Group Audit Manager - Wrexham

Oscar Mayer Limited; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Oscar Mayer Limited seeks a qualified Quality & Compliance professional to support the Group Technical Services Manager in delivering and expanding the digital quality management system across three sites. You will help write the Group Quality Management System and Governance Standard, coordinating routine audits by the external auditor and conducting hygiene and systems audits as required.

The role involves cross-site collaboration, updating site quality manuals, closing non-conformances, and

Qualifications

• Food Safety Level 3 minimum.
• HACCP Level 3 minimum.
• Internal audit training completed.
• Lead Auditor Qualification (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Support Group Technical Services Manager in delivering the digital quality management system.
• Assist in writing the Group Quality Management System and roll it out across the 3 sites.
• Assist in writing the Governance Standard for Oscar Mayer and coordinate routine audits by the external audit company.
• Audit sites for hygiene and systems as required by the Group Technical Services Manager.
• Carry out other duties or projects as agreed with the Group Technical Services Manager.
• Coordinate cross-functional audits at each site and help close non-conformances within agreed timeframes.
• Prepare KPI reports and trend recurring non-conformances for the wider group.
• Ensure up-to-date gap analyses for customer and accreditation standards are reflected in site manuals and procedures.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Punctual & accurate

Team player

Confidentiality

Health & safety awareness

Proactivity

Professional conduct

Problem reporting

Education

Food Safety Level 3

HACCP Level 3

Internal audit training

Lead Auditor Qualification

Job description

Ensure that all relevant legislation affecting food safety & legality are being followed at Oscar Mayer and across the 3 sites through the quality management systems in place. To support the Group Technical Services Manager in delivering the digital quality management system. To support the Group Technical Services Manager in writing the Group Quality Management System and rolling it out across the 3 sites. To support the Group Technical Services Manager in writing the Governance Standard for Oscar Mayer and ensuring that routine audits are completed against this standard by the external audit company that Oscar Mayer engages with. To support the Group Technical Services Manager in the auditing of the sites for hygiene and systems where required. Any other duties or projects as agreed with the Group Technical Services Manager.

Key Attributes

• Good organisational skills and communication skills
• To always adhere to company values
• To be punctual and accurate
• As a representative of the company to perform duties in a professional, timely manner and complying with relevant timetables
• To be proactive, constantly looking for new and better ways to perform your duties
• To communicate problems and ask assistance from your line manager as required
• To be courteous and to treat others as you would like to be treated yourself
• To be part of the team
• Confidentiality of company information
• Be aware of and comply with company policy on health and safety and food safety
• To highlight any issues which could compromise an employee's personal safety or risk

Qualification

• Food Safety Level 3 as a minimum
• HACCP Level 3 as a minimum
• Internal audit training completed
• Lead Auditor Qualification (desirable)

Knowledge & Experience

• Worked in a systems type of role for a minimum of 3 years.
• 3 years' experience within Chilled Manufacturing (High Care and / or High Risk).
• Understands BRC, customer and accreditation requirements and can access the various systems.
• Understand how to complete a risk assessment
• Understand how a digital quality system works (desirable)

Please note: This job description outlines the core responsibilities and duties of the role. It is not an exhaustive list, and the role may evolve over time to include additional tasks and responsibilities in line with business needs.

Schedule cross functionally. This will be collaborative with the site Technical Manager. Complete 2-3 Internal audits at each site under the direction of the Group Technical Services Manager. Support as part of the internal audit team To ensure the close out of the non-conformances raised at sites for internal and external audits within the agreed timeframes and that responses have been sent back to the relevant 3rd party via the Site Head of Technical / Technical Manager. A KPI report to be submitted via the reporting systems used by Oscar Mayer. To trend and identify reoccurring non-conformances raised via internal and external audits and publish these to the wider group. To ensure that all Customer and accreditation standards have an up-to-date gap analysis completed, and this is filtered into the 3 sites (where relevant) so that their site quality manuals and procedures can be kept up to date. This will eventually filter into a Group Quality Management system once in place.