A leading FMCG Food Manufacturer is currently recruiting for a Quality Manager to join their team. Reporting into the Technical Manager, this Quality Manager will assume responsibility for the QA team and need a driven and passionate work approach to join a growing business. This role will require experience of Quality Management in a fast paced food manufacturing environment. This role will require a home base commutable from Manchester and a UK driving licence. Full Eligibility to work in the UK (Visas will need a minimum of 4 full years remaining. No sponsorship available. Quality Manager responsibilities include: Motivate, coach and develop the QA team, and surrounding departments to achieve the business objectives on a day-to-day basis whilst achieving individual and departmental KPI’s. Positively support Technical relations and successfully influence food safety/quality delivery within Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Purchasing, and NPD. Provide an effective and timely resolve to all technical issues, including quality and food safety problems seeking permanent solutions to the key issues Delivery of the company’s external customer and third-party approval, its food safety/quality systems, hygiene standards and due diligence defences. Product safety management: Ensuring robust delivery and verification of controls around ingredient sourcing/handling, cooking and cooling methodology, QCPs, metal detecting, labelling and date coding, nutritional and micro standards Ensure timely monitoring, improvement and management including trend analysis of customer & consumer complaints, supplier complaints, complaints costs, adherence to customer expectations, NC Reporting, audit findings etc. Ensure delivery of technical contracts, including the micro and chemical laboratories, Pest control service, laundry, calibration and monitoring services, Technical memberships etc. Ensure appropriate levels of factory compliance auditing: Such as regular GMPs, G&HP, and internal audit programmes; whilst influencing others to ensure a continuous improvement of technical culture throughout all departments. Timely closure of all NCNs raised, whether from internal audits, customer visits, or 3rd party audits. Health, Safety and Environment: Ensure that you and any staff under your control, adhere to all policies and procedures at all times, and stop any occasions of unsafe practice. Staff training & development plans to be in place, including succession planning. Development of your teams through the method of regular 121s and Performance Development Plans Driving force behind all relevant Technical KPIs of food safety and quality, including micro standards, complaints, GMP and food safety culture Leading Food Safety/HACCP: To ensure the defined process CCPs & QCPs are appropriately risk assessed, defined, and strictly adhered to in all aspects of the company’s HACCP system and factory operations Delivery of Customer visits, launches and Audits, ensuring top scores and minimal non conformity or on time launches; whilst ensuring that you and your team are able to competently demonstrate their role/responsibilities to an auditor/visitor. Driving positive employee engagement and supporting general culture improvements by effective communication, and promoting trust and respect of all colleagues Management of Employee Relations: around turnover, attendance, punctuality, code and conduct, procedural compliance You will be a Quality Manager used to working in a fast paced food manufacturing environment and to BRC standards. To apply please email a cv.