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About the Company
Bloomin is establishing a new UK production operation in Llantrisant through a strategic manufacturing partnership. This site-based role will work closely with both organisations, supporting the day-to-day operation across production, quality and new-product scale-up.
About the Role
The Production & Quality Lead will bring hands-on product and process expertise, working collaboratively with the wider site team to solve production issues, maintain consistent standards and support continuous improvement. The role will be central to making the partnership successful by building strong ways of working, sharing product knowledge and helping ensure Bloomin products are produced safely, efficiently and consistently.
Responsibilities
Production and Quality
- Work as part of the site team to support daily production priorities, problem-solving and delivery.
- Ensure products are made to agreed recipes, processes, specifications and quality standards.
- Complete or oversee product-specific QC checks, including pH, Brix, viscosity, colour, taste, packaging and batch coding where relevant.
- Review production and QC records, retained samples and batch documentation, escalating risks or deviations early.
- Support investigations, root-cause analysis and corrective action for non-conformances, complaints, rework and recurring issues.
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New Products and Scale-Up
- Support the transfer of new and existing recipes from lab or pilot scale into repeatable full-scale production.
- Plan and support trials, pre-production runs and first productions with R&D, Technical, Operations, Supply Chain and the site team.
- Identify scale-up risks and ensure production instructions, QC limits and key watch-outs are documented before handover into routine production.
Joint Working and Improvement
- Build effective working relationships across the partnership, promoting clear communication and shared problem-solving.
- Keep relevant teams informed of production performance, risks, actions, changes and upcoming priorities.
- Contribute to production planning, launches and product changes, and improve SOPs, QC records, handover documents and ways of working as the operation grows.
- Promote strong process discipline, food-safety awareness and shared ownership of product quality.
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Qualifications
- Experience in food or beverage manufacturing, ideally liquids, syrups, sauces, drinks or similar products.
- Strong practical understanding of production processes, quality control and food-safety expectations.
- Hands-on production experience and the confidence to understand and challenge recipes, batch records, specifications and processes.
- Experience completing or reviewing QC checks such as pH, Brix, viscosity, taste and colour.
- Strong troubleshooting, communication and documentation skills, with the ability to influence through expertise and relationships.
- Comfortable working in a fast-growing, multi-functional environment where processes continue to evolve.
- Strong relationship-building and collaborative working skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across both organisations and help maximise the operational and strategic value of the partnership.
Preferred Skills
- Experience of product scale-up, joint-venture or partner manufacturing, multi-SKU operations, ERP/MRP systems, and HACCP, GMP, BRCGS or SALSA environments.
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