Raw Materials Quality Lead — Supplier Performance

Silven Recruitment Ltd; South Kirkby; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Job summary

Silven Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Raw Materials Quality Manager for a site-based role in the UK food manufacturing sector. You will own incoming raw material quality, supplier performance and specification management, ensuring quality, safety and compliance of materials.

The role sits at management level with scope to impact operations, working with factory QC teams, suppliers and cross-functional colleagues to drive improvements and implement the new raw materials system.

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical, quality, raw materials, supplier quality or technical systems role within food manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Managing raw material specifications, approval processes and supplier documentation.
• Monitoring supplier performance, driving corrective actions and managing non-conformances, rejections and associated credits.
• Investigating incoming material issues and working hands-on with factory and QC teams to resolve them.
• Building strong, direct relationships with suppliers and confidently challenging performance where needed.
• Supporting supplier visits, audits and wider supplier-quality activity.
• Influencing QA teams, supervisors and operational colleagues - without necessarily having direct reports.
• Playing a key role in the implementation of a new raw-materials management system (Food Connected).
• Developing robust processes that protect product quality from the point materials arrive on site.

Skills

Raw materials specs

Supplier management

Non-conformance

Quality systems

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Factory presence

Audits

Job description

Silven Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Raw Materials Quality Manager for a site-based role in the UK food manufacturing sector. You will own incoming raw material quality, supplier performance and specification management, ensuring quality, safety and compliance of materials.

The role sits at management level with scope to impact operations, working with factory QC teams, suppliers and cross-functional colleagues to drive improvements and implement the new raw materials system.