Job Description

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Drive product quality and work closely with the manufacturing team to promote a QA culture throughout all aspects of the business.
• Support the QA supervisors and sites senior technical management team with BRCGS certification and maintenance.
• To implement quality improvements through ongoing QA assessment against known standards and procedures / policies and involvement QA panels, ensuring that business and customer expectations are exceeded.
• To be active in all areas of factory at least daily, to ensure high standards of GMP and system compliance are being achieved, working closely with the key personnel to understand and correct any areas of non-compliance, escalating and recording as appropriate.
• To play a key part in all areas of HACCP compliance.
• Assessment of raw material intake against known standards.
• To trend all activity relating to quality and compliance to procedures and systems in a way that can easily provide relevant information as required internally.  Ensure that this information is circulated and discussed regularly at the appropriate forums and corrective action plans agreed to address key areas of concern.
• Validate and verify product compliance, safety & legality. Reviewing daily paperwork, legal process checks such as weight control, recipe validation & collection / submission of microbiological and environmental samples.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience of working within and managing a team of people to deliver results / performance in a food manufacturing environment within a fast-paced environment. Proficient in all Microsoft Office / IT software, data trending and graph generation / pivot table creation. Able to plan and prioritise balancing day to day production needs with the longer-term objectives of the department. Leads by good example, consistently sets standards of operation, and encourages teamwork and feedback, recognising potential. Demonstrates an excellent standard of written and verbal communication in all areas. Understands and demonstrates the need for excellence in customer service both internal and external. Consistently applies hygiene and quality standards, focus and compliance. Food safety to level 4 standard or equivalent. HACCP to Level 3 with a good understanding of microbiology. An experienced internal auditor.