Product Excellence Manager Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 doe
Sector: Premium Food Manufacturing
Process Manager, NPD Manager, Product Manager, QA Manager
Our client is a leading UK food manufacturer, known for producing exceptional, high-quality products that blend craftsmanship, innovation, and uncompromising attention to detail.
Every product that leaves the factory carries their name and their reputation for quality.
To protect and build on that reputation, they’re creating a brand-new role: Product Excellence Manager. This is an opportunity to take ownership of product perfection, ensuring that what consumers experience is nothing short of the brand’s best.
As Product Excellence Manager, you’ll be the custodian of quality and presentation, ensuring that every product is delivered exactly as intended, from recipe and process through to texture, taste, and packaging finish.
Working directly with the Managing Director, you’ll document, develop, and safeguard the brand’s product standards, turning decades of expertise into consistent, measurable practice.
You’ll be a regular presence on the factory floor: tasting, checking, challenging, and coaching teams to deliver excellence every single time.
Define, document, and uphold product quality and presentation standards across all SKUs.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Production, Technical, NPD, and Engineering.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality and process control.
Act as an internal brand ambassador — embedding a culture of accountability and pride.
You’re product-obsessed, passionate about quality, detail, and doing things properly.
You have a strong background in food manufacturing, ideally in chilled, dairy, or premium branded environments.
Be part of a respected, values-driven business with an unwavering commitment to quality.
Work in a culture that rewards curiosity, pride, and craftsmanship, not just output.
We’re Williams Recruitment — a boutique agency that actually gets Food Manufacturing. No egos, no waffle, just honest advice, brilliant opportunities, and game-changing talent.