Quality Systems Manager

JR United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food and nutrition industry is seeking a Quality Systems Manager for its Bristol site. This role involves ensuring food safety and quality standards, managing audits, and driving continuous improvement across the organization. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in quality management systems and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Proven Quality Management experience in food or logistics environments.
• Knowledge of food safety standards (GFSI, Kosher, Halal).
• Experience with audit programs and compliance management.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal audit programs and ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Manage third-party certifications (Kosher, Halal, Organic).
• Perform factory inspections for food safety and hygiene.

Skills

Quality Management

Food Safety

Audit Management

Compliance

Root Cause Analysis

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

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Requisition ID: 59610
Position Type: FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite

Requisition ID: 59610
Position Type: FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite

About the role

We’re currently recruiting a Quality Systems Manager to join our Taste & Nutrition team in Bristol. As Quality Systems Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the highest standards of food safety and quality are maintained across the site. You will lead internal audit programmes, manage compliance with traceability and recall procedures, and support both internal and external audits. This is a hands-on role that requires strong attention to detail, a proactive approach to continuous improvement, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams to uphold Kerry’s commitment to excellence in quality and safety.

This is a permanent and full time position.

About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Working behind the scenes, every day we partner with customers to solve the world’s most complex food challenges with our range of differentiated ingredients, technologies, and people. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. We are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition and will reach over two billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.

Our Safety purpose: “we work together in a caring culture where everybody goes home safe every day”. We are committed to providing a safe working environment and ensuring that all safety protocols are strictly followed. Join us in creating a workplace where safety is everyone's responsibility.

Key responsibilities

Reporting to the Quality Manager of the site, you will be responsible for:

• Lead the sites internal audit programme to ensure audits are completed to the required frequency
• Trend internal and external non-conformances and drive close out of non-conformances
• Perform routine factory-based food safety and quality standards inspections and audits including (but not an exhaustive list): Fabrication inspections, GMP, Hygiene Verification audits, Foreign body inspections, layered confirmation audits, logging all non-conformances.
• Lead external audits and visits, including 3rd party & customer audits
• Co-ordinate and challenge the sites traceability system to ensure compliance in line with company procedures
• Manage the sites third party certifications such as Kosher, Halal, Organic, Gluten free management systems
• Support traceability exercises as defined during customer visits or external audits
• Manage the completion of all quality and food safety site KPI’s
• Drive the resolution and close out of non-conformances
• Lead the completion of required customer reports and documentation.

Qualifications and skills

In Kerry we understand that people have very different career trajectories and experiences. To be successful in this role we would be looking for the right competencies and aptitudes as well as your proven track record of success in a similar role and environment. These include:

• Previous Quality Management experience, particularly around quality management systems
• Knowledge of GFSI, retailer and other standards (Kosher, RSPO, Halal, AOECS etc)
• Experience in the food or logistics sectors, working in accordance with short-order lead times, strict manufacturing practices and hygiene regulations- specifically high-risk environment
• Experience in investigations using a variety of root cause analysis techniques
• Some knowledge of Lean Manufacturing
• Pro-active Health & Safety approach
• Ability to meet set deadlines
• Good communicator and committed team player.

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

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Please note also: We do not accept CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies where terms of business have not been signed. Additionally, we will not consider or agree to payment of any recruiter fee under these circumstances. This also applies to CVs or candidate profiles sent directly to any Kerry Hiring Managers. In the event that speculative CVs or candidate profiles are submitted by recruitment agencies, we reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current or future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency.