Quality Manager

Premier Foods; Kirklington CP; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier Foods is seeking an experienced Quality Manager for our Worksop site. You will lead the site Quality and Food Safety agenda, ensuring products are safe, legal and right first time, while building quality capability across the factory.

With a strong Continuous Improvement mindset, you will balance quality with operational performance and commercial priorities, guiding investigations and driving sustainable improvements on a large, complex manufacturing operation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on continuous improvement experience and mindset.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety, FSQMS and factory quality controls.
• Ability to influence, challenge and take people with you through change.
• Commercial mindset balancing quality, food safety and operational performance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and root cause analysis capability.
• Proven experience leading and developing Quality teams.
• Experience of BRCGS, retailer standards, Lead/Internal Auditing or Advanced HACCP would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality and food safety standards across the site.
• Put quality and food safety at the heart of operational decision-making.
• Use CI tools, data and insight to identify losses and drive sustainable improvements.
• Influence cross‑functional teams, challenge effectively and drive change across a complex operation.
• Lead investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Build a strong quality culture and greater ownership within factory teams.
• Lead, coach and develop the Quality team.

Skills

Hands-on CI experience

HACCP & FSQMS knowledge

Influence & change leadership

Commercial mindset

Analytical & root cause analysis

Leading quality teams

BRCGS/retailer standards awareness

Job description

It's a great time to join Worksop. With major investment in the site, you'll have the opportunity to influence change, improve how we operate and make a visible impact on quality, food safety and performance.

If you're a Quality leader who thinks commercially, thrives on continuous improvement and knows how to turn high standards into better performance, we'd love to hear from you!

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

We're proud to be a Disability Smart employer and are committed to supporting disability inclusion throughout our recruitment process. If you experience any access issues or require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know so we can ensure you have the support you need.

You'll bring strong Quality Management experience from a large, complex food or FMCG manufacturing environment, combined with:

• Hands-on Continuous Improvement experience and mindset.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety, FSQMS and factory quality controls.
• The ability to influence, challenge and take people with you through change.
• A commercial mindset, balancing quality, food safety and operational performance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and root cause analysis capability.
• Proven experience leading and developing Quality teams.

Experience of BRCGS, retailer standards, Lead/Internal Auditing or Advanced HACCP would be an advantage.

Based - Worksop Permanent, Full-time Quality and food safety at the forefront. Continuous improvement at the core.

We're looking for an experienced Quality Manager to join Premier Foods at our Worksop site at an exciting time for the business. With significant investment going into the site, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a large and complex manufacturing operation and play a key role in shaping how we work, raising standards and driving meaningful change.

You'll lead the site quality and food safety agenda, ensuring our products are safe, legal, authentic and right first time, while building quality capability and ownership across the factory.

But we're looking for more than technical quality expertise. A strong Continuous Improvement mindset and practical CI experience are a must. You'll understand how quality, operational performance and commercial priorities fit together and take a balanced, pragmatic approach to improving performance.

What you'll be doing

• Lead quality and food safety standards across the site.
• Put quality and food safety at the heart of operational decision-making.
• Use CI tools, data and insight to identify losses and drive sustainable improvements.
• Influence cross‑functional teams, challenge effectively and drive change across a complex operation.
• Lead investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Build a strong quality culture and greater ownership within factory teams.
• Lead, coach and develop the Quality team.