Quality Assurance Specialist
Posted Today by Aldi UK
£43,840 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Atherstone, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Quality Assurance Specialist role at Aldi involves ensuring that products meet high specifications and driving a quality culture across the supply base. The position requires an experienced individual with a strong understanding of EU and UK food legislation, who can effectively communicate and manage quality assurance queries. The role emphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making and maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders. This is a fixed-term contract with opportunities for remote working and a focus on personal development within a growing retail environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Buying teams to ensure product quality and value.
- Communicate with stakeholders on product issues, due diligence, and customer complaints.
- Develop and maintain relationships with buying teams, external stakeholders, and technical service providers.
- Act as the primary contact for Quality Assurance queries within Buying.
- Manage correspondence and information flow with internal and external parties.
- Maintain knowledge of Quality Policies and Procedures.
- Proactively manage areas of responsibility and suggest system improvements.
- Monitor due diligence and escalate compliance issues with suppliers.
- Undertake training to stay updated with legislative and industry requirements.
Key Skills:
- Technical experience in food manufacturing, Quality, or Retail.
- Experience in managing suppliers.
- Food expertise across various product areas and temperature regimes.
- HACCP Level 3 certification.
- Able to influence across all levels within the business.
- Experience working with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Confident, professional, and articulate communication skills.
- Strong prioritization and deadline management skills.
- Computer literate in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- High attention to detail and ability to remain calm under pressure.
Salary (Rate): £43,840.00 yearly
City: Atherstone
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
This is an exciting time to join one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK. Aldi’s own brand is at the heart of our business model. We are committed to delivering on quality at a great price to our customers at a time they need this most. As a Quality Assurance Specialist, you will be part of a team that is accountable in making sure that Aldi products meet our high specifications by driving a quality culture across our supply base. The opportunity to play an integral part in delivering great products for customers is huge and we are committed to accelerating our growth. Does this sound like you? Aldi is looking for an experienced Quality/Technical Assistant who has an in-depth understanding of EU and UK food legislation, bringing with them experience from Retail Technical, Food Service or Food Manufacturing. Good communication is key to this role, and you will need to demonstrate that you can proactively manage your area of responsibility and assist in developing and maintaining quality management systems. If you have a passion for product safety, quality and innovation, then this is the role for you. You will need to possess the ability to influence at all levels within the business and across the supply chain. Using data to drive decision making is part of our DNA and this needs to be one of your core strengths to be able to make commercially sound technical decisions. Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate competency to deliver safe, legal, and quality products to meet the needs of our customers. If you’re always striving to improve and want to join a really important part of the business, apply to join #TeamAldi today!
Your New Role
- Support the Buying teams to ensure we are getting what we pay for
- Use your technical experience to communicate with key stakeholders on product issues, routine due diligence, and customer complaints, to drive a quality culture across our supplier base
- Develop and maintains positive working relationships with buying teams, external stakeholders, and technical service providers
- Act as the go to person within Buying for all Quality Assurance queries
- Manage the efficient and accurate flow of correspondence and information, both incoming and outgoing, with external and internal parties ensuring an ongoing understanding of current issues, proposing/ taking action where appropriate
- Maintain full knowledge of the Quality Policies and Procedures
- Actively manage areas of responsibility by using initiative and suggesting ways of improving systems for greater efficiency
- Monitor/ measure due diligence throughout the business and take action where necessary to escalate in a timely manner and follow up compliance issues with suppliers
- Undertake training to keep up to date with legislative and industry requirements
About You
- Technical experience in food manufacturing, Quality or Retail
- Experience in managing suppliers
- Food expertise across several product areas/ temperature regimes
- HACCP Level 3
- Able to influence cross functionally and across all levels within the business
- Experience working with both internal and external stakeholders
- Able to work independently and part of a team
- Confident, professional, and articulate
- Able to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Computer Literate: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- High level of attention to detail
- The ability to remain calm under pressure
What You’ll get in Return
- Starting salary of £37,545 rising to £43,840
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working (Moving to 1 day remote working from January 2027)
- 18 month fixed term contract
- 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- In office flexi-time
- Full training provided
- Pension scheme
- Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
- Company sick pay scheme
- Company maternity and adoption leave and paternity pay after 1 year of service
- Long service rewards
- Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs.
- Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)
*You’ll need to live within 90 minutes of your main working location
**Please be aware that this role does not fulfil the requirements for visa sponsorship. Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect. If you’re ready to join a forward thinking business with a focus on your development as well as the business’, apply today!