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.
Job DescriptionWe’re looking for a Training Coordinator to join our Norwich site and play a key role in keeping our workforce fully trained, compliant and audit‑ready. If you’re organised, confident working with people across different departments, and comfortable managing training processes from end to end, this could be a strong next step for you.
This role is central to how the site manages legal, compliance and skills training. You’ll oversee the scheduling, tracking and recording of all training activity, working closely with the Compliance & Skills Lead and site leadership to ensure training plans are up to date and aligned with operational priorities.
You’ll also be responsible for managing our LMS activity on site, coordinating inductions, supporting external training arrangements, and keeping all training documentation, including SOP updates and compliance matrices audit‑ready.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Planning and scheduling training sessions and ensuring all training records are accurate and up to date.
- Working with Team and Shift Leaders to identify training needs and build local training plans.
- Updating and maintaining the LMS, running reports, and responding to internal queries.
- Delivering induction sessions when required.
- Coordinating external training and occupational health appointments using approved providers.
- Keeping the legal and compliance training matrix current and audit‑ready.
- Managing training documentation, SOP updates and communications.
- Meeting regularly with site leadership to report on training progress and priorities.
- Managing the site training budget across the year.
- Experience in training coordination, HR, occupational health, compliance/HSE, or a similar role.
- Ideally, experience in food manufacturing or another regulated environment.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Confident using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Experience using a Learning Management System (LMS) is helpful, but not essential.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work well with colleagues at all levels.
- Someone proactive, reliable and able to build good working relationships across the site.
The Training Coordinator ensures our people have the right skills to work safely and effectively, and that we meet the standards required for audits, compliance, and customer expectations. You’ll be the link between operational teams, leadership and our wider People function, helping keep the site running smoothly.
If you’re organised, confident with systems, and enjoy working with people, this could be a great fit.
Skills Required
- Experience in training coordination, HR, occupational health, compliance/HSE, or a similar role
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with colleagues at all levels
- Proactive, reliable, and able to build effective working relationships
- Experience in food manufacturing or another regulated environment
- Experience using a Learning Management System
What We Do
We are a leading producer and innovator of high quality, category-defining branded food products that have a proud history that dates back to 1845. At Valeo Foods, we are passionate about food and our portfolio of over 20 iconic food brands, which includes Jacobs, Batchelors, Kettle, Rowse Honey, Balconi, Schluckwerder, are tried and trusted by consumers across Ireland, UK and Europe for their quality, wholesomeness, nutrition and fun. We are a diverse business that combines food production, brand development and innovation, distribution and sales. We are Ireland’s largest ambient food supplier to the grocery trade, a major supplier to the food service market through Valeo Professional, and an increasingly prominent supplier to the UK market and a range of European Markets now. We are focused on the continued development of our excellent portfolio of category defining food brands as we look to expand our footprint across Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond with our latest acquisition in North America. We are committed to delivering quality food products through continued innovation and excellence in manufacturing. This commitment ensures that our brands retain a market leading position in each of their respective categories. We continue to recruit people with the best skills and expertise across a range of areas including manufacturing, food science, research and development, nutrition, distribution, sales, operations, marketing, human resources and finance, and aspire to be a best in class employer, focused on developing and empowering our people.
