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Vendor Assurance Manager

Employer
KP Snacks
Location
Slough, Berkshire
Salary
Competitive base, car allowance, pension, healthcare & great benefits
Closing date
5 May 2019

Job Details

Vendor Assurance Manager

Slough

Fixed term contract (6-12 months)

 

As our Vendor Assurance Manager, you will manage a category or group of assigned materials, to ensure adherence to legal, customer and company requirements.

You’ll be part of the Intersnack Procurement team, based from KP Snacks HQ in Slough.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

  • Vendor assessment and management according to Intersnack Group and Procurement procedures.
  • Support that materials are delivered to the Intersnack factories within agreed specifications
  • Manage relationships with Intersnack Operating Companies (e.g KP Snacks)
  • Work together with Category Managers to jointly:
    • Drive and implement category strategies
    • Achieve Intersnack Procurement targets
  • Agree raw material and/or packaging material specifications with vendors and OpCo’s
  • Provide the business with overviews of vendors’ capabilities and areas of improvement
  • Identify and (jointly) implement potential initiatives for product quality improvement that could result in competitive advantage for vendors as well as Intersnack
  • Identify and implement potential initiatives that improve efficiency and/or effectiveness of Intersnack Vendor Assurance, Procurement and/or Intersnack Group
  • Keep all VA systems up-to-date with all relevant information and/or documents

You’ll need to be experienced in Vendor Assurance, Quality Management or similar related experience in the food manufacturing industry. You’ll also need knowledge of Quality management systems and GFSI schemes (essential). Knowledge of current legislation, relevant to food manufacturing is preferred.

 

Package:

Competitive base salary

Car allowance

Pension

Healthcare

Company

At KP Snacks we are passionate about our people and proud to offer exciting rewarding careers across our business.
Do you like the idea of joining KP’s awesome team of happy snackers?  We have a brilliant culture and opportunities in many different functions, so if you’re talented, enthusiastic and up for a challenge, we want to hear from you.
Wherever you work at KP Snacks, you’ll receive excellent training and support to help you be the best you can be.
We’re an expanding company and – as part of the privately owned Intersnack Group – there’s always the possibility to develop your career further afield in Europe as well as in the UK

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