The Role
Fresh People are recruiting for an experienced QA Manager to oversee the quality and specification standards of fresh produce for our client based in Biggleswade.
The Candidate
The ideal candidate will have a background in quality assurance or technical management within the fresh produce industry. Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and an ability to work collaboratively with multiple teams are essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
* Ensure that all aspects of product quality are accurately reported to the grower partners and depot team as relevant
* Ensure that any temperature abuse or other issues that can seriously affect product quality are immediately reported and product isolated
* Check that product packaging and detail meets or exceeds the customer’s and legal standards
* Inform the team of any non-conforming product (quality and packaging/ labelling) that is required to be sent for third party repacking or sorting.
* Advise the team of the order of use for stock arriving, based on quality assessment.
* To work efficiently and effectively ensuring that you contribute to your Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
* Responsibility to collect shelf-life samples and assessment, as required
* Visit and review quality standards of UK growers and packing sites, to ensure product is grown, packed and despatched to specification
* To clearly communicate between all colleagues in...