QA Manager
A leading food manufacturer is seeking a QA Manager to take ownership of site quality assurance, food safety, and compliance. This is a key leadership role ensuring products consistently meet legal, safety, and customer requirements, while maintaining best-in-class audit readiness and driving a strong quality culture across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
You'll be responsible for leading the site's QA function, working closely with operations, technical teams, and major retail customers. The role combines hands-on quality leadership with strategic oversight, ensuring robust systems are in place and continuously improved.
You'll act as a central point of contact for audits, customer interactions, and internal quality performance, ensuring the site operates to the highest technical and compliance standards at all times.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead site QA, food safety, and compliance activities
- Maintain and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS)
- Own HACCP documentation and ensure effective implementation in collaboration with technical teams
- Lead preparation for and successful delivery of BRC and customer audits
- Act as key QA contact for retailer and supermarket requirements
- Manage non-conformance investigations, complaints, and product release decisions
- Drive GMP compliance and continuous improvement across quality systems
- Lead, coach, and develop the QA team
- Ensure full compliance with food safety legislation and customer standards
- Support NPD, trials, and process validation from a QA perspective
What you'll need:
- Strong experience in QA, technical, or food safety roles within food or beverage manufacturing
- Proven experience delivering BRC standards and supporting external audits
- Experience working with major retailers or supermarket customers
- Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety systems
And this is what you'll get:
- Competitive salary
- High pension contributions
- Life assurance
- Critical illness cover