Quality Coordinator

Job description

Auto req ID: 221279BR

Job Description

About PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $67 billion in net revenue in 2019, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 23 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Why PepsiCo?
PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world’s most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers Crisps and Quaker Oats, we have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted a Top Employer for the eighth year in a row!

Careers at PepsiCo
We pride ourselves on our superb work force. The people in this business genuinely care about doing a great job! We have a common goal - strive to continuously improve our business performance and our own personal development. With the majority of our UK vacancies being filled by internal promotions, we are continually developing and encouraging our employees to push themselves further and offer them support with their continual learning.
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Qualifications/Requirements

Key Responsibilities:
·  Responsible for on shift safety
·  Ensures timely execution, investigations (RCA, CAPA) and resolution of holds and near miss follow up
·  Recommend decisions on holds based on the risk assessment
·  Core governance on general standards such as BRC/AIB to drive GMP improvements
·  Deputy for absence covered through shift team members or peer group
·  Participates on in shift talent reviews
·  Escalates any significant issues or concerns to Shift Operations Manager
·  Acts as the guardian for all quality & food safety processes on shift and is responsible for the execution of these processes to the required standard E.g. Allergen clean verification and sign offs, sanitation/hygiene standards, right first time, pocket checks, etc.
·  Provide expertise on shift to drive improved accountability/closure on audit actions (AIB/BRC) and standards
·  Shift co-ordinator to lead food safety holds, investigations, risk assessments, root cause and closure
·  Review specific trends on shifts and trigger A3 with support of Quality and other cross functional teams
·  Support for SOMs & PC’s to chase down actions for Quality holds, ensuring completion within timescales
·  Drive QCDM Daily meetings as Quality representative – Sharing data, concerns, holds/incidents, open actions etc.
·  Identify & completion of Quality/food safety training, to ensure audit compliance/ correct skill set for shift
·  Provide on-going coaching and support on shift
·  Review and ensure Cleaning Standardisation across shifts
·  Attend Quality Walls to ensure product meets the specification
·  Go-person on shift for all quality and food safety queries, concerns and challenges. LEAN and Problem Solving
·  Support shift team with problem solving and decision making through leading problem solving groups, A3 problem solving tools, kaizen events.
·  Use the DMAIC process to improve Quality metrics Training and Coaching of front line staff:
·  In new and existing quality and food safety systems (validation and refresher training)
·  Understanding of QMS, BRC, QCDM and the implementation thereof
·  The Holds process including investigations, RCA and closure
·  Understand behaviours and support behavioural change at point of value via coaching and GEMBAs Factory Support and Driving Quality Agenda
·  Providing support and guidance for hold procedure, investigations and preventative focus.
·  Provide support and guidance for quality & food safety issues
·  Support site must win battles by leading work streams related to Quality metrics such as CPM and Right first time.

Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable
Job Type: Pipeline

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.