Quality Manager – Food Manufacturing
FMCG , Chilled Foods, Ready Meals, Food to Go
Highly successful growing Chilled Food company
Location: Ealing area
Salary: Up to £45,000
Benefits: Numerous benefits including 33 days holiday (including bank holidays back in lieu), pension, life assurance, income protection, extensive discounts for you & your family
Highly successful, forward thinking chilled food manufacturing group, focused on quality of service & products, supplying to leading food retailers throughout the UK & internationally are looking for a Quality Manager to join the business, due to their continued rapid expansion.
The successful Quality Manager will work with a skilled, passionate, diverse team & in a culture where employees are supported & can develop their career as the company continues to grow. Innovative & continuously looking at market trends, the company regularly develop new products for the chilled market & work with several high-profile retailers.
This is a great time to join the company to use your experience & skills to help the company change & evolve whilst benefitting from the company’s growth opportunities.
The Role:
We are looking for a self-motivated candidate who has experience of working as a Quality Manager in a similar chilled food/food to go environment. The Quality Manager is a hands-on role and is an integral part of the team, supporting the Head of Technical by ensuring site compliance to the quality manual & enforcing GMP practices in the manufacturing & warehouse units and the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
Maintaining current level of BRC accreditation Second party audits results Customer complaints root cause analysis
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring compliance with BRCGS standards
- Ensuring compliance with customers standards as well as the customer’s COP
- Internal Auditing management
- Non-conformances management
- Developing and maintaining a robust auditing program to include GMP, glass, wood and other physical audits
- Conducting daily QA checks, assessing raw materials specifications, management of technical runner
- Providing training for new starters
- Leading investigation and root cause analysis for all non-conformances and customer complaints
- Linking with customer-facing teams and provide support to these teams
- You will be the main contact for pest control and chemical supplier
What are we looking for ?
- Experience of working in food manufacturing
- Experience of working in a quality role, ideally as a Quality Manager in a similar food manufacturing environment
- Previous experience in a similar role within a High Care environment
- Ideally experience in managing a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Drive, energy & enthusiasm
- Hands-on approach
Salary & Benefits:
The starting salary for this role is up to £45,000 plus 33 days holiday (including bank holidays back in lieu), pension, life assurance, income protection, extensive discounts for you & your family.
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