Company Description
We are delighted that you're thinking about a career with SGS!
We currently have an exciting opportunity at SGS for a Global Food Assurance Coordinator to join our highly successful certification division.
As the world's leading testing, inspection, and certification company, we, SGS, provide value to society by enabling a better, safer, and more interconnected world. We sustain global standards across diverse industries, including the consumer products sector.
At SGS, we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work and commitment. As part of our team, you would be eligible for:
- Performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria)
- Private medical cover (subject to eligibility criteria)
- Competitive pension scheme + Life Assurance
- Generous Annual Leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays.
- An additional day off for your birthday
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Retailer Discounts
- Access to electric vehicle leasing scheme (subject to eligibility criteria)
- Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay.
- Length of Service Awards
- Christmas Vouchers
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives
Job Description
- Job Title: Food Assurance Coordinator
- Job Type: Permanent
- Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday- Friday
- Job Location: Frimley, Office-based role
- Salary: From £32,000 +
As a Food Certification Coordinator, you’ll be responsible for providing support to the Global Food Assurance Team by carrying out a range of activities including compliance, driving digital optimisation and other general operational duties.
Key Accountabilities;
- To contribute to ad hoc tasks or projects for the wider Global Food Assurance team, which may relate to a variety of subjects, e.g. market intelligence, competitor analysis, internal operational reviews, admin requests relating to global business team support, etc.
- Complete the monitoring of the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) information and compiling the required scheme owner (BRCGS, IFS, FSSC) reports to strict deadlines.
- Play an active role in remote internal audits of affiliates’ offices delivering GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) schemes within SGS.
- Raise Mandatory Improvement Requests and ensure a timely resolution of the identified issues.
- Creating standards, food rules, templates, approval levels and monitor affiliate usage by timely reporting.
- To be responsible for the upkeep of the team’s internal pages.
- Coordination of the Affiliate network, taking ownership for maintaining Affiliate Agreements, approvals, POA/network agreements.
- To provide and analyse reports (regularly and/or on ad hoc basis as required).
- Support in monitoring and processing of invoices for the schemes and other ad hoc activities.
Qualifications
- Excellent MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Teams, PPT, etc.)
- Strong organisation, coordinating and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills (including written) and inter-personal skills.
- High attention to detail
- Flexibility and ability to cope with changing priorities.
- Strong customer-focus and can-do attitude
- Fluent in English
Desirable skills
- Experience in certification
- Food industry knowledge / experience
- Experience with SGS IT systems
- Strong initiative and resourcefulness, positive outlook and pragmatic in approach
Additional Information
APPLY NOW for full consideration, you can be sure that your application will be treated confidentially and impartially, and you will always receive an update within 10 business days.
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