Standards & Audit Manager - Primary Agriculture - 12 Month Parental Leave Cover

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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About the role

You will lead, deliver and manage the UK and ROI Agriculture and Produce Upstream Supply Chain Audit Programmes. Manage the safety, reputational and legal risk, protect the brand and build trust for customers.

You will be responsible for

• Governing, managing and delivering robust upstream supply chain audit programmes (Livestock, Aquaculture, Feed Mills and Fresh Produce)
• Setting, monitoring and reviewing requirements for upstream supply chain audits and audit providers
• Leading and participating in the development of all relevant Tesco due diligence requirements (standards, requirements etc) and guidance to support their implementation, by actively engaging with relevant stakeholders
• Leading on and continually improving requirements for upstream supply chain due diligence management, including using external latest thinking and internal data
• Facilitation, co-ordination, management of, and participation in relevant projects to continually drive improvement of internal and external standards, and compliance
• Leading on relationships with, and governance of, industry schemes, and influencing their future direction
• Supporting and advising on future upstream supply chain audit strategy development
• Supporting incident management activities as appropriate
• Following our Business Code of Conduct & always acting with integrity and due diligence

You will need

Operational Skills:

• Risk assessment and risk management
• Technical management in supply chains
• High attention to detail
• Communication
• Influencing and negotiation
• Commercial awareness
• Analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines, maintaining standards, quality and relationships
• Mobilisation
• Good working knowledge of MS Office and SharePoint

Experience:

• Degree level or equivalent qualification in related subject  
• Extensive experience in food industry
• Managing supplier/service provider relationships
• Animal Welfare Auditing / ideally Lead Auditor
• Risk assessment and risk management

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About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.  If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.