Quality & Compliance Lead – Food Safety & NPD

Supersede Recruitment Partners Ltd.; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Supersede Recruitment Partners Ltd. is recruiting a Quality and Compliance Manager for a growing food manufacturing business in Shropshire. Around £65 000 per year, on-site role within the Technical team.

The role leads technical compliance, food safety and regulatory requirements on site, coordinating NPD and product change, and ensures products are safe, legal and retailer-compliant. Strong HACCP knowledge and audit experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant technical, quality or food safety experience within the food industry.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Food safety knowledge

Quality management

Audit experience

Education

Level 3 HACCP / Food Safety training

Tools

HACCP

Job description

Supersede Recruitment Partners Ltd. is recruiting a Quality and Compliance Manager for a growing food manufacturing business in Shropshire. Around £65 000 per year, on-site role within the Technical team.

The role leads technical compliance, food safety and regulatory requirements on site, coordinating NPD and product change, and ensures products are safe, legal and retailer-compliant. Strong HACCP knowledge and audit experience are essential.