Quality Manager

Quality Manager - Food Manufacturing

£35,000 - £45,000

North Manchester

Monday to Friday, 8am - 5pm

Are you an experienced Quality Manager in the Food Manufacturing sector looking to improve your work-life balance at a small, friendly and relaxed site, or are you an experienced QA professional that is looking for an opportunity to progress into management?

This Food Manufacturing site employs about 20 people and has been supplying a range of sweet bakery goods to foodservice clients across the country for over 30 years. They've recently received backing from a larger UK food manufacturing group, and they're now looking for a Quality Manager to work closely with the site's existing leadership team.

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and continuously improving the site's Food Safety, Quality and Compliance standards, working closely with production to ensure customer specifications, GMP and SOP requirements are met, leading audit readiness and regulatory compliance activities, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement across the business.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years' experience in Food Safety & Quality Assurance - either in a Quality Management position or as a Supervisor/Coordinator where they've held some degree of leadership responsibility.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to join a friendly, relaxed and supportive business where they can hold a large amount of responsibility while also being able to enjoy a positive work-life balance.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Ensuring products consistently meet customer specifications and food safety standards.
• Supporting production teams to maximise quality, efficiency and operational performance.
• Monitoring factory compliance, hygiene standards, traceability systems and legal requirements.
• Leading audits, investigations, reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Managing, developing and training staff to maintain audit readiness and high standards.

The ideal person will have:

• Experience within food manufacturing, with strong knowledge of quality, food safety and HACCP systems.
• Proven experience leading teams and improving performance in a fast-paced production environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with customers, auditors and cross-functional teams.
• A degree in Food Science or a related discipline would be desirable but is not essential.

If you are interested in this position, click apply or contact Stuart Goble at Reed.