Job Description
Job Title Quality Manager Location Northfleet, Kent (DA11)Salary: £48,000 £55,000 DOE + performance bonus (DOE)Shift: Days 40 hours per weekJob Role The Quality Manager will lead the QA function within a high-care, ready-to-eat food environment, ensuring products consistently meet food safety, legal, quality and customer requirements. The Quality Manager will manage and develop the QA team, driving a strong audit-ready culture while improving GMP standards, hold and release controls, and quality KPI performance. The Quality Manager will be the go-to for investigations, non-conformances and customer complaints, ensuring fast root-cause resolution and preventative actions that protect standards and retailer relationships. This Quality Manager position offers real autonomy, visibility within the Technical team, and the chance to make a measurable impact through continuous improvement in a fast-moving fresh food operation.Sector Food ManufacturingNon-Negotiable Requirements of Quality Manager Must have worked in a food manufacturing environmentExperience as a Quality Manager or Technical Manager Desireable requirements of Quality Manager - Strong knowledge of GMP and maintaining site standards day-to-dayExperience handling customer complaints, non-conformances, and implementing CAPA / corrective actionsConfidence overseeing Hold and Release processes and quality controlsExposure to internal systems/processes around metal detection, check weighing, calibration and fabrication ..... full job details .....