Quality Manager

• Oversee the Assistant Quality Managers and the Q A team to ensure that all plant output is manufactured to standard
• Drive and implement plant wide Process & Quality System Improvements
• Be the key challenging food safety player on a day-to-day basis to ensure Plant hygiene standards are maintained and that all processes are implemented as standard
• Lead the HACCP team for the purpose of ensuring a fully integrated food safety business model driving the operations.
• Be the key challenging food safety player during the introduction of new products and new engineering processes/equipment
• Continuous measurement and gap analysis of business processes to ensure compliance to food safety and food quality standards
• Manage the Risk Assessment Programme for raw materials, suppliers, process activities and new process introduction within the production facility
• Possess a probing and investigative mind-set in the investigation of customer/supplier complaints and adopt a pro-active approach in the prevention of customer complaints
• Manage, measure, and advise on accepted protocol within the production environment for the prevention of pathogenic activity
• Manage the Quality Department to ensure the customers specification/requirements are fully met by the production facility
• Develop and implement QAS during the New Product Development process, support factory trials whilst ensuring the consistent manufacture of products to agreed specification post launch
• Implementing Quality improvement initiatives in both manufacturing and business processes via the internal audit system. Ensure close out of internal and external audits as priority
• Ensure suppliers are effectively approved for use in terms of technical, commercial, and best for purpose through effective use of risk assessment and audit
• Customer Interface on Quality improvements & corrective action support on a proactive basis
• Developing and managing cost of Quality programme
• Driving root cause / corrective actions reviews
• Development and reporting of Key Process Indicators for Quality Performance Quality Manager

• Proactive Quality engineering support for new Product Introductions
• Any other Quality related task as assigned by the Management Team
• Driving Customer Quality issues back through Product Design Cycle

• Minimum Diploma or higher in a Food Science/Quality related subject
• High energy, strong communicator, and team player with a strong record of meeting aggressive goals and objectives
• The candidate must be comfortable when there is a requirement to address issues within the production environment that is required by the business
• Possess an analytical mindset for the purpose of solving problems using well-proven strategic approaches to identifying resolution
• Be a natural leader who desires to bring out the best in people, possessing good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Be a self-starter, work under your own initiative, good listener, be assertive, and highly motivated. Clear demonstration of an ability to provide guidance and motivation to others
• Develop strong relationships with all other departments such as Production, Engineering, NPD, and Sales, and use these platforms to allow for Technical Strategies to develop and grow
• Good PC skills in both Word Processing and Spreadsheet programs are essential. Familiarity with both presentation applications and database applications would be an advantage

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