Florida Crystals / ASR Group
Supplier Quality Technologist
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Job Title
Supplier Quality Technologist
Today’s Date
Oct 2026
Location
Lisbon, Thames (Optionally Hybrid 3 days office)
Grade
Reports To
Director, Food Safety & Supplier Quality
FLSA Status
Exempt
Company Description
The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.
Overview
The Supplier Quality Technologist is responsible for ensuring that suppliers and purchased materials consistently meet company quality, food safety, regulatory, and compliance requirements. The role owns a designated category of raw materials, ingredients, packaging, or services and applies a science and risk-based approach to supplier management, performance monitoring, auditing, and continuous improvement.
Working closely with Procurement, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Quality, and New Product Development teams, the Supplier Quality Technologist helps protect consumers, safeguard the business, and support supply continuity by ensuring suppliers operate in compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) expectations.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Own and manage an assigned category of suppliers, raw materials, ingredients, packaging, or services.
- Ensure suppliers and materials comply with applicable food safety, regulatory and customer requirements, including FDA regulations, GFSI standards and internal specifications.
- Risk assess each supplier and material combination in use within FCC, ASR and Ingredients Plus global manufacturing network and implement an appropriate and proportionate level of auditing, testing and other verification and monitoring activities as needed to protect operations from food safety, regulatory and functional risk of materials.
- Collect and maintain supplier quality and regulatory due diligence documents for all supplier and material combinations.
- Monitor and review supplier quality, food safety, regulatory compliance and performance metrics, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs, Research & Development, New Product Development, Operations and Procurement teams to ensure supplier and material compliance throughout the product lifecycle.
- Represent the company when leading supplier audits, performance reviews, investigations and escalation meetings.
- Execute the Supplier Corrective Action Request program to investigate supplier-related quality incidents, material non-conformances and food safety concerns, ensuring appropriate containment and corrective actions are implemented.
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Work Experiences
- Experience working in a GFSI (BRC / IFS / SQF / FSSC22000) manufacturing environment, HACCP, & Food Safety.
- Experience performing audits of internal and external suppliers / manufacturing facilities.
- Utilization of Quality Assurance systems and supplier corrective action programs.
- Experience of working independently to influence others and achieve objectives within a framework of authorization.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology) from an accredited college/university.
- PCQI (FSMA, FSVP); training provided.
- GFSI Lead Auditor certification; training provided.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Essential Capabilities (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Attributes)
Core Competencies:
- Analytical Thinking & Decision Making – Identifies and understands trends and/or issues; connects data points through analysis to arrive at a logical conclusion.
- Business & Financial Acumen – Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the financial, accounting, marketing and operational functions of our organization; interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better corporate decisions.
- Effective Communication – Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner by tailoring one's message to fit the interests and needs of the audience.
- Customer Orientation – Keeps internal and/or external customer(s) in mind at all times. Strives to proactively address customer concerns and needs. Assists business partners and customers to achieve their work goals via application of their own skills and knowledge; strives to provide consistent customer satisfaction.
- Establishes Trust – Gaining the confidence and faith of others by actions and words that promote being honest, forthcoming, integrious and vulnerable.
- Problem-Solving – Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
- Results Orientation & Accountability – Takes accountability, identifies, executes and drives actions to consistently achieve desired results.
- Teamwork & Collaboration – Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others.
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Individual Contributor:
- Adaptability/Flexibility – Maintaining effectiveness in varying environments and with different tasks, responsibilities and people.
- Continuous Improvement – Establishes methods and utilizes specialized techniques to monitor and improve performance of systems and processes.
- Self-Development – Seeks feedback on one’s strengths and weaknesses and initiates activities to increase or enhance their knowledge, skills, and proficiency in order to perform more effectively or enhance their career.
Language Requirements
- Primary language is English
- Ability to read/write/speak in Portuguese, Spanish, German or French is a plus
Travel Requirements
- 10-20%
- Must be able to travel freely and on short notice within the home region (UK/EU/Schengen area).
- Must be able to travel/drive internationally as needed.
- Full UK Driving licence; capability to drive rental cars in geographic region.
Location of Role
Thames Refinery, London
Service Excellence
At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company. Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services.
Efficiency and Sustainability
Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment.
Value-Add
Create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services.
Talent and Culture
The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.
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