills
- Ability to operate effectively at all levels across the business
- Great at building relationships internally and externally
Even better if:
- You have a Science Degree or similar Degree
- You have Audit/Lead auditor experience
- You have HACCP level 4
Why should I join the family?
We’re independent, British and proud to be producing the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1900 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.
In addition to free parking, top‑of‑the‑range personal protection equipment (PPE) and your own locker, we offer the following benefits:
- Competitive holiday allowance
- Non‑contributory pension scheme
- Life cover
- Healthcare cash back plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
- Preferential rates with partners
- Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all employees have the chance to grow
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