Quality Excellence Leader - Drive Continuous Improvement in Food Manufacturing
Join our Quality Team as a Quality Excellence Leader and be a pivotal force in driving continuous improvement in our food manufacturing processes. You'll champion quality standards, ensure strict compliance with food safety regulations, and cultivate a robust culture of quality throughout our operations. This role demands close collaboration with cross-functional teams to develop and implement systems that elevate product quality, enhance operational efficiency, and maximize customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Quality Excellence:
o Implement Quality, Environmental, and Food Safety plans as directed, contributing to the overall strategic direction of the Quality Team.
o Drive a culture of quality excellence and continuous improvement, positively influencing behaviors and practices at all organizational levels.
o Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and process improvements within our quality systems.
2. Quality Assurance and Compliance:
o Ensure strict compliance with all food safety regulations, certifications, and standards, including FSSC/ISO22000, HACCP, BRC, and specific customer requirements.
o Conduct routine audits of plant, processes, and procedures to verify adherence to both internal and external standards.
o Manage food safety plans, risk assessments, and traceability programs to effectively prevent contamination and product recalls.
o Perform external supplier compliance audits as required.
o Serve as the primary point of contact for customer audits, third-party certifications, and regulatory inspections.
o Apply Lean, Six Sigma, or other relevant continuous improvement methodologies to minimize waste and optimize processes.
o Lead root cause analysis and drive the implementation of corrective and preventative actions for quality incidents.
o Provide support to business teams in improving their respective areas of responsibility.
o Conduct regular quality training sessions to enhance the skills of business teams and promote best practices.
3. People Development:
o Foster cross-functional collaboration to drive team and business improvement.
o Champion and promote a consistent quality-centric business focus.
o Collaborate effectively with BarthHaas group Quality teams as needed.
4. Measures and Reporting:
o Monitor and report on key quality performance indicators (KPIs).
o Support team and cross-functional teams in achieving improvement goals and measuring success.
o Promote a strong culture of health, safety, food safety awareness, and environmental responsibility within our UK operations.
Qualifications and Experience:
* Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as chemistry.
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, or a similar role within the food manufacturing industry.
* Proven track record of leading quality improvement initiatives and achieving measurable results.
* HACCP certification.
* Quality Management or Six Sigma Black Belt certification (advantageous).
* Proficiency in ISO 9001, 14001, and 22000 (FSSC) standards.
* Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
* Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.
Must have right to work in UK, as we are NOT able to offer Worker visas or sponsorship.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Quality Assurance
Industries
Manufacturing
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