Quality Manager
Posted 1 week ago by The Business Connection
£45,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Quality Manager role involves providing technical support and ensuring compliance with quality standards for a well-established business in the UK. The position requires overseeing daily quality checks, audits, and maintaining systems like BRC and HACCP. The manager will also lead a team and drive quality cultural change within the organization. Candidates must have relevant experience and qualifications, including a degree and a minimum of five years in a management role within a food manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct daily quality checks including metal detection, weight control, and product analysis.
- Perform internal audits and maintain compliance with quality systems such as BRC, HACCP, and others.
- Monitor customer-specific requirements and ensure non-conforming materials are documented and managed.
- Participate in root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Manage the Quality/Technical team, providing coaching and development.
- Maintain an audit-ready site and deliver a high BRC grade.
- Drive quality cultural change across operations.
Key Skills:
- Degree qualified in a relevant field.
- Experienced senior quality/technical manager with a stable background in food manufacturing.
- HACCP/Food Safety Level 4 certification.
- Proficient in internal auditing and leading HACCP teams.
- Comprehensive knowledge of UK major retail systems and demands.
- Management experience in a demanding environment (minimum 5 years).
- Strong understanding of quality systems and compliance requirements.
Salary (Rate): £45,000.00 yearly
City: Peterborough
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
Have you got the right qualifications and skills for this job Find out below, and hit apply to be considered. You will be working for a well-established business which pride themselves on creating and supplying the highest quality products to retailers and specialist outlets throughout the UK. As a Quality Manager, you will be providing competent and efficient technical support and service to both internal teams and external customers to ensure that the product and service provided is fit for purpose and meets both external and internal requirements, including legal compliance and customer expectations.
Quality Manager's Duties
- Hygiene standards and verification
- Daily quality checks including: metal detection, weight control, product QAS checks, calibration, allergen control product analysis
- Internal audits - daily & weekly
- Working knowledge of quality systems: BRC, TACCP, VACCP, HACCP and RSPO
- Customer specific requirements with regard to policies, QAS and due diligence testing are monitored and actioned
- To ensure all non-conforming materials are correctly identified, documented etc.
- Responsilbilyt for BRC, HACCP, 3rd Party and Retailer audits
- Participate in a root cause analysis, ensure corrective actions implement and the correct disposal of any affected materials
Quality Manager's Experience
- Degree qualified
- Experienced senior quality / technical manager and held a stable position within FM environment
- HACCP / Food Safety Level 4.
- Internal auditing / leading HACCP team
- BRC system maintenance and implementation
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of UK major retail, their systems and demands with past / ongoing experience
- Management experience within a demanding environment (min 5 years)
- Full product integrity and be the point of contact for all quality / technical related issues on site.
- Maintaining an audit ready site and deliver a high and consistent BRC grade
- Driving and delivering quality cultural change across the operations
- Maintain and improve systems
- Manage the Quality / Technical team and provide required coaching and development
Quality Manager's hours of work, pay and benefits
- Salary £45k (DOE)
- Hours of work: Mon to Fri 8AM to 5PM
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free/Discount food
- Free on-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Training & Development Opportunities & Career Progression
Candidates must have full rights to work in UK (candidates requiring sponsorship or on PSW Visa will not be considerate) Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven’t contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies. xlqdzyr We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy