This role is a fantastic opportunity to work as a valued colleague in a high performing team within the dynamic impulse - drinks category. Working within a well-respected and collaborative Natural Work Team to deliver quality and value, with the support of other impulse technical colleagues. Ensuring products in area are safe, legal, responsibly sourced and meet the product brief, Tesco rules & policies Being the expert in your field, achieving KPIs and supporting development of policy/protocol in your category Minimising cost and risk throughout the supply chain and product range, ensuring appropriate controls are in place for consistency, legality and quality of products & packaging and signing off products at appropriate milestones Ensuring required Due Diligence documents are in place. Ensuring labelling is legal and factually correct Monitoring all quality and customer feedback and implementing actions to resolve issues raised Management & reduction of customer complaints, incidents (EPWs,recalls) and enforcement challenges in my area Inputting product, process and improvement ideas into the New Product Development plan The technical critical path for new products/product changes, working with suppliers and flagging risks Developing the strategy with Category teams, identifying and developing the best suppliers & sources Ensuring suppliers have Technical and ethical audits as required, agreeing action plans to drive improvement Managing and developing long term partnerships with suppliers, improving processes, quality and value Supporting Suppliers to deliver against our sustainability and health goals Working with supplier to understand and address any human rights risks within their supply chains Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence Relevant experience/qualification(s) in food safety /manufacturing. Relevant product area knowledge/experience of delivering safe, legal, responsibly sourced, quality products to the customer Knowledge of legislation and technical standards Understanding of risk and risk assessment Understanding of end to end Incident Management process Customer focused Strong Initiative with proactive ways of working Personable and able build strong relationship and collaborate with all stakeholders and suppliers Analytical; able to interpret data and make decisions; even if all facts are not available Able to multitask and prioritise effectively Agile and open minded in approach Work well under pressure and to tight deadlines Proficient use of Microsoft Office packages Previous relevant experience and a proven, successful track record of delivering safe, legal and ethical products to the customer is essential LI-DS1 LI-Hybrid