Quality Supervisor

Culina Group; Blyth; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics provider in Blyth is seeking a Quality Supervisor to manage quality and hygiene functions at the Harworth site. This full-time permanent role involves ensuring compliance with quality standards and effectively managing a team. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in a quality role within the food industry. The position offers a salary of up to £35,000 per annum and a range of benefits including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Wellness programme

Eye care vouchers

Employee recognition awards

Retailer discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of quality experience with understanding of quality management systems.
• Ability to engage, motivate and coach team members.
• Strong organisational skills to prioritise tasks under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate a team to be audit ready.
• Ensure compliance with production documents and quality checks.
• Act as the Food Safety and HACCP lead for the site.

Skills

Experience in food quality environment

Team management

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Overview

Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Position

Quality Supervisor to join our friendly team at our Harworth site on a full time permanent basis.

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum.

Working hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

As a Quality Supervisor you will ensure the day to day running of the quality and hygiene functions and liaise closely with the site customers to ensure the production documents/quality checks/GMP comply with the business and site standards.

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage & motivate a team of people and drive them to be continuously audit ready.
• Manage the day to day activities of the site ensuring the required standards are set.
• To have day to day contact with our customer base as and when required including responding to customer queries and complaints.
• To act as the Food Safety and HACCP lead for the site.
• To be involved in site audits and customer visits and complete internal audits including GMP.
• Collation of data – this includes internal incidents, non-conformances, complaints etc.
• Complete complaint analysis and communication of KPIs both internally & externally.
• Instigate incident investigations, corrective and preventative actions.
• Analyse and be involved in the continual improvement of processes including where required root cause analysis.
• Adhere to and promote best practice in accordance with company health, safety and quality regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a food quality environment within a quality role.
• Minimum 2 years quality experience including an understanding of quality management systems including GFSI certification.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage, motivate and coach in a positive and clear manner.
• Experience of managing a team, whilst fostering an open and collaborative culture, listening and encouraging new ideas from others.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise tasks working to strict deadlines for your own workload.
• Ability to work under pressure both as part of a team and on own initiative.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – 28 days inclusive of the bank holidays.
• Pension scheme – We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
• Life Assurance - x2 your annual salary.
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity, please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!