Raw Materials Quality Lead - Food Manufacturing

Silven Recruitment Ltd; Yorkshire, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Silven Recruitment Ltd is partnering with a well-established UK food manufacturer to recruit a Raw Materials Quality Manager who will own incoming material quality, supplier performance and specification management at a busy site.

You will work closely with factory operations, QC teams and suppliers to ensure the quality, safety and compliance of all materials, drive corrective actions, and help implement the new raw-materials management system.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical/quality roles involving raw materials and supplier quality.

Responsibilities

• Managing raw material specifications, approval processes and supplier documentation.
• Monitoring supplier performance, driving corrective actions and managing non-conformance processes, 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 quality

Supplier management

Non-conformance

Quality systems

Communication

Tools

Food Connected

Job description

Silven Recruitment Ltd is partnering with a well-established UK food manufacturer to recruit a Raw Materials Quality Manager who will own incoming material quality, supplier performance and specification management at a busy site.

You will work closely with factory operations, QC teams and suppliers to ensure the quality, safety and compliance of all materials, drive corrective actions, and help implement the new raw-materials management system.