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QA Lead (Manager)

Employer
Jarvis Johnson
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
up to £37.5k per annum
Closing date
14 Dec 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Quality Assurance, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Our Client, a fast paced, high volume manufacturer of chilled foods for the major retailers, is looking for a QA Lead for their site based in Kent. This Managerial role involves leading and developing a team of Quality Assurance Supervisors and Technicians. The main purpose is to provide support to ensure products meet the agreed specifications. Will involve liaising with internal and external stakeholders; raising, managing and trending non-conformances, together with setting high standard of corrective/ preventative actions to lead to an overall reduction in product related issues and improvement to site performance.

 

Reporting to the Factory Technical Manager, key accountabilities for the role are to :

  • Provide technical knowledge and expertise in relation to Food Safety, microbiology, legality, standards and requirements
  • Manage and motivate the Quality Assurance Technicians, coaching and encouraging them to achieve results to meet targets and objectives, whilst supporting the company values
  • Develop the Quality Assurance and Intake teams, ensuring that they are fully trained and competent in all required duties. Conduct performance management reviews, investigations and disciplinaries
  • Develop and set challenging standards on customer service for individual and team performance
  • Monitor KPIs and take necessary corrective actions
  • Conduct and manages completion of raw material and finished product related investigations regarding traceability and complaints
  • Create and maintain required systems and associated procedures/ paperwork to ensure compliance with legal and customer requirements for Food Manufacturing and Health, Safety and Environment

Skills and experience include:

  • Management experience in a Quality / Technical role - ability to efficiently manage, motivate and develop a team
  • Ideally looking for experience in the chilled prepared foods sector or with other complex products
  • Ability to drive change
  • Excellent communication skills in a customer and supplier facing role
  • Great organisational skills, skilled at time management
  • Good standard of written English and Numeracy
  • Ability to generate and interpret statistical data
  • Good IT skills- data entry, report writing (graphs & charts) and photography will be required
  • Flexibility and adaptability to changing role conditions and requirements
  • Ability to work to deadlines with good project management and organisational skills

The Company:

  • A well-established multi-site chilled food manufacturer
  • Modern and well invested sites
  • Supplying major retailers across the UK

The role offers a competitive salary of up to £37.5k working 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday with flexibility, as required.

If you are interested in applying for this Senior QA role please apply AS SOON AS POSSIBLE quoting reference number JJ-P4413 with an updated CV, an indication of your current salary and your availability.

 

Company

Jarvis Johnson is a Specialist Recruitment and Interim Management Agency, set up by Technical Managers and “Placing Technical First” for the Food Manufacturing Industry.

We have a total database of over 6,500 candidates within our specialist areas of Technical, Quality and NPD, built up over the last 20 years.  

We identify candidates with specialist experience, seeking referrals from influential candidates within the market, combined with advertising on Food Industry specific and generalist job boards as well as searching external databases and our very wide LinkedIn Network.

We truly believe in building strong relationships with both our candidates and clients and we go the extra mile to find candidates who really fit in terms of experience, skills and personality/ culture fit.

If you’re an Interim Manager who wants to be notified on upcoming assignments or you are looking for a new permanent role and want to be kept updated on new vacancies then please email an updated CV together with location and remuneration details to enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk 

If you are representing a Food Company and want to find out more about our Recruitment / Interim Management  services then please email enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk  for a copy of our Terms of Business or call 01302 366967 to speak to our ex-Technical Manager Managing Director, Lisa Johnson

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01302 366967
Location
70-72 Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 1BN
United Kingdom

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