Overview

This is a Senior Management role reporting to a board member and is responsible for: Food Safety and Quality Excellence (Quality Assurance & Quality Systems Management). Health, Safety & Environmental Compliance.

The Role

This role provides Technical leadership as part of the Senior Management Team.  To develop and implement a Technical Strategy which covers all the following areas and finds synergies to accelerate maturity using a systemic approach enabling the business to rapidly move forward.

Product Quality & Food Safety Excellence (Quality Assurance & Quality Systems)

• Ensure a proactive Food Safety Culture
• There is a strong quality management system, implemented across the business and suitably resourced to meet BRC grade AA standard, ensuring the production of safe food through robust food manufacturing standards
• Processes and checks are setup to ensure the manufacturing environment and processes conform and exceed the APHA expectations of manufacture
• There are inspections and systems to support proactive quality issues, to guide production and ensure the impact of these is minimised
• All required and best in class tools and processes are implement e.g. HACCP, VACCP, TACCP etc

Health, Safety & Environmental Compliance

• Ensure a proactive Health and Safety culture
• Reporting of HSE data
• Ensure there is a H&S system which assesses and demonstrates legal compliance, employee engagement and a strong behavioural safety culture
• The QSHE function can demonstrate SEDEX ethical audit conformance
• A system which rationalises our environmental impact and works alongside other key stakeholders to reduce.

People

• To influence and escalate as appropriate to board level, peers, and teams on Food Safety and Quality and Health and Safety matters which present risk to the business
• Capability and development of the Technical Team to ensure a pipeline of Technical talent is maintained on site.

The Person

• HACCP Level 4
• Food Safety Level 3/4
• Lead Quality Auditor qualification
• Food manufacturing experience
• Establishing an ‘everyday’ Audit standard – knowledgeable in: BRC, APHA, SEDEX, Key Customer standards e.g. private label customers or grocers
• Risk assessment, mitigation, and appropriate escalation
• Clear understanding of the requirements of suppliers, distributors, 3PLs and Co-Manufacturers – able to audit and support their development to meet our standards.
• Strategic development and deployment within a Technical leadership position
• Comfortable in systemising, developing, analysing & improving processes.
• Food product development experience – nutritional understanding a benefit.
• Cross functional working with all site departments to raise standards and meet site KPI’s
• Technical advice and direction for Health Safety, Environmental and Customer Interaction team.

JK Recruitment

Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit www.jkrecruit.co.uk to keep up to date with further vacancies.

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.