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.