Quality Assurance Lead

TieTalent; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Coca-Cola Europacific Partners as a Quality Assurance Lead in Sidcup to ensure quality and safety standards in our high-paced production environment. You'll lead a team, manage processes, and play a crucial role in our operations while developing your career in a supportive and diverse workplace.

Qualifications

• Degree in science or equivalent required.
• Preferred experience in FMCG production laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach Lab Technicians, Technical Operators, and Team Leaders.
• Manage complaints and ensure implementation of Action Plans.
• Support Quality audits and track QESH KPIs.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Efficient operations

Ethical and compliance focus

Operational Excellence

Data Analysis and reporting

Team flexibility in Business Unit

Education

Science degree (chemistry, pharmacy, biology) or equivalent

Job description

Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!

Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing? Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

Quality Assurance Lead - Sidcup

What you become part of:

Sidcup Operations plays a pivotal role within the CCEP network, producing around 50% of the GB SKU portfolio. The site offers a one-stop shop to the GB Market with a range of packages that are single sourced from Sidcup, such as the wide portfolio range of small cans. Across their 7 manufacturing lines, the site can produce 480,000 cans every hour, 96,000 PET bottles every hour, and 48,000 Glass bottles. There are currently around 300 employees across Manufacturing, QESH, and Engineering. Experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Sidcup and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead, develop, and coach the Lab Technicians, Technical Operators, and Team Leaders to ensure maximization of individual and team performance.
2. Support Production Managers and Team Leaders in the correct management of all Quality, Environmental, Safety & Health topics through advice and training.
3. Manage the complaints process affecting their Business Unit, including investigation, establishing Action Plans, and ensuring implementation to avoid repetitive issues.
4. Support all QESH audits within the Business Unit, preparing Action Plans from audit observations and ensuring their implementation.
5. Support and participate with the Engineering & Technology department in new investments or initiatives within the Business Unit.
6. Manage and track QESH Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within the Business Unit and implement improvement actions when they are off track.
7. Participate in Operational Excellence projects as required.
8. Provide Quality Data as needed, including monthly data reconciliation.
9. Participate in Quality audits and inspections.
10. Participate in Quality/QESH related training.
11. Perform other responsibilities related to QESH functions.

Experience preferred:

• Operation in an FMCG production laboratory, preferably in the beverage industry.
• Basic microbiological knowledge.
• Food safety knowledge.

Qualifications required:

A Science degree (e.g., chemistry, pharmacy, biology) or equivalent.

Functional technical skills required:

• Quality Assurance
• Efficient operations
• Ethical and compliance focus
• Operational Excellence
• Data Analysis and reporting
• Team flexibility in Business Unit

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people serving customers in 31 countries. We work together to make, move, and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in new products, technologies, and ideas. This helps us delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

We value diversity and inclusion, welcoming people from all walks of life and empowering unique perspectives. We recognize there is progress to be made, but we are committed to getting there with the support of our people. To learn more about what it’s like to work at CCEP and our culture, we invite you to speak with one of our employees via our live chat platform.

We understand some people prefer not to participate in activities related to alcohol sales, interactions, or promotions. If this applies to you, please discuss this with your talent acquisition contact, who will advise you on the role’s activities related to our alcohol portfolio.