Quality Manager
This is a challenging role where you will be responsible for leading the quality management systems, managing a technical team and ensuring the facility operates to the highest standards.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Quality Management and Compliance: You will lead, maintain and continuously improve the company's BRC Global Standard for Food Safety (BRCGS) systems. This includes ensuring a seamless transition and successful outcome for the annual BRC audit.
2. Develop and Implement Quality Systems: You will develop and implement all necessary quality management systems (QMS), policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Irish and EU food safety legislation.
3. Manage Audits: You will manage the company's internal audit schedule and corrective action program.
4. Audit Participation: You will participate in customer and third-party audits.
5. Continuous Improvement: You will ensure that the Quality Management System is regularly reviewed and subject to continual improvement.
6. Technical Leadership: You will serve as the technical lead for all issues relevant to the Quality function, working collaboratively with other functions and relevant parties to bring issues to resolution.
7. Documentation Management: You will oversee the management of technical documentation, including product specifications, data sheets and certificates of analysis.
8. Team Management: You will manage, mentor and develop a team of five technical professionals.
9. Supplier Assurance: You will oversee the supplier approval and raw material verification process led by the Senior Supplier Assurance Technician.
10. Facility Management: You will oversee the highest standards of hygiene and technical integrity within a low-care facility environment, ensuring all dry blending processes are controlled to prevent cross-contamination.
11. Sustainability Leadership: You will develop and implement a sustainability strategy for the company, which aligns with the company goals, and with key customer strategies.