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SalaryWith a particular focus on original flavours and authentic taste, this UK market leading company pride themselves on a smooth process from NPD to finalised products using their specialist knowledge and experience.
About the Quality Manager job
The purpose of your role will be to take ownership for overseeing the day-to-day management of quality and food safety in the factory, ensuring compliance with the food safety, BRC, legal, and customer requirements.
Key tasks
- Promote a proactive Food Safety Culture and actively share best practices whilst coaching teams on quality and food safety standards to ensure full understanding and accurate implementation.
- Drive quality improvement through effective Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective action, leading projects, and implementing Food Safety Initiatives.
- Develop, implement, and maintain procedures in collaboration with key stakeholders (SOPs, quality checks, GMP, quality and food safety documentation).
- Lead on BRC audits and oversee the internal audit program including addressing non-conformance issues with effective corrective actions and closure as well as handling of quality issues and complaints, implementing corrective actions whilst keeping key stakeholder informed.
- Responsible for site HACCP, ensuring appropriate reviews and training as HACCP team leader and ensuring factory hygiene standards are met including managing the pest control program.
- Manage a small team (4 reports) Quality and Specifications team.
- Ensure the timely completion of SAQ’s and specification requests.
- Represent the quality department ensuring information flow between central and local departments.
About You
The successful candidate shall have a related food science degree 3yrs minimum food industry quality management experience as well as an BRC auditing background and HACCP Level 4.
- An excellent communicator at all levels, verbally and written.
- A keen eye for attention to detail.
- Manages own work load and contributes to team tasks.
More details
The Quality Manager job is based in Cheshire and is paying £40,000 - £45,000 according to your experience.
The package includes a discretionary bonus, 33 days annual leave, flexible working and an employee discount scheme.
The working hours are Monday - Friday / Office Hours.
