QA Ingredients and Product Manager

Summary: The QA Ingredients and Product Manager serves as the primary contact for suppliers and customers regarding technical queries and compliance. This role involves managing the flow of raw materials and finished products, ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards, and leading teams focused on food safety and quality. The position also includes conducting risk assessments, onboarding new suppliers, and overseeing customer complaint investigations. The manager is responsible for maintaining robust systems and driving improvements in safety processes across multiple production plants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the flow of all raw materials and finished products to meet quality and safety standards.
• Conduct and update risk assessments covering allergens, microbiological, chemical, physical, and vulnerability aspects.
• Onboard new suppliers, reviewing manufacturing controls and ensuring necessary documents are accessible and up to date.
• Lead the HACCP and Food Defence Teams, maintaining robust systems and driving improvements in safety processes.
• Work with NPD to review and approve new ingredients and specifications for new launches.
• Responsible for Food Safety, Quality, Legality, and Hygiene across all Bread production plants, managing a team of FSQ Specialists.
• Oversee customer complaint investigations, reporting, and trending.
• Manage internal audits, including system, GMP, and GWP audits.
• Coordinate sampling schemes and laboratory operations, including equipment maintenance and calibration.

Key Skills:

• Supplier auditing experience in the food industry.
• Previous leadership or supervisory responsibilities in a FSQ setting.
• Specification writing experience.
• Extensive knowledge of HACCP.
• Risk assessment and management expertise.
• Working knowledge of BRC and major retailer standards.
• Experience leading 3rd party audits.
• HACCP L3 (L4 Desirable).
• Food Safety L3 (L4 Desirable).
• Food Defence internal auditing skills.
• Allergen management expertise.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Northwich

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other