Technical Assistant

Reporting to the Technical Director your duties will be;

Ethical Compliance & Due Diligence

• Manage and maintain all supplier due diligence (DD) documentation across customers.
• Oversee ethical compliance and labour standards across suppliers and packhouses.
• Manage SEDEX compliance, monitor non-conformances and produce monthly reports.
• Follow up and close out outstanding ethical actions.
• Collate and securely retain ethical documentation for up to 5 years.
• Keep up to date with evolving ethical trading legislation and retailer codes of practice.
• Distribute and manage due diligence, ethical and labour provider questionnaires to suppliers.
• Support packhouses during ethical audits and customer visits.

Retailer Platforms & Technical Systems

Maintain and update supplier and product information across retailer and compliance platforms for different customers

Responsibilities include:

• Initiating and managing FEX derogation processes.
• Accepting, uploading and communicating new specifications and procedures.
• Checking and updating supplier links.
• Maintaining grape supplier spreadsheets across customers.
• Ensuring all technical documentation is current and aligned with customer requirements.

Attributes:

• Knowledge of the fresh produce industry
• Experience in ethical compliance, due diligence, or technical administration.
• Working knowledge of SEDEX and ethical trading standards.
• Experience working with retailer compliance platforms.
• Strong organisational and documentation management skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Prophet ERP (not essential)