Quality Manager

Reed; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in quality management based in Sheffield is seeking a Quality Manager to ensure compliance with BRC Packaging and ISO14001 standards. The role involves leading quality assurance initiatives, managing environmental monitoring programs, and coordinating audits. Candidates should possess experience in compliance roles and strong leadership abilities. This position offers a chance to influence quality standards and practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading quality assurance and compliance roles.
• Knowledge of BRC Packaging and ISO14001 standards.
• Ability to manage teams and implement quality controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead site compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Manage environmental monitoring programs.
• Coordinate internal and external audits.

Job description

Quality Manager

Main Responsibilities

• Leading site compliance to relevant standards (BRC Packaging, ISO14001), regulations and legislation.
• Managing site environment monitoring program.
• Ensuring that the IMS (Integrated management system) is established, implemented, maintained and updated.
• Reporting on the effectiveness and suitability of the IMS and input into training requirements in relation to the IMS.
• Ensuring the promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the organisation.
• Establishing procedures in conjunction with operating staff.
• Communicating externally and internally any information concerning food/product safety.
• Leading on site HARA team.
• Planning and managing all internal, external, customer and vendor audits including BRC, SEDEX.
• Internal validation, testing and approval of new and modified products.
• Monitoring and measuring key indicators and reporting trends.
• Investigating RCA, implementing CA/PA and reporting to the customer (including customer visits).
• Reporting packaging statistics to government agencies.
• Liaising with Group Expert Team QA on Policy’s and new/improved systems and participate in Expert team meetings
• Ensuring compliance with national, international regulations and legislation and controlling DoCs as required for the customer.
• Implementing ongoing improvement with the various departments and at group level.
• Changing management control for IMS system.
• Managing change/sample requests projects.
• Compiling annual management review documents.
• Managing site environmental monitoring program.
• Managing quality incidents, non-conformance and customer complaints.
• Leading site FAT/SAT product approval in conjunction with R&D and Technical Quality Teams.
• Managing & coach quality team.
• Monthly reporting and monitoring of quality KPIs
• Management of risk (product).
• Responsibility for first off approval.

Expert Function

• Defining quality means for new products & implement them.
• Advising project managers on solutions/options (conception, historic of other similar products, raw materials, standards).
• Evaluating the statistical process control.
• Validating quality criteria’s & customer specifications (dimensions, tolerances min/ max , functionalities).
• Implementing and continually improve production control standards (testing criteria, specifications, inspection SOPs).
• Organising Training for line operators, technicians to Quality for new products.
• Setting control plans and monitor the results.