Quality Systems Manager
Food Manufacturing
Greater Manchester
£48,000 – £50,000 + 10% matched pension
Let me guess.
You’re good at what you do.
You know chilled.
You understand short shelf life.
You’ve rewritten HACCP more times than you care to admit.
But you’re stuck.
Stuck in retailer red tape.
Stuck fighting Production instead of partnering with them.
Stuck maintaining a system instead of improving one.
This isn’t that.
This is a site that’s brought in one of the sharpest Senior Technical Managers in the industry.
They’ve restructured properly.
They’ve reset expectations.
They’ve already rewritten HACCP and tightened up the QMS.
Now they need someone to take ownership of it.
Not to rip it apart.
Not to revolutionise everything.
But to evolve it. Sharpen it. Raise the bar.
It’s close to a blank canvas - but with a competent team in place.
No firefighting culture.
No Technical vs Production nonsense.
Just grown-up collaboration.
What’s in it for you?
Freedom.
Real autonomy to implement ideas without being strangled by retailer governance.
Progression.
There’s a genuine pathways to Technical Management as well as Group Technical here. Not lip service. A clear route.
And your manager?
Supportive. Driven. Commercially sharp. Actually available.
The kind of person you’d choose to work for.
What do you need?
* Experience as a Quality Systems Manager or Technical Services Manager in chilled, short shelf-life manufacturing.
* A hands-on mindset. If you prefer a desk to the factory, this isn’t your role.
You’ll be on the factory floor.
In conversations.
Setting standards.
Showing people what “good” looks like.
If you’re ready for more influence, without the politics, apply below and let’s have a confidential chat.