Twinings
Quality & Food Safety Risk Assessment Specialist
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Application Deadline: 24 May 2024
Department: Tea Supply Chain
Location: Andover
Description
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Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which values individuals and will encourage you to make an impact? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, TwiningsOvo delivers.
We’re looking for people who don’t just come here to get the job done, but who have a real passion for the brand and a desire to do the best job they can. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.
As a Twinings Supply Chain team, our mission is to create value through agility and great partnerships to ensure that we are catalysts for growth for the business and we continue to delight our consumers. The Quality & Food Safety Risk Assessment Specialist will be responsible for horizon scanning and emerging risk assessments, food fraud risk assessments, raw material risk assessments as well as establish and managed annual testing programs for raw materials and finished products, participating on HACCP teams and assisting with issues.
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Key Responsibilities
- Conducts and maintains risk assessments for raw materials and third-party finished goods, establishing sampling plans, and coordinating all necessary due diligence analytical and quality testing.
- Monitors United Kingdom Tea & Infusion Association circulars, prepares a monthly summary of up-and-coming challenges and changes, supports senior management with UKTIA meeting preparation and maintains an activity/action log to support action and decision making.
- Responsible for gathering, analysing annual test data and promptly responding to both routine and ad-hoc information requests from trade associations.
- Actively participates in the food fraud risk assessments, horizon scanning and emergent risk assessments networks.
- Contributes to the HACCP team and supports with issue management through risk assessment.
- Responsible for the end-to-end management of 3rd party manufacturers raw materials and finished products specifications.
- Provides training to relevant personnel on quality standards, procedures and work instructions.
- Provides risk assessment advice for concessions.
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in food science, microbiology, chemistry, or equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in food industry, preferably in a quality assurance role.
- Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety, and quality management systems.
- Experience in conducting risk assessments and managing testing programmes.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
Benefits
- Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance
- Flexible working options
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays
- Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre
- Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more
- Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- Simplyhealth Cash plan
- Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts
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