Morepeople

QA Manager

06/12/2024
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Deadline date:
£45000 - £46000 / year

Job Description

  • Location:

    Paddock Wood

  • Sector:

    Food Manufacturing, Fresh Produce

  • Salary:

    £45000 – £46000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Luan Harrison

  • Job ref:

    LH 19203

  • Published:

    about 2 months ago

Quality Assurance / Fresh Produce / Kent

£45k

About the Role:
Are you ready to lead and drive quality assurance for this outstanding fresh produce business? We are looking for an experienced and dedicated QA Manager to manage the QA team, ensuring customer standards are met while enhancing production yields. This role is central to upholding their commitment to food safety, product quality, and process compliance in line with both site and customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities:
QA Team Management: Lead the QA team to support daily operations, allocate resources, and ensure timely and effective decision-making.
Product Quality: Collaborate with site operations to ensure our products meet customer specifications and standards, with a focus on minimizing waste and optimizing yields.
Product Packaging: Oversee packaging and labelling processes, ensuring compliance with legal and customer requirements.
Audit Compliance: Conduct and lead audits, ensuring our site remains "Audit Ready," and collaborate on industry-standard reviews.
Training and Development: Mentor and train QA staff to foster a culture of Total Quality Management and support staff training on food safety and quality.
Continuous Improvement Projects: Act as a subject matter expert on systems (Prophet and OAL Autocoding), promoting operational efficiencies and compliance.

What We’re Looking For:
Strong leadership and communication skills with experience in Quality Assurance, ideally within food production, fresh produce or related industry.
Knowledge of quality, food safety, and compliance standards, including auditing experience with the food / fresh produce industry
Proven ability to drive process improvement and manage cross-functional relationships.
Commitment to training, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team.

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, please apply via the link. Alternatively, for a confidential chat about this exciting role, please contact Luan on 01780 480530 or luan@morepeople.co.uk

INDTECH

Luan Harrison

Associate Director

07896 357 427
luan@morepeople.co.uk

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Deadline date:
£35000 / year

Job Description

About us:

At David Wood Baking we have over 20 years’ experience in the bakery business, and if one thing is clear about our company it’s that we’re passionate about baking. We currently produce a range of quality frozen ‘bake off’ and craft bakery products encompassing Savoury Pastry, Sweet Pastry, Bread, Morning Goods and Confectionery products from six cutting-edge bakeries around the UK.

Scope:

Reporting to the Head of Technical, the QA Manager has full responsibility for the QA Department.

Through the continual management, development and auditing of the Quality Management System, the QA Manager will ensure that the appropriate process control systems and procedures exist to deliver consistent and effective control of all products.

To deliver a Continuous Quality & Food Safety Improvement program through the development and implementation of improvement techniques on site.

The Role:

To work closely with the Site Management team to ensure all Food Safety, Quality and Legal requirements are controlled and met.

Duties:

  • Responsible for ensuring product safety and quality is maintained throughout the process chain.
  • Ensuring adequate monitoring systems are in place focussed on food safety, process control, good manufacturing practice and food handling.
  • Complaint handling, trending, and reduction plans.
  • To be key part of site HACCP team ensuring legal, customer and third-party compliance
  • Liaise with Customers and Suppliers regarding day-to-day queries and issues surrounding quality and technical management.
  • Carry out appraisals for the quality team.
  • To assist the Head of Technical in developing the quality management systems and processes in line with legal, customer, company and other best practice requirements, which create, maintain and improve the integrity and food safety and quality of all products manufactured.
  • To develop and maintain strong leadership across the Quality function, always ensuring that a well-structured and motivated team is in place.
  • Deputise for the Head of Technical in their absence.

Requirements:

  • Team management experience within chilled food manufacturing
  • Degree, or equivalent, in Food Science or similar is desirable
  • HACCP trained, preferably at level 3
  • Internal audit trained
  • Retailer-facing experience
  • Strong management skills
  • Quality assurance: 2 years (preferred)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Canteen
  • Casual dress
  • Discounted or free food
  • Free parking
  • On-site parking

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Bolton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

  • Food industry: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: QA MANAGER

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