Quality Manager

FRS Recruitment

Cork
Permanent
Full-time

15 days ago

In operation since the early 70’s this family owned business has gone from strength to strength over the past 50 years, Initially started as a hobby they began supplying the Cork retail sector in the mid 70’s before going on nationwide sales in the mid 80’s. By the early 90’s my client had brown into the UK market necessitating a move to a larger premises and continued growth saw the company supplying customers in Africa and Europe by 2010 and supplying US customer in 2014. A real homegrown success story this proud Cork food company are now looking to recruit a Quality Manager for their plant 10 kms west of Cork City.YOUR NEW JOBAs Quality & Food Safety Manager your main remit will see you responsible for the plant’s food safety management systems (including HACCP), quality and legal compliance ensuring that processes and procedures are maintained, the site is audit ready at all times and their Global Food Safety Initiative accreditation is upheld. You will also manage the food safety team the food safety culture on site as well a verifying (and validating) documented systems to ensure legal compliance.Day to day some of the key elements in the Quality Manager role will include:

Supervise the day to day prerequisite programme/GMP which are essential for production and process safety,
Manage the internal audit programme and monthly inspections as part of GFSI requirements,
Review and update risk assessments of all products, packaging and processes,
Identify nonconformances, complete root cause analysis, implement corrective action and document,
Manage customer complaints and address any issues promptly, ensuring good communication with the Sales Director and other interested parties,
Manage customer requirements in relation to completing specifications, informing customers of change, dealing with customer enquiries and managing customer audits,
Manage the approved supplier list & site technical budget
Ensure the site’s product and environmental testing schedule is in place and active, linking with laboratories, reading laboratory reports and acting on any nonconformance,
Be the lead point of contact for all inspections and audits

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOUYou’ll have a min Level 7 in food science or related dispiline and have at least 2 years QA mgt experience in a food production plant. You’ll be experienced in managing certification standards and hold Food Safety Training QQI L6 Designing FSMS & Auditing training – QQI L6 Conducting Food Standards Audits or equivalent.

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