Field Person

At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner. From Kettle’s bold crunch to Rowse’s natural sweetness, through to Matthew Walker and Barratt Sweets, our portfolio blends heritage, craft and category-leading innovation.

Alongside our branded portfolio, we are also one of the UK’s largest suppliers of private label products, partnering with major retailers to deliver quality and category expertise that meets the needs of millions of households every week.

As a business, we’re on a journey of transformation. We’re strengthening our operations, driving quality and investing in our people. It’s an exciting, fast-moving environment where heritage meets new thinking, and where every colleague contributes to shaping the future of food across the UK.

Join us and play your part in building the next chapter of some of Britain’s most loved brands.

As a Fields person you will be working closely with both the Factory & their grower supply base to collect and report data on fry quality, tuber defects & yield.

You will mainly be field/farm based collecting samples to return to the lab, and then assisting in the QA process. During summer months this will be mainly in field, and autumn/winter months you will be visiting potato stores regularly for quality checks across East Anglia. 

There may be opportunities in the future to progress the role further into developing grower facing relations, seed management, trialling of new varieties and potato store management, training for BASIS and FACTS Qualifications.

• Working alongside the QA Team and KFL’S supply chain coordinator and standing in as required during holidays etc  
• Reporting to the Ag Team for day-to-day instruction.
• You will manage your own daily workload to provide samples for the QA Lab.
• You will be comfortable with travelling independently in a company vehicle to field & farm locations to collect samples.
• Aid inputting of records into QA database.
• To ensure accurate and complete information flow on both growing crop, harvesting and stored crop QC data – the role will need solid IT skills on data entry and excel, flexibility during peaks of work is required, specifically July to November when harvesting is taking place.

• Previous qualifications are not necessary, but the role would suit somebody who is comfortable working both outside & indoors, has an eye for detail and has good organisation/communication skills.
• Experience of the potato sector or agriculture would be useful, but not required as training will be given.
• Effective communication skills are essential  
• A valid, clean driving licence is essential.

What we offer you in return

• Excellent Career Opportunities
• Matched pension scheme
• Death in service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retailer discount platform
• Staff discount 
• And plenty more