An exciting opportunity to play a key role within a progressive food manufacturing business, where quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction are at the heart of everything we do. You'll have the chance to influence standards, drive continuous improvement, and make a significant contribution to the success of the business while developing your own career within a supportive and ambitious environment.

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead and manage all aspects of factory technical compliance, including food safety, quality, health & safety, and environmental standards.

• Ensure effective HACCP plans, risk assessments, validation, verification, and quality management systems are maintained.

• Lead all customer, regulatory, and third-party audits maintaining excellent audit outcomes.

• Maintain and continuously improve the Food Safety & Quality Management System, ensuring full compliance with Group Quality Management Systems and customer requirements.

• Oversee factory quality processes, raw material standards, finished product quality, and quality master classes 

• Manage the internal audit programme, ensuring audits are completed to schedule and corrective actions are closed effectively.

• Implement and maintain effective hygiene and cleaning programmes.

• Support new product development and projects.

• Build strong collaborative relationships with customers, suppliers, industry contacts, and internal stakeholders.

• Coach, mentor, and develop team members, creating a high-performance culture focused on accountability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Degree in Food Science, Horticulture, Agriculture, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience, HACCP Level 4 qualification, Level 3 Food Safety for Manufacturing, Internal Auditing qualification and experience conducting third-party audits, strong knowledge of food microbiology.

Skills & Experience

• Proven sustained experience leading and managing technical or quality teams within a food manufacturing environment.

• Hands-on experience managing and improving  food safety compliance and quality management systems.

• Thorough understanding of BRCGS standards, retailer standards, and food industry regulations.

• Strong specification management and SOP writing experience.

• Excellent data analysis skills with the ability to interpret trends and produce meaningful management reports.

• Customer-focused and commercially aware.

• Strong leadership capability with the ability to engage and inspire teams.

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.