Lead QA Manager
Avara Foods Ltd
- Hereford, England, United Kingdom
- Hereford, England, United Kingdom
À propos
Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants. We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.
A little about our Wednesbury site: Our advanced manufacturing site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, is our newest advanced manufacturing site, and we’ve invested around £4.7 million into state-of-the-art facilities. Our Wednesbury site is a flagship Added Value centre for Avara, which employ over 150 talented individuals at the site, who help to supply some of the UK’s largest supermarkets and popular restaurants!
About the Role:
Are you passionate about
Product Safety and Quality ? Looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience or qualifications in
Quality Management?
As an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to Quality across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated
Lead Quality Manager
to join our
Quality
Team, based at our
Wednesbury
site.
The role is predominantly office-based, and the factory environment is a fast-paced, dynamic FMCG environment which is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf life products where hygiene standards are critical. As
a Lead Quality Manager
you’ll be working
Monday to Friday 08.00-17.00
What will you be doing as a Lead Quality Manager at Avara?
As a
Lead Quality Manager
you’ll manage the site Technical function to ensure legal compliance, food safety, and adherence to customer specifications.
Responsibilities
Ensure that Quality Managers are effectively recruited, inducted, trained and managed
Ensure that team development is in line with talent needs defined by the business technical function
Support external audits e.g., BRCGS, Red Tractor, retailer
Ensure that internal audit schedules are maintained and audits are completed. Communicate audit corrective actions plans to relevant personnel and ensure non-conformances are signed off within agreed time scales.
Provide Operations with Technical monitoring and auditing to ensure that customer requirements are understood and achieved.
Review frequency of non-conformances to identify longer term corrective action plans
Review specifications for all products, packaging and ingredients and ensure that all versions are current and meet customer specifications.
Involved in and coordinating the investigation of customer complaints of a technical nature and ensure findings and action plans are completed and communicated both internally and externally.
Support the effective relationships with both internal and external customers including during site visits.
Provide an effective link between NPD and production ensuring that new or changed products, processes and packaging are effectively introduced.
What you’ll need to be successful
Food related HND, Advanced Food Safety Level 4 and Advanced HACCP Level 4
Internal auditing qualification
Experience of BRCGS or ISO 9000
Leadership skills and experience of motivating teams
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels
Knowledge and experience of major retailers
The benefits of working for Avara Foods As a
Lead Quality Manager
you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.
We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things, include the following:
Competitive Salary
31
days holiday allowance
Secure contract with long term career development opportunities
Straight forward pension contribution of
6 %
Life assurance scheme
Staff sales at hugely discounted prices
Cycle to work scheme
Salaried Advance Finance
Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
Access to our Employee Benefit Scheme, which includes unlimited remote GP appointments and unlimited mental health sessions, physiotherapy sessions, medical second opinion consultation, and other discounts and perks, such as savings & discounts on weekly costs.
Ts & Cs apply
What happens after you apply for this role? After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer at our
Wednesbury
site, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.
If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!
We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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