Yeo Valley Production Ltd
Quality Assurance Manager
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Quality Assurance Manager
Apply today and become part of a business that invests in its people, values teamwork and takes pride in Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever.
As our Quality Assurance Manager, you will play a key role in promoting and driving a culture of continuous improvement across Food Safety and Quality, ensuring our site operates in line with the business Technical Strategy, policies and standards.
As an integral member of the Site Management Team, reporting directly to the Site Technical Manager, you will lead and develop the site QA function, with responsibility for a team of six direct reports. You will inspire, coach and develop your team, fostering a strong Quality Assurance culture and working collaboratively with various departments to ensure that food safety, product quality and compliance remain at the heart of everything we do.
You will champion product compliance, food safety and brand integrity, proactively identifying and managing risks to protect both our customers and our business.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and proactive Quality Assurance professional who is passionate about developing people, building strong cross-functional relationships and driving a positive, proactive food safety and quality culture. You will play a key role in maintaining the highest standards across the site and will deputise for the Technical Manager when required, ensuring continuity of leadership and technical excellence.
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If you are ready to make a difference, lead with purpose and help us deliver great food the right way, forever, we would love to hear from you.
Essential
- Demonstrable experience within a relevant technical management role within the food industry.
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Practical experience of BRC accreditation, HACCP implementation, and quality systems management.
- Good IT skills with demonstrable Microsoft Office skills
Desirable
- Dairy science / manufacturing experience
- A recognised audit qualification
- Food science, analytical chemistry or microbiological education
About the Company
We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts, soups and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four manufacturing sites and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 2000 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.
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Benefits
You'll Also Receive The Following
- Competitive holiday allowance
- Non-contributory pension scheme
- Life cover
- Healthcare cash back plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services preferential rates with our partners
- Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow.
Application
Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away - and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!
We actively welcome applications from individuals with diverse physical, neurological, and cognitive abilities. We care about what you can achieve, not just how you work and value the unique perspectives that neurodivergent and physically diverse team members can bring to our mission.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time. Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.
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