QA Manager

QA Manager – Bakkavor Desserts Newark

Evening Shift 5pm – 1am Sunday to Thursday (every Friday and Saturday off)
 
Salary competitive depending on experience plus £1,647 evening shift allowance on top of basic salary.

 

Plus Company Bonus Scheme (up to 5% of salary first five years, and 10% after 5 years’ service), Private Healthcare, Pension Scheme, Life Insurance and many more Bakkavor benefits.

Excellent Opportunities to progress within one of Bakkavor’s Largest and Flagship UK sites and / or across the wider Bakkavor Group

33 days holiday inclusive of statutory holidays

 
The Company

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with an international presence in the US and China. With over 19,000 employees operating from over 40 locations, we provide high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food for our customers. Our customers include every major UK grocery retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and some of the world’s best-known food brands.

 

Newark Desserts specialise in chilled desserts such as trifles as well as cream cakes, éclairs, doughnuts, profiteroles, and choux buns. We are Number 1 in cream cake and trifle production in the UK.

 

The site employs over 1,900 people and is one of eight factories that are part of the Bakkavor Bakery sector in the UK.

 
The Role

A fantastic opportunity for a Quality Assurance Manager to join the Desserts Newark team. You will be responsible for leading and motivating the Quality Assurance team in monitoring and evaluating product and processing systems. Your main accountabilities will include understanding and applying relevant standards so that Bakkavor, Customer and Legal requirements are achieved and maintained.
 

• Understand and apply relevant standards and codes of practice so that Bakkavör, Customer, BRC and legal requirements are achieved and maintained.
• To ensure that the requirements of HACCP are implemented, maintained and achieved. Involvement in the evaluation of risks and defining controls, prior to the

introduction of a new process, product or raw material.

• Understands, implements and reviews quality management systems associated with the production of food to the agreed safety and quality standards.
• Implement, maintain and review an audit system to ensure that critical procedures for product safety, legality and quality are in place and complied with. In addition review all internal findings, identify trends and implement appropriate preventative measures.
• Supports the Technical Manager & the business with management of audits, hosting audits as appropriate. Manages response & close out of non-conformance reports from audits as required.
• Effectively communicates with internal and external customers suppliers and production teams to ensure all the Technical needs of the business are met.
• Manages the training & development requirements of the QA team and ensures that direct reports are properly equipped to undertake their roles.
• Manage the QA team & is responsible for its activity. Recruit and retain the right calibre of people. Lead, motivate and inspire the Quality team in line with Bakkavör Values to achieve personal development, continuous improvement
• Generate technical business KPI information, communicate, trend and highlight issues. Develop and agree action plans and through Continuous Improvement drive the business forward.
• Provides practical support and drive to promote a Quality Assurance culture in the Business.
• Ensures that a safe working environment exists for all employees within the QA team and that as a minimum the standards set out in the H&S manual are met.

 
 
Evening Shift 5pm – 1am Sunday to Thursday with some flexibility needed to attend audits, holiday cover and further activity to support personal development.
 
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