QA Manager

Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group); Bourne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company share save scheme

Competitive matched pension contribute

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Job summary

Greencore seeks a QA Manager to lead the Quality Assurance team at our Bourne site. You will oversee product and process controls, drive compliance with GMP, HACCP, and customer standards, and embed a culture of quality across the operation.

Site-based role with Tuesday–Saturday hours and a competitive benefits package. Reporting to the site leadership, you will develop QA processes, manage audits, and mentor a high-performing team, ensuring safety and continual improvement in quality

Qualifications

• Strong background in QA or technical leadership within a food manufacturing environment.
• Confident application of food safety, quality, legal, and customer standards.
• Proven ability to manage HACCP, audits, and quality management systems.
• People-focused leader who motivates, develops, and builds high-performing teams.
• Clear and confident communicator, comfortable engaging at all levels.
• Collaborative approach when working with operations, technical teams, and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive improvement.
• Commitment to building and sustaining a positive food safety culture

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the Quality Assurance team to monitor and evaluate product and process controls across the site.
• Apply and embed Greencore, customer, and legal standards, ensuring compliance is consistently achieved.
• Drive improvements in GMP performance and audit readiness across the site.
• Develop and manage QA processes and KPI reporting to drive quality improvements.
• Support audit preparation and delivery, hosting audits and managing non-conformance close-out.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams, customers and suppliers to meet technical requirements.
• Lead, develop, and manage the QA team, ensuring training and succession planning.
• Generate and communicate KPIs, driving action plans through continuous improvement
• Champion a strong Quality Assurance and food safety culture across the site
• Ensure a safe working environment for QA team and adherence to health & safety standards

Skills

QA leadership

Food safety standards

Quality management systems

HACCP

Audits

Data-driven improvement

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

QA Manager

Salary: Competitive salary

Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location: Bourne, Lincs

Ways of Working: Site based

Hours of work: Tuesday-Saturday, 08.30-17.00 (Flexibility required in line with business needs)

Contract Type: Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US.

Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

This role is based in Bourne at a site specialising in the preparation of fruit, leafy and dressed salads, noodles, and stir-fry mixes. The site employs over 1,300 people and is conveniently located just 16 miles from Peterborough and 12 miles from Spalding.

What you'll be doing

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a QA Manager to join our site team. In this key leadership role, you will lead and motivate the Quality Assurance team to effectively monitor and evaluate product and process controls across the site.

You will be responsible for understanding, applying, and embedding Greencore, customer, and legal standards, ensuring compliance is consistently achieved and maintained. This role plays a critical part in driving improvements in GMP performance and audit readiness, helping to raise quality standards and strengthen food safety culture across the site.

Role Accountabilities

• Understand and apply Greencore, customer, BRC, and legal standards to ensure ongoing compliance


• Implement, maintain, and review HACCP, supporting risk assessments and defining controls for new processes, products, and raw materials


• Manage and continuously improve quality management systems to meet agreed food safety and quality standards


• Implement and maintain robust audit systems, reviewing findings, identifying trends, and driving preventative actions


• Support audit preparation and delivery, hosting audits and managing non-conformance close-out


• Communicate effectively with internal teams, customers, and suppliers to meet technical requirements


• Lead, develop, and manage the QA team, ensuring appropriate training, capability, and succession planning


• Generate, analyse, and communicate technical KPIs, agreeing and driving action plans through continuous improvement


• Champion a strong Quality Assurance and food safety culture across the site


• Ensure a safe working environment for the QA team, meeting health and safety standards

What we're looking for

• Strong background in QA or technical leadership within a food manufacturing environment


• Confident application of food safety, quality, legal, and customer standards


• Proven ability to manage HACCP, audits, and quality management systems


• A people-focused leader who motivates, develops, and builds high-performing teams


• Clear and confident communicator, comfortable engaging at all levels


• Collaborative approach when working with operations, technical teams, and stakeholders


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive improvement


• Proactive mindset with a passion for quality, compliance, and continuous improvement


• Commitment to building and sustaining a positive food safety culture

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits


• Holidays


• Competitive matched pension contribution


• Life insurance up to 4x salary


• Company share save scheme


• Greencore Qualifications


• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform


• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform


• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.