QA Manager Job Nottingham area,England UK,Quality Assurance

We're looking for a QA Manager to join our Technical team at our Nottingham site, playing a key role in ensuring the highest, We are looking for a QA Manager to ensure the highest standards of food safety, legality and quality are consistently maintained across the manufacturing environment, enabling the production of safe, legal and high-quality products that meet customer specifications, comply with all relevant legislation, customer codes of practice and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements.

Key Duties, Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

Key Duties, Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

Coordinate and assist with BRC, customer and industry body unannounced audit preparation and act as an audit deputy when required
Ensure that the QA team are robustly structured to cover all production and factory operations
Coordinate and carry out internal audits (systems and GMP) with robust corrective action close outs
Continual assessment & improvement of the Manufacturing Site Standards - Fabric/Flow/Control
Manage the concession and non-conformance systems with appropriate corrective actions, on site and with suppliers
Manage and coordinate customer complaints investigations and corrective action close outs
Manage and coordinate factory swabbing regimes alongside the rest of the Technical team
Communicate with customers, suppliers and service providers
Manage and co-ordinate pest control site visits and corrective action close outs
Support the development team during the concept to launch process to ensure all new products, once launched, comply with all current systems
Manage and coordinate the overarching date code and packaging automated controls
Coordinate technical tasks to ensure the site is audit ready at any time
To support the factory technical manager and be actively involved during the time of any external audit or customer visit. Either through shop floor presence or documentation acquisition/presentation.
To develop and maintain a framework to manage the delivery of a robust QA System. To deliver all goals to schedule.
Challenge, develop and maintain robust controls and procedures to ensure consistent Supervisory management of adherence to all QA procedures.
Actively monitor standards, to facilitate the achievement and maintenance of Grade 'AA+' BRC Status.
Keeping abreast of all current Technical Information, pertaining to a food-manufacturing environment and all associated with it. To proactively contribute to development of new working methods/systems and actively participate in continuous improvement.
Part of the HACCP Team, to drive food safety standards within the company.
Monitor and control the following through self and / or QA Team
Effectively communicate Quality issues or changes to standards, across all departments
Ensure all Supervisors are aware and accountable for the Role in the Quality System (Review Process to be defined)
Maintain food safety through coaching of colleagues at all levels
Drive improvements to GMP standards and processes
Control label changes / promotion / seasonal changes
Monitor and drive the QA team against the Technical KPIs
New product information to be communicated with all relevant teams and documentation is issued (QASs, product spec, trial documentation)
Review and report issues within the QA team and other departments - action driven.
Develop robust interface/communication lines between QA team members and other departments
Facilitate the implementation of effective system of working practices, ensuring the optimum delivery to the QA plan
Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene
Essential Hygiene and Chemical Awareness
Level 3 HACCP

Experience:

Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment within a Technical function
Experience in leading a team

Key

Skills:

Planning, organization and project management
Communicating at different levels of seniority
Presentation skills
Identifying solutions
Basic computing skills
Proficient in Microsoft Excel & Word

Qualities:

A passion for food
Problem solving
Enthusiasm to learn and grow
Self Motivated
Flexible attitude
A team player with well-developed interpersonal skills

At The Compleat Food Group, we're proud to be a food business built on purpose and passion. Formed in 2021, we're on a mission to create Food to Feel Good - great quality, tasty and affordable food that people love to eat. We're home to some of the UK's most exciting and loved food brands, including Wall's Pastry, Pork Farms, Wrights, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co.,

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