Quality Manager

AG Barr; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

AG Barr is seeking a Quality Manager to ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards. The role involves leading a team, conducting investigations, and implementing improvements to maintain high-quality standards across their production lines, reflecting the company's ongoing commitment to excellence.

Benefits

Up to 34 days holiday

Flexible holiday trading

Healthcare Cash Plan

Flexible benefits e.g. discounts

Life assurance

Pension

Annual salary review

Ongoing professional development

Free AG Barr products

Qualifications

• Experience in an FMCG environment, ideally food and drink based.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to develop a high performing team.
• In-depth knowledge of HACCP, BRC, and GMP standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead microbiology related investigations and improvements.
• Ensure compliance with Quality, Food Safety, Environmental, and legislative requirements.
• Develop appropriate corrective actions for quality incidents.

Skills

Leadership skills

Food safety understanding

Knowledge of HACCP

Microbiology knowledge

Job description

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Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter!

AG Barr has been quenching the nation's thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK's most loved drinks brands.

Employing around 850 people across four business units and seven UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK's most loved soft drinks. Whether it's the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people's lives with refreshingly different drinks.

We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us!

What we're looking for...

The successful candidate will support the Group Quality Manager and the site to ensure full compliance with all quality, food, safety, Environment and legislative standards.

Working as part of the site leadership team a partnership approach is required and the focus will be on coaching, training and developing your stakeholders to ensure on-going and robust compliance. You will also lead microbiology related investigations and improvements to ensure industry best practice.

The successful candidate will report directly to the Group Quality Manager with day to day accountability to the site Head of Operations.. You will play a key role in maintaining and improving quality, microbiological and food safety standards, facilities and equipment and have direct managerial responsibility for the site Quality Team.

The Role

• To ensure the safety of the quality team by maintaining and improving safety processes within the team and support wider site safety initiatives to support the wider company safety objectives.

• To set site standards in conjunction with the Group Quality Manager and key business stakeholders and ensure compliance with Quality, Food Safety, GMP, Environmental, Customer & legislative requirements across the group

• To lead and conduct microbiology related, investigations and troubleshooting for the business in conjunction with the site and R&D teams.

• To troubleshoot, investigate and identify the root cause of Quality, microbiological and food safety incidents and issues. Develop and work with the site to implement appropriate corrective actions.

• To play a proactive role in improving product quality, food safety and site standards through training, support, development of appropriate process controls, toolbox talks, and proactive engagement of employees across all areas at site
• To play a proactive role in the upgrade of existing laboratory facilities to ensure they are fit for purpose and fit for the future within tight budget constraints

• To collate and publish Quality Performance Reports and results at appropriate Management and functional meetings. Contribute and lead where appropriate to drive actions to address any performance issues.

What you'll bring...

• Experience working within an FMCG environment, ideally food and drink based
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to develop a high performing team
• In depth knowledge and understanding of HACCP, BRC, GMP standards
• Understanding of the relevant statutory regulations relating to food safety and quality
• Knowledge of food microbiological and understanding of industry standard micro testing methods is desirable

What we offer...

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard. Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Up to 34 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)
• Flexible holiday trading
• Living Wage Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Peppy Health
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashback, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
• Life assurance
• Save as you earn scheme
• Staff sales discount
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
• Pension
• Annual salary review
• Ongoing professional development

And much more!

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

Our large factories produce multi formats across a number of high speed modern lines, to high quality standards whilst maximising production outputs and minimising overhead costs and whilst we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for! Apply now!

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is 24th July

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now!