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Job Description

GBR Recruitment Ltd, are proudly working exclusively with a leading UK wide food manufacturing business (low risk ingredients producer) recruiting for an experienced Quality Manager, to lead a large scale Quality team of x10-15 (QA's, QC's etc.) across several UK manufacturing sites (sites in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & Manchester).\n\nApplicants must be prepared to work from the clients main site in North Yorkshire as well as over to the other locations.\n\nThis is the no.1 Quality role within these area of the business, working closely with the Group Technical Manager, focused on delivering high end Quality processes & working practices, ensuring the business is compliant at all times with BRC, company standards & clients specified standards (control measures & specifications adherence).\n\nYou will be Quality focused, customer focused & team leadership focused.\n\nYou will be a passionate foodie, who strives to achieve Quality in every part of the Food Manufacturing process, engaging successfully with the Operational teams.\n\nThis QM role, requires strong QMS, NCR's, GMP, HACCP, TACCP, VACCP, BRC skills, plus time served in multi-site Food Processing operations (Low risk / Low care).\n\nYou will be a passionate / engaging mentor, coach & leader of others, driving success.\n\nAs Quality Manager, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and continually improving existing quality systems, plus incorporating functions set out in the company policies and procedures, customer requirements and legislation.\n\nYou will lead the Quality team (20 in the Quality department - multi site) with responsibility for all compliance & quality assurance matters, successfully working with the food manufacturing teams to achieve the highest possible food product quality standards.\n\nYou will establish and maintain product quality & deliver high end customer satisfaction; collect & verify process documentation including monitoring & reporting areas of non-compliance (NCR’s); assist in documentation & verification of hygiene practices. This role will require you to travel to all UK sites (9 of them) for BRC audits (1 per 12 months, unannounced audits, 1-2-1's & for various other work duties).\n\nQM Duties:\n\n * Day-to-day management of the quality department\n\n * Internal Auditing lead, carrying out internal audit plans to ensure Quality standards are in place & that all compliance / legislation is adhered to fully, at all times (no excuses / no short falls).\n\n * Work closely with the Technical Manager to ensure technical policies & quality management systems are suitably established, maintained, & most importantly applied across all sites.\n\n * Lead technical problem investigation & problem solving.\n\n * Drive continuous improvement of HACCP across all departments.\n\n * Managing Retailer / Client systems to ensure technical compliance.\n\n * Training & developing staff to required levels in hygiene & food safety.\n\n * Lead for all customer & 3rd party audits & visits (BRC etc.)\n\n * Successfully & accurately maintaining the companies ERP system\n\nQM Attributes:\n\n * QA management professional with vast food manufacturing experience.\n\n * Low care experience required for this role\n\n * Level 3 qualifications in both HACCP & Food Safety\n\n * Extensive knowledge of working to the latest BRC standards\n\n * Key strengths in HACCP, TACCP, GMP & QMS systems.\n\n * Experience of leading customer & third-party audits (BRC etc).\n\n * Hugely customer focused, delivering real customer satisfaction.\n\n * Strong people management & development skills (leading 10+).\n\n * Strong experience in food ingredients manufacturing / food processing.\n\n * Strong using various food industry IT systems, ERP's + Excel & Word.\n\n * Must be happy to travel across 4 sites in North & South Yorkshire, plus over to Manchester at times also, as well as occasionally down to the clients HQ in the Midlands.\n\nThis employer is an "employer of choice", one that is passionate about developing its employees, supporting further education & professional qualifications, plus it offers real career development in terms of climbing the career ladder. For them longevity is key.\n\nIf you want to work for a highly respected people focused food business, that develops from within, then this is your ideal role, apply today!\n\nThis role could suit someone living in North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire or North Lincolnshire, areas such as; Sheffield, Rotherham, Gainsborough, Brigg, Scunthorpe, Pontefract, Doncaster, Retford, Barnsley, Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Castleford, Leeds, Selby, Goole, Hessle or York due to the site locations.\n\nInterviews to take place WC: 16th February (2 stage interview process)\n\nApply today

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