Are you passionate about quality, compliance and continuous improvement? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail makes a real difference?
At Yeo Valley, we're looking for a Compliance Coordinator to join our Supply Chain Compliance Team based at our Isleport site in Highbridge, Somerset. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in maintaining the highest standards of food safety, quality, hygiene and environmental compliance across our logistics operations.
As a Compliance Coordinator, you'll be responsible for carrying out day-to-day compliance activities while ensuring our Supply Chain continues to meet both Yeo Valley's high standards and the requirements of our customers and certification bodies.
Your responsibilities will include:
Quality & Traceability
- Completing scheduled traceability exercises to verify products can be traced from raw material intake through to customer delivery.
- Conducting transit and packaging trials to maintain product quality throughout the logistics process.
- Carrying out ad-hoc quality and standards inspections across Supply Chain operations.
- Identifying and escalating non-conformances to the relevant production sites.
Auditing & Compliance
- Conducting internal audits and inspections to ensure compliance with food safety, quality and environmental standards.
- Auditing third-party storage providers and supporting performance reviews of external hauliers.
- Monitoring compliance across areas including:
- BRC Storage & Distribution Standard
- Pest management, allergen and glass control
- Health & Safety, including racking inspections and noise surveys
- Hygiene, housekeeping and quality standards
- Pre-requisite programmes and procedures
Continuous Improvement
- Supporting cross-functional improvement projects to enhance compliance and operational performance.
- Assisting teams with root cause analysis and ensuring non-conformances are effectively investigated and closed out.
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes and drive best practice across the business.
Technical Support
- Providing technical and compliance support to colleagues across the business.
- Supporting customer audits across Yeo Valley sites and third-party storage facilities.
- Working closely with our Central Technical team on procedure reviews and the implementation of new standards.
- Participating in HACCP reviews and supporting risk assessment activities.
- Travelling to other Yeo Valley sites when required.
Pest Management
- Acting as the primary contact for our pest control provider.
- Managing pest sightings, proofing requirements and ensuring corrective actions are completed promptly.
- Carrying out routine pest management audits.
Equipment Calibration
- Completing internal calibration of monitoring equipment in line with planned schedules to ensure ongoing compliance.
Essential:
- Possess strong administration and analytical skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and able to communicate at all levels.
- Strong organisational skills. Able to self-motivate.
- Able to work in a busy fast paced environment
- A good level of IT literacy with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Full UK driver’s license
Desirable:
- Experience with Dynamics
- Previous technical/auditing experience
Qualifications (Desirable):
- Internal Auditing
- HACCP Level 3
SEMA Rack Inspection Training
We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1900 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.
We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer. It goes without saying that you'll have access to free parking, top of the range personal protection equipment (PPE) and your own locker. You'll also receive the following:
- Competitive holiday allowance
- non-contributory pension scheme
- life cover
- healthcare cash back plan
- cycle to work scheme
- subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
- preferential rates with our partners
- learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow
Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!
Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.
Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.
