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QA Lab Crew Lead

Employer
McCormick UK Limited
Location
PE7 3HH
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
24 Nov 2024
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development, Engineering, Scientist
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

 

• Day to day leadership of the QA Lab Team (Senior Technician & QA Technicians) including maintenance of HR data systems pertaining to the QA Lab team, conducting performance reviews and talent management.

 

• Ensuring team members are trained and proficient in conducting sampling, analysis & reporting for raw materials, work in progress, finished products and environmental samples. 

 

• Ensuring all testing and associated QA lab and lab team activities are conducted in accordance with Company, Third Party and Customer requirements and in line with key quality performance indicators.

 

• Management of QA Lab budget and spending

 

• Conducting root cause analysis for material non-compliances and Customer complaints.

 

• Attendance and participation at routine plant performance review meetings

 

• Non-conformance management for raw materials (Shelf-life extensions, Inventory at risk approvals)

 

• Quality notification management (raising, coordinating investigations and close out)

 

 

 

CANDIDATE PROFILE

 

• Further educated to Higher National Certificate or equivalent in a science subject (preferably chemistry / biochemistry) 

 

• Demonstrable people leadership skills.

 

• Experience in Similar role in a manufacturing environment working within Quality Management Systems.

 

• Available to work during weekends

 

• Ability to provide team leadership, including conducting individual performance reviews and development planning. 

 

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

 

• Ability to interact with multiple levels within the business as well as with external contactors.

 

• Working knowledge of SAP would be advantageous. 

 

• PC literate as a minimum.

 

• Attention to detail. 

 

• Ability to interpret analytical and microbiological data.

 

• Ability to conduct root cause analysis and develop corrective and preventative action plans.

 

 

 

COMPANY

 

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet.  Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

 

 

 

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With 12,400 employees around the world and more than $5 Billion in annual sales., the Company manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers

 

 

 

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 50 locations in 27 countries and 135 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands including Kamis.

 

 

 

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle.  This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values. 

 

 

 

 

 

TO APPLY

 

If you are looking for a new challenge and want to join a highly motivated team in a rewarding environment, seeking a competitive salary and benefits package and opportunity to work with a global flavour leader. Then please apply via our careers centre.

 

Agencies:  McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

 

McCormick is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

 

Company

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavour and one of the most respected and familiar names in the industry.

 Our UK business manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavourful products for retail outlets, food manufacturers, and foodservice businesses. We create flavours for a wide range of applications, such as beverages, snacks, dairy, bakery/confectionary, savoury, performance nutrition, and health.

 McCormick has had a presence in the UK for nearly 40 years. We have three sites across the country–our EMEA headquarters in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, our new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and innovation centre in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (which is on track to become McCormick’s first Net Zero carbon building), and our plant in Littleborough, Greater Manchester.

 Our brands and our products are trusted sources of flavour in millions of kitchens across the country—in homes and in restaurants. Our UK brand portfolio includes Schwartz, Frank’s RedHot, French’s, Cholula, Herdez, and OLD BAY.

Partnerships with farmers and suppliers around the world allow us to provide great-tasting, quality spices with consistency that you can trust. Our herbs and spices come from around 80 different countries.

 At McCormick, we stand together for the future of flavour, and we bring that commitment to work every day in the UK to deliver top-tier growth and quality from our global business.

 As a people-first culture, we encourage development in many ways, respect everyone’s differences and contributions, and do what’s right to develop our employees and to better our world.

 

Company info
Website
Location
Haddenham Business Park
Pegasus Way
Haddenham
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP17 8LB
United Kingdom

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