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Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

The Role:

The main responsibility is to provide technical support to the technical department to maintain safety, quality and legality of the products. To work with Site Technical and Operations teams ensure the efficient production of safe and legal food.

Key Accountabilities:

* Carry out internal audits and routine Food Safety inspections

* Conduct the site traceability exercises

* Carry out daily taste sessions (Hovis Quality Evaluation)

* Managing Product quality Standards, from identifying the quality standards to ensuring the factory implements them

* Managing raw material non-conformances

* Liaising with the supplier and raising derogations for ingredients shelf life when necessary

* Arranging sample collection and despatch – Finished Product, Raw Materials and Micro

* Managing raw materials and packaging documentation

* Involvement in preparing for BRC and customers audits

* Deliver continuous improvement of both product quality and standards on site.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

* Degree qualified (industry Technical experience will be considered in lieu of qualifications)

* Knowledge of food legislation and food safety principles

* Possess good communication skills both written and verbal and must be computer literate.

* Ability to influence & challenge

* Committed to incorporating the Hovis values of Quality, Accountability and Trust in day to day functions.

Desirable:

* Customer-facing experience

* Bakery industry experience

* Experience with retailers and 3rd party audit/BRC standards

* HACCP qualification

* Experience of working in a Food manufacturing environment

* Internal audit training

Please note: Right to work in the UK is required to be considered for the role

Why work for us and our benefits:

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

* There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.

* Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving

* We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance

* We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes

* We offer three levels of pensions

Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic