Senior Quality Assurance Manager

• Location:
  
  Home Counties / Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire
• Salary:
  Up to £60,000 + Enhanced Pension + Healthcare + Life Insurance

• Strategic Multi-Site Leadership
  
  Experience:
  
  The opportunity to add multi-site experience to your CV. You'll be actively mentoring and developing a team of site-level Quality Managers.
• Senior Level Exposure:
  Working closely with the Head of Technical & Quality, you'll gaining high-level visibility and leadership experience with key customers and internal stakeholders.
• Investment & Innovation Culture:
  You will work within a business that seriously invests in its R&D and manufacturing facilities, ensuring the delivery of innovative products for key global food brands
• Future Potential:
  While this is an 18-month contract cover, the scale of this international business means that permanent opportunities can arise for strong performers.

An 18-month fixed-term contract for a Senior Quality Assurance Manager with an international food manufacturer that supplies major retailers, brands, and the food service market. The business operates across multiple countries, offering a scaled environment focused on continuous improvement and diversity.

You will take operational ownership of the quality function across a cluster of manufacturing units. You will lead, coach, and develop the established site Quality Managers to maintain consistent performance.

• Team Leadership:
  Supporting and mentoring Quality Managers to ensure consistent, high-performing standards.
• Audit & Compliance:
  Leading customer, regulatory, and BRCGS audits, ensuring compliance and the timely closure of non-conformances.
• System Management:
  Maintaining the QMS, HACCP programmes, and environmental/microbiological testing protocols.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Partnering with Operations teams to track KPIs, analyse trends, and lead investigations into customer complaints.
• Supplier Quality:
  Managing supplier performance via scorecards, audits, and contracts.

The position requires a proactive quality leader who can manage multi-site operations and hit the ground running.

• Qualifications:
  
  A degree (or equivalent) in Food Science, plus ideally HACCP Level 4 certificate, and a Lead Auditor qualification.
• Experience:
  
  At least 4 years in a Technical or QA Management role within food manufacturing.
• Skills:
  
  , Deep knowledge of food safety legislation, and strong stakeholder management skills.
• Logistics:
  The flexibility to travel between sites as required.