Raw Materials Coordinator

Location: LIGHTBODY, HAMILTON, 73 BOTHWELL ROAD, HAMILTON ML3 0DW

Shift: MONDAY-FRIDAY

Salary: COMPETITIVE

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Technical team as Raw Materials Coordinator at our Hamilton site as part of ‘Finsbury Food Group’. 135 years of craft baking skills lie behind the quality of the special branded cakes, sweet snacks and slices we produce in Hamilton and 55 million products are produced each year. Lightbody is the UK’s largest supplier of celebration cakes to UK retailers, with Disney, Mars, Universal and Thorntons all within the portfolio of branded cakes made under licence. We also make a variety of supermarkets’ well-loved own-label cakes and in-store bakery bites.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience with one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses, along with great opportunities for growth and development. At Finsbury Food Group, we are passionate about investing in our teams, creating great development opportunities.

To be a success in this role, you will need to be well organised and be able to prioritise to ensure targets are achieved. You will have strong communication skills and be effective at building relationships. You should have excellent computer skills and would ideally have experience working within the food industry.

This is what you’ll actually do!

In this fast moving, busy and varied role, you will be a vital part of the Technical team reporting to the Head of Technical and responsible for managing the site’s raw material specifications; ensuring full supplier assurance requirements are met and that information provided is reviewed to confirm compliance to Finsbury Foods expectations. Managing issues with incoming raw materials to ensure they comply with specification and are suitable for use.

Day to day you will be responsible for ensuring that all supplier assurance information for all raw materials received at site is available in QADEX and that these are reviewed to ensure that they are suitable for use, meeting the required food safety, legality and quality parameters.

In the role you will provide traceability information during traceability exercises, withdrawals, recalls for raw materials of the product/issue involved. You will traceability systems are in place for all raw materials delivered to site. You will ensure that all raw materials are Valid IT approved as needed and manage the Allergen Control Matrix, working closely with NPD and Process teams to approved new/modified raw materials. You will manage the matching/comparison of raw materials working with purchasing teams to ensure alternative raw materials and supply are in place and on customer specifications.

Part of the role will include risk assessing our suppliers and monitoring their performance on an ongoing basis. You will be communicating with our suppliers on a regular basis to discuss any issues and follow up on corrective actions. Along with assisting with customer and 3rd party audits.

In this role you will manage the Goods In QA systems, including ensuring all raw materials received meet specification and that all COAs and COCs are reviewed to confirm conformity. You will be responsible for ensuring that the Goods In QA system has safeguards in place to prevent raw materials requiring technical approval prior to issue being released to production prior to approval being granted. You will manage the rejection of out of specification raw materials with stores, production, purchasing and the supplier whilst maintaining a hold register. You will document, implement and maintain procedures relating to raw materials and supplier assurance, developing and implementing a Raw Material Life Extension protocol.

Ideally this is you!

• Previous experience of working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of relative legislative criteria and industry standards for food production is also desirable
• Good problem solving skills
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to challenge in a constructive manner as required
• Flexible with a hands-on approach
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to work on own initiative
• Able to work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Team player

What’s in it for you!

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals.

If you are ready for a new challenge and like the sound of what’s on offer, then please apply now!