Site Quality Manager

The Collective Network Limited; Paglesham East End; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

The Collective Network Limited in Suffolk is recruiting a Site Quality Manager to own quality across a high-volume site and be on the floor, not in an office. You will lead the quality team, ensure audit readiness, and partner with Ops, Engineering, Hygiene and NPD to embed quality across the site.

You will drive root cause analysis, CAPA and continuous improvement, using data to spot trends and develop your team for future progression.

Qualifications

• Quality management experience on a high-volume site.
• Solid knowledge of HACCP, BRCGS and retailer standards.
• Ability to influence from shop floor to senior leadership.
• Level 4 HACCP or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Leading the site’s quality team and shaping a culture where quality is owned by the whole site.
• Keeping the site audit-ready for BRCGS, customer audits or retailer visits.
• Handling complaints, root cause analysis and CAPA to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborating with Ops, Engineering, Hygiene and NPD as equal partners.
• Using data to spot trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Developing your team and providing progression plans.

Skills

Quality management

HACCP knowledge

Stakeholder management

Data-driven improvements

Education

Level 4 HACCP or equivalent

Job description

Site Quality Manager

Suffolk

Up to £80,000

You’ve almost certainly eaten what they make, and probably this week. It’s a big, high-volume site making household-name brands, owned by a business that takes food safety seriously. It also backs the people who run quality instead of just asking them to sign things off.

They need a Site Quality Manager to own quality across the whole site. That doesn’t mean sitting in an office polishing the HACCP plan. It means being on the floor, being seen, and being the person production comes to before there’s a problem, not after.

What you’d be doing:

• Leading the site’s quality team and the culture behind it, so quality is something the whole site does, not just your department
• Keeping the site audit-ready every day, whether it’s BRCGS, customer audits or retailer visits
• Handling complaints, root cause analysis and CAPA properly, so the same issue doesn’t keep coming back
• Working with Ops, Engineering, Hygiene and NPD as an equal partner, not as the department of “no”
• Using data to spot trends early and push continuous improvement
• Developing your team, because good people want to know where they’re heading next

What they’re looking for:

• Quality management experience in food manufacturing, ideally on a high-volume, multi-line site
• Solid knowledge of HACCP, BRCGS and retailer standards
• Someone who can get a room on side, from the shop floor to the senior leadership team
• Level 4 HACCP or equivalent

This is a fantastic role and company, I can't imagine this being around for long. A great opportunity to work with products everybody as enjoyed and real progression plans offered.