Quality Assurance Manager (dual site)

Sweets NI Ltd; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading confectionery distributor as a Quality Assurance Manager where you will ensure compliance with quality and food safety standards across two sites. This rewarding role involves managing daily quality functions, improving hygiene standards, and overseeing product quality, allowing you to make a sweet impact in the industry.

Benefits

Pension

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programmes

Cycle2work scheme

Discounts for retailers

In-house training

Qualifications

• Proven QA background with sweet tooth for Quality and Technical.
• Experience in a similar environment required.
• Ability to lead a team and manage multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day quality activities at Sutton and Manton Wood.
• Implement HACCP programs and conduct internal audits.
• Lead customer visits and third-party audits.

Skills

Managing QMS to BRC standards

Food manufacturing procedures

Internal auditing

Product knowledge

Food industry legislation

Cultural adaptation

Job description

Direct message the job poster from World of Sweets

Join the dynamic team at World of Sweets; the UK's leading confectionery distributor, where we believe that work should be sweet as sugar!

We value creativity, collaboration and a commitment to excellence. Our salaries and unique benefits look to ensure our employees feel valued and inspired. If you're ready to make a sweet impact in the world of confectionery and roll with the best, apply now and help us delight customers everywhere - because here, every day is a candy-coated adventure.

OurQuality Assurance Managerrole will suit someone with a proven QA background and who has a sweet tooth for all things Quality and Technical. We are looking for someone to act as a guardian for the business to ensure compliance to all legal, quality and food safety aspects.

This role will see you working between two of our key sites – Sutton in Ashfield and Worksop. We envisage you spending a little more time at Sutton than Worksop but you will manage your diary accordingly to make sure both sites are well served.

What does our Quality Assurance Manager do?

Whilst leading and developing a small team, this varied role will see you carrying out a number of responsibilities including:

• Manage the day to day activities of the quality function at both Sutton and Manton Wood
• To work to and maintain all aspects of the Quality System
• Continuously improve standards, monitoring hygiene, quality and food safety on a daily basis
• To oversee quality of all products produced within the business
• To carry out full investigations/root cause analysis into complaints and customer technical issues
• To conduct audits in conjunction with the operations team to drive improvement and monitor GMP in the factory. To support with corrective action where necessary
• Implementation and maintenance of HACCP programmes and pre-requisites
• Carry out supplier visits and audits where required
• To lead on all customer visits and third party audits
• Alerting the Head of Technical and Compliance to emerging issues relating to the business and recommending appropriate actions
• Managing the product recall and withdrawal process to minimise business impact
• Ensure completion of all customer specific documents and information requests
• Coordinating the review of finished product specifications and ensuring compliance against back of pack artwork
• Technical artwork approval for all Sutton packed products

Who is the right person for this Quality Assurance Manager role?

We are looking for someone who has as many of the following skills and attributes as possible:

• Experience of managing QMS to current BRC standards
• Relevant experience in a similar environment with good working knowledge of food manufacturing operating procedures
• Internal Auditing experience and knowledge
• General process and product knowledge
• Knowledge of key legislation relating to the food industry
• Ability to assimilate information to a variety of cultures

What can we offer you?

We have a relaxed culture with a truly fantastic mix of people and skills. Aside from the salary we offer pension and life assurance along with a number of benefits including access to two Employee Assistance Programmes for you and your family, a cycle2work scheme, discounts for different retailers, inhouse training including mental health, sexual harassment and menopause.

Oh, and there’s sweets a plenty at each of our site…..truly temping treats!!

As an equal opportunities’ employer, World of Sweets is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join World of Sweets.

No support needed from recruiters thank you

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services

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