UK Industrial Placement- Supply Chain- Quality & Food Safety

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Job Description

Here at PepsiCo, we have a 12 month Quality & Food Safety student placement opportunity in our Supply Chain team based at our Walkers manufacturing site in Coventry.

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 $64 billion in net revenue in 2018, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Walkers, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. “Winning with Purpose” reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business. For more information, visitwww.pepsico.com

The Coventry Plant is our biggest snacks manufacturing site in the UK with the largest automated multi-pack area in the world. It's also the home of our famous Doritos and Sunbites, two of the nation's favourite snacks!

You’ll have lots of autonomy where your decisions will really make a difference to our business and in return you’ll have the chance to develop your skills and experience in a fast paced, energetic environment.

What you’ll get up to:

·  To support the Quality & Food Safety Team on delivering key Quality and Food Safety initiatives, specifically the key metrics for the site. This will include:
·  Supporting the Quality Specialists through trending of Consumer Complaints plus identification and facilitation of work streams for complaint reduction opportunities with site manufacturing teams.
·  Supporting the Food Safety Team to drive food safety performance through completion of audits and taking an active role in root cause analysis following food safety issues.
·  Supporting the site’s BRC Agenda by working on specific projects to drive continued improvements.

Qualifications/Requirements

What we’re looking for:

·  Undergraduate student, following path to a degree level qualification in Food Science /Food Science & Technology/Food Manufacturing/Food and Consumer Studies or equivalent.
·  High degree of initiative and drive to maintain and improve Food Safety and Quality within a Manufacturing Facility, with the ability to be pro-active and multi-task.
·  Keen to gain experience of working in the Food Industry within a Quality and Food safety function.
·  Sharp problem solving skills and knowledge of standard tools.
·  Passion for engineering and staying on top of industry developments.
·  Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to a diverse audience.
·  High degree of self-motivation combined with good organisational skills.
·  Supportive team player with an accurate, methodical and reliable approach.
·  Good communication, verbal and written.
·  Computer-literate (Microsoft Office).
·  Full UK driving license (desirable but not essential) What else do you need to know?

This 12 month placement starts in July 2020 , with a salary of £17,500

We have a range of flexible benefits to offer you, from a competitive pension scheme, to mobile phone discounts - there’s something for everyone!

Application Closing Date – 27th October

Our application window is scheduled to close on the above date, however, in the event of a large response we will close applications early. We would therefore encourage you to apply early.

Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable

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.