Group Supplier Lead Auditor

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Group Supplier Lead Auditor

Salary: £55,000 – £65,000 per annum

Location:

UK – Flexible / Hybrid (ideally central due to travel requirements)

Travel:
Regular UK and European travel

Contract:

Permanent, Full-time

Reporting to:
Group Technical Services Director

The Compleat Food Group (TCFG) is one of the UK’s leading chilled food manufacturers, supplying high-quality, innovative products to major retailers and food service customers. Food safety, integrity, and ethical sourcing sit at the core of our operations.

As Group Supplier Lead Auditor, you will be the technical authority for supplier audits across the UK, Europe, and beyond. You will ensure suppliers consistently meet legal, customer, and TCFG standards while driving continuous improvement in food safety, quality, integrity, and ethical compliance. This role offers a high level of autonomy, regular travel, and flexible home-based working for report writing and planning.

• Plan, conduct, and report food safety, quality, and integrity audits across a diverse supplier base, including high-risk and complex suppliers
• Lead new supplier approval and onboarding audits in line with the group audit schedule
• Assess food fraud vulnerabilities, traceability systems, and product integrity controls
• Review and verify corrective and preventive action plans (CAPAs)
• Support suppliers in improving food safety culture, risk management, and ethical compliance
• Develop and maintain a risk-based group audit schedule
• Communicate audit findings clearly to suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Produce accurate, timely audit reports
• Support internal audits across TCFG manufacturing sites where required
• Support ad hoc technical projects across the group
• Manage your own travel arrangements and work flexibly from home

• A compliant, low-risk supply base
• Improved supplier audit scores year on year
• Reduced supplier-related complaints and NCRs
• Clear visibility and control of supply chain risks

You’ll be an experienced auditor with strong food safety knowledge and confidence working independently across a wide supplier network.

• Lead Auditor qualification
• HACCP Level 3 (minimum)
• Strong understanding of UK & EU food legislation
• Experience auditing food manufacturers and suppliers
• Knowledge of GFSI certification schemes (e.g. BRCGS)
• Experience with food fraud prevention, vulnerability assessments, and traceability
• Excellent communication, influencing, and report-writing skills
• Willingness to travel regularly in the UK and Europe

• Degree in Food Science or related discipline
• Experience in technical leadership roles or third-party auditing
• Knowledge of ethical sourcing, sustainability, and packaging compliance

• Generous package
• Flexible, hybrid working model
• High-impact group-level role
• Exposure to a diverse, international supplier base
• Support for ongoing professional development

At The Compleat Food Group, we’re proud to be a food business built on purpose and passion. Formed in 2021, we’re on a mission to create Food to Feel Good – great quality, tasty and affordable food that people love to eat. We’re home to some of the UK’s most exciting and loved food brands, including Wall’s Pastry, Pork Farms, Wrights, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co.,

unearthed, Vadasz, Squeaky Bean, Palace Culture, and Harvey & Brockless. Alongside our branded portfolio, we’re a leading supplier of delicious own-label pastry, sweet bakery, party food, olives and antipasti, added-value egg products, continental meats, dips and sauces and plant-based food to the UK’s major retailers, as well as across food service. With over 6,000 talented colleagues across 17 sites, and an annual turnover of £1.3bn, we’re united by a shared ambition to shape the future of food for the better.

We are backed by European private equity firm PAI Partners.