Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Retail Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

About the role:

The UK FVC operates in over 300+ company and franchise stores. As the Food Safety & Technical Assistant you will be responsible for supporting technical and food safety processes, and store launches throughout the BP / Wild Bean Cafe estate. You will ensure the business is following all relevant food safety legislation and ensure a culture of food safety is embedded into the business.

What you will deliver:

• Work closely with the technical assistant to review and approve artwork, spec work, and work on ad hoc project work.

• Supporting on HACCP & SERT support.

• Work in collaboration with lead developer as a subject matter expert to provide technical product and ingredient knowledge for food within WBC and the wider business.

• Work closely with the technical assistant to review & sign off new suppliers, monitor, and feedback their performance.

• Work on and approve and ensure product specifications are kept up to date. Advise and provide solutions on potential food safety risks in the supply chain.

• Collaborate with product development, marketing, and the central team, assist in the development of sourcing guidelines for the WBC brand.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with all key stakeholders in the end-to-end supply chain and with those managing processes relating to the HACCP plan or prerequisites programmes (e.g. maintenance, operations, contract managers for pest control, cleaning chemicals etc.).

• Collaborate with the team for Food/Packaging and Equipment Suppliers.

• Contract management/setting of KPIs from a technical perspective of any outsourced food safety/technical related functions if required.

What you will need to be successful:

• Educated to degree level in Food Science, or a similar subject/level.

• HACCP level 4.

• Food Safety level 3.

• Proven experience within the food industry, either within factories, food service, or in FMCG and Food Service/Hospitality retail within a technical function.

• Understanding of sector, market, customer and competitor.

• Experience in selecting and monitoring suppliers.

• Experience in retail category Sourcing and Buying.

• Detailed and focused individual with an eagerness to learn and to develop your career within the ever-evolving food retail environment.

• Knowledge of the Fresh Food and Food Service Offer.

Preferred qualifications:

• Accredited auditing qualification

• IFST membership

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Continued Learning, Continuous Improvement, Creativity and Innovation, Customer centric thinking, Customer data knowledge, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital Fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integrated pricing, Knowledge Sharing, Leading transformation, Negotiation planning and preparation, Offer and product knowledge, Offer execution and growth, Operational Excellence, Partner relationship management {+ 10 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.