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About the Company
To support & assist the Head of Quality & Sustainability to deliver the sites quality and food safety objectives.
About the Role
Lead the site QA team to ensure that daily decisions are dealt with in a timely manner ensuring compliance and quality and that any follow that is needed is carried out.
Responsibilities
* Monitor, control and co-ordinate QA departmental activities.
* Lead and develop direct report(s) in accordance with The People Team policies, ensuring development of competency, training, and delivery of objectives.
* Support the Quality and Food Safety requirement, ensuring that the site is compliant through the managing of daily parameters.
* Responsible for the communication of compliance and non-compliance.
* Monitoring of quality documentation to ensure compliance, quality, and authenticity.
* Carrying out traceabilities for the sites for audits and presenting them.
* Co-ordinate the investigations into complaints, non-conformances and concessions to resolve the issue and prevent reoccurrence.
* Support site visits and audits playing a large part within the scope of the audit to support a positive outcome.
* To be the technical lead on the daily support meetings and communicate and feedback to keep the rest of the team informed.
* Ensure compliance with Company policies and procedures relating to Food Safety & Quality.
* Liaise with Customers and External Authorities, as required.
* Assist in the maintenance of full BRCGS accreditation for the site, maintain BRCGS certification.
* Assist in the maintenance of full accreditation for the site i.e. Red Tractor, RSPCA etc.
* Supporting in the installation of new equipment, ensuring compliance in factory acceptance, commissioning, and validation.
* Any reasonable ad hoc requests.
Qualifications & Skills
* Have the ability to liaise with the site management teams
* Have experience in HACCP, QMS and managing day to day activities
* Ensure effective lines of communication are in place across the different site teams.
* Pro-actively promote a positive and can-do attitude.
* To have a food related degree or equivalent experience and to have experience in food processing.
* Good Communication Skills and ability to build relationships