Raw Materials Coordinator

Job Title: Raw Materials Coordinator (Food Manufacturing) Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match. Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 DOE Location: West Yorkshire Hours: Monday to Friday, 07:00 am - 15: 00 pm (Flexibility required to meet business needs) Job Type: Full-Time | Permanent

• *Immediate Start Available** Overview The Flavour Network has partnered with a well-established food manufacturing business to recruit a Raw Materials Coordinator on a full-time, permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a strong understanding of raw material quality, supplier compliance, and food manufacturing standards to join a growing technical team. As Raw Materials Coordinator, you will be responsible for reviewing, assessing, and maintaining raw material specifications, ensuring all incoming materials consistently meet customer, technical, and business requirements. As the Raw Materials Coordinator, you will work closely with suppliers, production, commercial, and technical teams. You will play a key role in driving improvements in raw material quality, managing supplier performance, supporting audits, and ensuring compliance across the site. This is a site-based role with opportunities to visit suppliers and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives throughout the supply chain. Duties & Responsibilities for the Raw Materials Coordinator
• Review incoming raw materials against agreed specifications to ensure compliance.
• Maintain and update supplier specifications in collaboration with the technical team.
• Ensure raw materials consistently meet customer, technical, and business requirements; conduct quality assessments of incoming materials; and monitor performance throughout production.
• Report findings, trends, and quality concerns to Technical, Commercial, and Operational teams. Liaise directly with suppliers regarding quality issues, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build strong supplier relationships based on compliance, integrity, and collaboration.
• Manage non-conformances by issuing NCRs and, where appropriate, supplier rejection notices.
• Support investigations into supplier claims, quality concerns, and product downgrades. Assist with supplier visits and quality improvement projects. xwwtmva
• Identify opportunities to improve raw material performance, product yield, and operational efficiency.
• Provide guidance and support to production teams regarding specifications...