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Quality Assurance Manager / Assistant Technical Manager
A leading food business and part of a growing global FMCG group, we are looking to add to their team for a Quality Assurance Manager / Assistant Technical Manager.
This is a great opportunity for a technical or quality professional to take on a role with real scope to influence food safety, compliance, and quality standards across the site, reporting into the Site Technical Manager.
The Role
- Ensure food safety, legality, quality, and integrity through the development, implementation, and adherence to technical policies and procedures
- Play an active role in achieving site accreditations, ensuring compliance and audit readiness for BRCGS and customer audits
- Develop and implement robust traceability systems for transparency and regulatory compliance
- Lead pest control strategy, protecting product integrity and a hygienic production environment
- Oversee product testing and environmental monitoring to prevent contamination
- Investigate customer complaints, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive actions
- Deliver training to site personnel on food safety, hygiene, and quality standards
- Monitor and manage site trends and risks
- Manage the site QA and Hygiene teams, ensuring daily standards, checks, and monitoring are completed correctly
- Oversee the non-conformance system end to end
- Coordinate and maintain the internal auditing process to meet BRCGS and customer requirements
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- Strong understanding of food safety, legality, compliance, and quality standards in food manufacturing
- Previous experience in a technical or quality role within food manufacturing
- HACCP Level 3 or higher
- Food Safety and Hygiene certification level 3 or higher
- Strong understanding of HACCP, VACCP, TACCP
- Leadership and team development experience
- Working knowledge of SAP advantageous
- A proactive, can-do attitude and strong communication skills
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