FMCG Quality Assurance Manager

Again; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A sustainability-focused company in Greater London is seeking a Quality & Testing Manager to oversee quality compliance for packaging cleaning processes. You’ll ensure adherence to industry standards while working closely with engineering and partnerships teams. Ideal candidates will have over 3 years of experience in quality within the food sector and possess a Level 3 Food hygiene certificate. This position offers a competitive salary and is based in a central London location with new facilities being built across the UK.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Central London office location

New facilities being built across UK

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years managing quality in a food environment.
• Understanding of HACCP, BRCGS and/or SALSA systems.
• Experience with quality management systems implementation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with regulations and quality standards.
• Validate cleaning processes with engineering team.
• Manage regulatory compliance and operations of sites.

Skills

Quality management in food business

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Adaptability

Education

Level 3 Food hygiene certificate

Job description

We make reusable packaging 90% cheaper for FMCG brands.

Built by a team of ex-Unilever & ex-Terracycle circular economy geeks, Again is building a distributed network of 100's of autonomous cleaning facilities, called CleanCells, each processing and cleaning packaging for reuse by the world's largest FMCG brands.

The goal: to make reusable packaging the same as single use by 2025.

Job Description

We're looking for a Quality & Testing Manager 👩🔬

The main areas you’ll be responsible for are:

• Identify and ensure we comply with all regulation, standards and quality procedures required to safely clean packaging for reuse.
• Be responsible for the regulatory compliance and safe running of our own sites.
• Work with our engineering team to validate new cleaning processes & technology are passing our own quality standards and those of our brand partners.
• Work with our partnerships team to ensure our operations deliver upon the brands quality requirements and support in the sales process by answering any questions/concerns that brand partners have.
• Ensure HACCP plan is in place and up to date.
• Ensure that all relevant specifications and SOP's are in place.
• Ensure that we meet the most relevant industry accreditations - BRCGS / SALSA / etc
• Be the main point of contact if quality and compliance issues arise.

Qualifications

What we're looking for in you 🧐

• Have a minimum of 3 years managing quality in a food business/environment
• Will have a certificate in level 3 Food hygiene or similar and understand a HACCP, BRCGS and/or SALSA system
• Experience of quality management systems implementation and review
• Experienced carrying out audits based on BRC & Customer audits.
• Specification & SOP writing.
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, communication and managerial skills
• Thrive in a fast paced environment
• Will adapt quickly to changes and new lines, concepts and innovation

Additional Information

Competitive salary + central London office location + new facilities being build across UK