Quality Assurance Team Leader - 4 Day Week
Salary: £32,000 - £34,000
Location: Near Belfast
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 6am to 3:45pm
Are you an experienced Quality Assurance or Compliance specialist from a Food or Beverage Manufacturing background looking for a chance to step up into a Team Leader role, or alternatively someone that wants to make a lateral move to improve your work-life balance?
This well‑established food manufacturer supplies into Foodservice, QSR, FSR and Retail channels. They are backed by a global FMCG giant that employs over 5000 people across numerous production facilities, with a turnover of more than £1 billion.
They are looking for a Quality Assurance or Compliance specialist from a Food or Beverage Manufacturing background with experience in things such as audits (internal & third-party), CCP & GMP training/inspections, and raw material & product checks.
This position would suit someone who wants to leverage their experience to coach, lead and positively influence others while also having the support of a Technical Manager who can provide additional training in NPD and Continuous Improvement tools.
What you'll be doing day ‑ to ‑ day:
Upholding Food Safety, Quality and H&S standards across site, ensuring compliance with internal, legislative and customer requirements
Leading, coaching and developing the QA team along with production staff by organizing daily workloads, managing training and reviewing performance
Driving continuous improvement by monitoring processes, analysing trends, conducting audits and working across departments to enhance safety, efficiency and quality
Aiding Operations & NPD teams by ensuring materials and products meet specifications, overseeing quality checks, resolving non-conformances and assisting with launches
What we're looking for:
Previous experience in a Food Safety, Compliance or Quality Assurance position, preferably with leadership responsibilities
Auditing experience - BRC, ISO etc.
Level 2 or above HACCP or Food Safety qualification
Previous experience using customer technical portals such as Opri, Erudus etc.
If you're interested in this position, click apply or contact Stuart Goble at Reed for more information.
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