qa Manager - Onsite

HOLLAND AND BARRETT; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Holland & Barrett seeks a QA Manager for its Burton Manufacturing site to lead a Quality Assurance team ensuring product integrity. The role involves shaping QA strategy, maintaining audit readiness, and fostering a quality culture, with a focus on continuous improvement and stakeholder management.

Benefits

H&B Employee Discount - 25%

Bonus

Pension company contribution

33 Days Holiday per year

Private Medical Care

Exclusive benefits and savings

Electric Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Significant QA management experience within food manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead and develop QA teams.
• Strong knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP, BRC, GMP).

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi-shift QA team.
• Maintain audit readiness by coordinating pre-audit preparation.
• Manage supplier non-conformance reporting and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Education

HACCP Level 3

Food Safety Level 3

Job description

Join our team and be part of a company that truly lives its values. With our expertise and commitment to innovation, we aim to build trust and make health and wellness accessible to all. By fostering inclusivity and care, we work collaboratively to improve the well-being of our colleagues, customers, and communities.

The Role:

Join Holland & Barrett's Burton Manufacturing site as QA Manager, leading our multi-shift Quality Assurance team to maintain the highest standards in product integrity. You will shape QA strategy, ensure audit preparedness and promote a quality culture across operations. By collaborating with customers and suppliers, you'll address quality concerns swiftly and drive continuous improvement. If you're passionate about developing people, influencing cross-functional initiatives and ensuring every product meets rigorous safety and quality requirements, this role offers a dynamic environment where your expertise truly matters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a high-performing, multi-shift QA team through coaching, training and clear performance expectations.
• Maintain audit readiness (BRC, customer and third-party) by coordinating pre-audit preparation and closing non-conformances.
• Act as primary contact for customer quality matters, ensuring transparent communication and driving improvements.
• Oversee operational QA checks, including foreign-body audits, traceability exercises, label verifications and document reviews.
• Manage supplier non-conformance reporting: log issues, lead investigations, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Conduct QA risk assessments, track KPIs, analyse trends and implement risk-based actions to uphold food safety and quality.
• Drive continuous improvement and a "right-first-time" culture, using data to reduce non-conformances and support cross-departmental collaboration.
• Monitor QA performance metrics, report to site leadership and ensure timely corrective actions to enhance quality outcomes.

Location: This role is based onsite at our Burton Distribution Centre, Monday Friday

The Person:

• Significant QA management experience within food manufacturing or a similarly regulated production environment.
• Proven ability to lead, develop and motivate QA teams across multiple shifts.
• Strong knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP, BRC, GMP) with HACCP Level 3 and Food Safety Level 3 (or equivalent).
• Excellent leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, with the capacity to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Proficiency in root cause analysis, non-conformance handling and corrective/preventive action implementation.
• Solution-focused mindset with meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to the highest quality and safety standards.
• Exceptional stakeholder-management skills, able to build trusted relationships internally and externally.
• Resilient and adaptable leader, capable of driving change, overcoming challenges and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

What we offer:

Our Benefits for this role include, but not limited to:

• H&B Employee Discount - 25%
• Bonus
• Pension company contribution
• 33 Days Holiday per year (Inclusive of bank holidays)
• Private Medical Care
• Exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers
• Electric Car Scheme

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.


Holland & Barrett does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees, or any other company location. Holland & Barrett is not and will not be responsible for any fees if a candidate submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless otherwise agreed with respect to specific open position(s).

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