Group Quality & Technical Leader - Multi-Site FMCG

Always Candid; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Always Candid in the United Kingdom is seeking a Group Quality & Technical Manager to own the quality strategy across a multi-site FMCG manufacturing operation. You will drive best-in-class quality standards and identify opportunities to improve products, materials, and processes to boost factory performance.

You will work with the Operations Director and site leadership to deliver measurable savings while ensuring accreditation and customer standards are met.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience across manufacturing, quality and product/process development in high-volume environments.
• Experience in paper, packaging or consumer products preferred.
• Background in ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to influence leadership and build strong relationships with operations teams.
• Analytical and commercially minded, capable of challenging existing ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the overall Quality Management strategy, systems and improvement plans.
• Ensure internal management systems meet required accreditation and customer standards.
• Drive a culture of best-in-class quality across manufacturing.
• Collaborate with Operations to improve factory performance and deliver measurable savings.
• Lead activity around supplier quality, materials and product performance.
• Provide technical expertise around paper, packaging and finished products.
• Use data to identify improvement opportunities across product, process and materials.
• Project manage technical and quality improvements through to implementation.
• Report progress with clear action plans and communications.

Skills

Quality leadership

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

ISO 9001 Lead Auditor

Tools

Lean

Six Sigma

CI/WCM

Job description

Always Candid in the United Kingdom is seeking a Group Quality & Technical Manager to own the quality strategy across a multi-site FMCG manufacturing operation. You will drive best-in-class quality standards and identify opportunities to improve products, materials, and processes to boost factory performance.

You will work with the Operations Director and site leadership to deliver measurable savings while ensuring accreditation and customer standards are met.