Procurement Quality Assurance Assistant
Department: Central Functions
Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time
Location: London Heathrow
Description
Who are we?
Dnata is one of the world’s largest air and travel services providers. We provide a comprehensive range of inflight catering, onboard retail, supply chain and logistics services at all major and regional airports across the UK. Dnata Catering provide expertly crafted inflight catering services, delivering fresh and high-quality meals at major and regional airports across the UK. As the leading Halal caterer in the UK, we also provide tailored experiences to meet each customer’s unique needs. We’re a leader in VIP catering, offering bespoke inflight to private and charter clients.
The Role
Working alongside the Procurement QA manager and Procurement team’s Specialists, your role is key in supporting the team in policing the Quality of produce – food and non-food, PK and DLC from our supplier base. Using best practice associated with QA from other industries, the role will be engaged in supporting specification development, report generation and statistical analysis. The individual holding the role will be expected to work closely with Food Store, PK. A key requirement of the role is to ensure that a fact-based approach to quality and it`s measurement is the norm.
Key Responsibilities
- Checking incoming products at Goods In
- Checking raw materials in PK
- Report errors and anomalies to QA Manager with back up proof, detailed product information and disparity to specifications associate with quality failures
- Proactively communicate with internal & external customers, Procurement Specialists, and customer service team regarding QA issues.
- Provide reporting on supplier failures
- Following up on QA queries with suppliers
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Ideally previous experience of Quality Assurance preferably in food environment
- Knowledge and understanding of food safety legislation
- Dedication for high quality and consistency
- Strong IT skills, Intermediate or above in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills – able to articulate points and be listened to
- Highly analytical and methodical approach
- Good verbal and written English
- Ability to structure workload, to plan and multi-task efficiently
- Food Hygiene Certificate at intermediate level or above – desirable
- Power BI or other analytical tools
Benefits
What’s in it for you?
- An opportunity to be part of the Emirates global family.
- Free breakfast, lunch and dinner on site
- Free tea and coffee
- Simply health Plan
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Discounted gym membership at over 2000 gyms nationwide
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Opportunity to enhance your learning through our inhouse apprenticeship programme
If you’re invited to interview, please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make to ensure you’re cleared for take-off and able to perform at your best. We’re committed to making the recruitment journey as smooth and inclusive as possible.
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