Supplier Technologist

About the role
- This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
- We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
- The base location for this role is**_ _**flexible however as a Head Office role travel to Greggs House, Newcastle upon Tyne will be required at times

What you'll do
As part of the Supplier Technologist Team you are responsible for the approval, monitoring and management of 3rd party suppliers of food products and ingredients as well as storage and distribution sites, ensuring that food safety and legality are upheld.

Within this role you are expected to ensure Customer safety and Brand protection whilst promoting a strong food safety culture within the 3rd party supply chain.

The main purpose of your role is:

- Maintain and utilise performance KPI reporting and RAG rating to drive continual improvement with the 3rd party supply base.
- Complete supplier audits (based on risk assessment) in line with Greggs manufacturing standard and other appropriate Greggs standards
- Proactively engage with the Commercial teams to support the development of finished products and selection of new suppliers by ensuring new supplier processes are in place.
- Ensure internal systems are maintained to ensure compliance to the Greggs requirements for 3rd party suppliers as well as BRCGS standard for food safety and/or storage and distribution standard.
- Lead liaisons on food safety and related incidents that occur with the 3rd party supply chain specific to your area of responsibility whilst ensuring strong communication and escalation to senior teams, as appropriate.

About you
You will fit right into this role if you:

- Food science (or similar) degree or equivalent
- Lead auditor trained, Level 4 Food hygiene trained and HACCP level 3 trained
- Experience managing food safety audit programmes
- Experience managing food safety, integrity and legality of food products and/or understanding of processes and risks associated with - ingredient and product ranges relevant to Greggs.
- Risk assessement, prioritisation and decision making skills
- Proven experience of leadership, decision making and report writing
- A result focused approach with excellent communication skills and the ability to influence others
- Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal and celebrating results together
- Are supportive of an inclusive culture - recognising and valuing that difference is good
- Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey

About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun What makes Greggs so special is our culture - the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.

Vacancy Information
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Technical** **team at Greggs as a Supplier Technologist

We can offer you:

- 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
- Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary
- Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
- Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
- Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
- You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
- Defined contribution management pension scheme
- Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
- Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
- Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
- Career progression and learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
- Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
- Cycle to Work scheme
- A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business Cli