Quality and Compliance Manager

Supersede Recruitment Partners Ltd.; Wellington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Supersede Recruitment Partners Ltd. is partnering with a growing food manufacturing business in Shropshire to recruit a Quality and Compliance Manager.

You will lead technical compliance, food safety and regulatory requirements on site, coordinating NPD and product changes, and ensuring all products meet customer specifications and legislations. The role requires strong HACCP knowledge, experience with audits and non-conformances, and the ability to guide the technical team in maintaining robust

Qualifications

• Significant technical, quality or food safety experience in the food industry.
• Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety management systems.
• Experience managing audits, complaints and non-conformances.
• Training in food safety standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical compliance on site and coordinate NPD and product changes.
• Ensure products are safe, legal, authentic and meet customer specs and retailer standards.
• Manage input from concept to launch and post-launch review.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance across the site.

Skills

Quality management

Food safety

HACCP

Audits

Customer compliance

Education

Level 3 HACCP

Job description

Quality and Compliance Manager

Shropshire

Around

My client who are a highly respected, and rapidly growing food manufacturing business in the Shropshire area are on the lookout for a new Quality and Compliance Manager to join their growing Technical team.

Typical responsibilities will include -

• Leading technical compliance, food safety, quality, regulatory and customer technical requirements on site, while coordinating New Product Development (NPD) and product change.
• Ensuring the products are safe, legal, authentic, and compliant with legislation, customer specifications, retailer requirements and recognised food safety standards
• Managing the technical input from concept and trials through approval, launch and post-launch review
• Lead the day-to-day technical compliance and provide technical guidance across the site
• Lead, maintain and improve the Food Safety Management System, Quality Management System and HACCP-based controls including TACCP and VACCP
• Maintain effective controls for hygiene, sanitation, allergens, foreign bodies, chemicals, water, temperature and cold chain, cross-contamination, waste, pest control and environmental monitoring.
• Act as the primary site contact for customer, and retailer technical requirements.
• Lead the technical aspects of NPD and product change from concept through trial, approval, launch and post-launch review inline with internal & customer requirements

The ideal candidate will have -

• Significant technical, quality or food safety experience within the food industry, ideally fresh produce, prepared foods, fresh-cut produce or a high-care environment.
• Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety management systems
• Experience managing customer and third-party audits, technical complaints, non conformances, specifications, and compliance.
• Level 3 Haccp, Food Safety training etc