Standards & Audit Manager - Non Food - Part Time 3 days per week

Location

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | United Kingdom

Job description

About the role

You will lead on delivering projects and initiatives in the field of Tesco Technical Standards and Audits (S&A) for the areas of Home, Clothing and Grocery Non Food (collectively known as Non-Food). Lead on the delivery of high quality audits under our second party global audit programme, supporting the operational delivery of the audit programme.

You will be responsible for

Lead on Non Food projects & initiatives in accordance with the business priorities in the field of technical standards and audits, these may include but are not limited to:

• Content production (and support with delivery) of the training material required for Technical audit programme (standards, modules etc) for Audit Service Providers (ASP's), Suppliers and Tesco colleagues
• Lead innovation and development projects that evolve and drive the Standards & Audits programme, ensuring engagement with colleagues across the group
• Operational delivery
• Manage documentation updates across the wider S&A or Non Food audit programme
• Based on feedback, industry knowledge & ongoing learnings, continuously improve our Standards, Requirements, Guidance & training material for suppliers, colleagues and ASPs.

Ensure the audits performed are of the highest quality though monitoring and evaluating 2nd party auditor performance and their audit reports:

• Review auditor activity / audit reports and provide performance feedback to the programme operational lead
• Ensure approved auditor list and competency matrices are maintained with each ASP
• Provide evidence for the sanction process of any auditors, as appropriate
• Manage any shadow audit with the parties involved
• Identify opportunities for efficiency in approved auditor management
• Support with the onboarding of any new audit service providers or auditors

You will need

Experience:

• Degree level or equivalent qualification in science/textile/technology subject
• Extensive experience in non food industry
• Managing supplier relationships
• Auditing principles - ideally Lead Auditor risk assessment and risk management

Operational Skills:

• Communication - written and verbal
• Organisational and project management 
• Proficient IT skills (MS Office and Sharepoint)
• Stakeholder relationship
• Good commercial awareness
• Technical auditing skills
• Analytical skills
• Multi tasking and deadline efficiency
• Leadership skills and understanding of cultural differences
• Organisational and basic project management skills

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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

Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues

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.

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