Overview
At PepsiCo UK, we’re proud to make some of the nation’s favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch. With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we’re also home to one of the world’s largest crisp factories in Leicester. At the end of 2025 we will move our UK office to a vibrant new Reading town centre location, just minutes from Reading train station.
Why Join Us?
We offer a competitive salary, bonus, flexible working, and a wide range of benefits—from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running.
Responsibilities
* Co-ordinating internal Quality Management Systems.
* Monitoring budget spend and reporting to Quality Manager.
* Owning complaint investigations and driving continuous improvement.
* Participating and leading HACCP meetings and owning updates relating to HACCP on site.
* Acting as voice of QFS team in upcoming site projects, identifying and owning actions to drive them for effective closure with support from wider QFS team and project stakeholders.
* Governing general standards such as BRC/AIB to ensure brand equity with focus on the internal audit programme.
* Providing expertise for improving accountability and closing audit actions (AIB/BRC).
* Supporting QCDM/SPARK daily meetings, capturing data, and closing actions.
* Identifying and completing Quality/Food Safety training, ensuring audit compliance and correct skill set for each shift.
* Supporting shift team with problem solving and decision making through leading problem-solving groups, A3 problem-solving tools, and kaizen events.
* Using DMAIC process and problem-solving tools for improving Quality metrics.
* Training and coaching front line teams in new and existing quality and regulatory systems (validation and refresher training).
* Driving and owning site compliance to standards (BRC, AIB) via GEMBAs and verification audits.
* Participating actively in site external audits.
* Owning site QAS audit.
* Guarding site compliance to legal and regulatory standards (e.g. weight control).
* Owning traceability and mock exercises.
* Owning concessions and variances.
* Owning Quality Wall process and in-market tracking.
Qualifications
* Post A Level qualification (BSc; BTech or Food Tech).
* Previous audit experience either as an auditor or as an auditee specifically in a quality environment.
* Experience of implementation and maintenance of Quality management systems.
* Knowledge of quality systems & processes (e.g. SPC, weight control & auditing).
* HACCP Level 2 or above.
* Food Safety, Allergens, HACCP, Internal Auditing.
* Strong IT skills MS Office, SAP.
A Space to be You
We celebrate individuality and are committed to building an inclusive workplace. Our Employee Resource Groups help embed inclusion into our culture, ensuring everyone feels valued and heard.
Equal Opportunities
We’re an equal opportunity employer, committed to the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide any necessary adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.
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 nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.
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