The Company
Manufacturing numerous market leading brands from multiple sites across the UK, this business has been established for in excess of 70 years and is a leading branded and own label supplier of quality ambient goods.
The Role
To manage the site technical quality team to ensure that products that enter the market place are safe and legal and manufactured to standards that meet or exceed all agreed internal or external specifications. Additionally to be the key interface with all members of the senior team ensuring that technical standards are adopted and delivered.
Key Responsibilities:
• To co-ordinate all technical quality activities to ensure that products are manufactured against agreed specifications
• To develop and maintain a robust auditing programme that continues to meet the requirements set by all audit bodies.
• To develop the site technical strategy, to show continuous improvement..
• To support the central technical team to develop consistent best practice policies whist looking for alternative ways to solve problems
• Delivery of site technical KPI’s,
• To be customer facing on all technical issues and to support the commercial counterparts where required to ensure business continuity
• Primary contact with Government and Non Governmental organisational bodies – Inclusive of retailer interface.
• To develop & support robust corrective action plans to ensure any consumer or customer dissatisfaction is addressed
• To agree specifications that are achievable and review to ensure that customer satisfaction is always met
• To develop a quality culture throughout the manufacturing site by supporting the GM and senior team to continuously improve against standards
• To develop clear hygiene standards ensuring that corrective actions that may cause risks are dealt with in a timely manner
• Undertakes investigations on any internal incidents that have led to contaminated product leaving site control
• To oversee all site technical contracts ensuring that they are managed and delivering against agreed KPI’s
The Person
Only candidates with a proven career path within the food industry need apply
You will need to be a born leader who can plan and organise naturally be very persuasive, innovative and action orientated.