Purchasing and Compliance Officer in Great Malvern

Prodrive Recruitment Consultants Ltd are recruiting for a quality focused and experienced Purchasing and Compliance Officer for our well-established clients based in Worcestershire.

The successful candidate will be supporting the manufacture of products for the agriculture sector and industrial waste treatment by ensuring that production practices, finished production documentation and purchased materials meet customer requirements, agreed specifications and applicable assurance standards.

Main Responsibilities

• Maintain and co-ordinate management systems supporting ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and FAMI-QS certification.
• Maintain controlled procedures, specifications records and other management system documentation and coordinate and plan internal audits, certification audits, supplier and customer audits and management reviews.
• Work across departments to establish objectives, monitor performance and non-conformances, monitor corrective actions to improve activities and to ensure that all actions are completed.
• Maintain a register of applicable requirements and legislation covering packaging, REACH and relevant sector assurance schemes.
• Coordinate and take responsibility for the sourcing and purchasing of raw materials, packaging and products against approved specifications, production requirements and agreed stock levels.
• Obtain quotations and negotiate prices, lead times and supply terms within delegated authority and maintain approved supplier lists and coordinate supplier approval, risk assessment and periodic review.
• Monitor supplier performance and resolve delivery, documentation and quality issues.
• Obtain, review and maintain supplier declarations, safety data sheets, certificates of analysis, technical specifications and all other compliance evidence.
• Ensure incoming materials meet the relevant assurance scheme and the requirements for use and ensure that purchasing decisions consider quality, assurance status, traceability, availability and total cost.
• Co-ordinate packaging compliance documentation and reports.
• Maintain systems linking supplier and material batch details to production and finished product records via the SAP ERP system.
• Coordinate supplier notification and approval requirements when specifications or manufacturing arrangements change.
• Oversee non-laboratory quality controls within the production plan to ensure that all mandatory checks are carried out and recorded.
• Conduct and coordinate housekeeping, hygiene and production practice audits and monitor compliance with cleaning procedures, line clearance, contamination prevention, packaging checks and labelling controls.
• Liaise with the laboratory on required testing and results and retain a separate responsibility for production quality documentation and controls.
• Maintain the customer complaint and non-conformance systems and coordinate complaints investigations with production, technical, sales and suppliers.
• Identify root causes and agree preventative and corrective actions with responsible managers to prevent recurring defects and supplier issues.
• Identify training needs relating to hygiene, quality, traceability, purchasing and compliance and deliver or arrange relevant training and record-keeping.
• Promote consistent standards and timely resolution of quality and compliance issues across the business.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Experience of Purchasing raw materials or packaging and managing supplier relationships
• Practical understanding of ISO Management Systems
• Experience in Compliance, Quality systems or supplier assurance within a manufacturing business
• Experience of internal audits, complaint investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Ability to assess specifications, safety data sheets, certificates and supplier compliance documentation
• Excellent organisational and communication skills and ability to work effectively with production teams to ensure best practice at all times

Desirable

• Experience with FAMI-QS or comparable feed safety assurance systems (UFAS, FEMAS etc).
• Experience in biological products, agricultural inputs, additives, chemicals or industrial treatment products
• Working knowledge of REACH and packaging compliance requirements
• Experience with stock control, purchasing or manufacturing management software
• Internal auditor qualification and relevant quality, environmental, procurement or technical training
• Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday 08:00am - 17:00 pm

Temporary to Permanent Contract.

Do you have the skills and experience and quality focus we are looking for to progress your career further, then please Apply today!!

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