Quality Systems Manager

We're proud to be Bakkavor 

Competitive Salary

Short Term Bonus Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)

Devizes, SN10 2EU

Site based  

Monday to Friday / 08:30 – 17:00

Permanent 

Why join us?  

We’re proud to offer you a career with a global leader in the fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. 

About the role. 

Bakkavor Devizes in Wiltshire specialises in making delicious, chilled desserts such as tarts, yum yums, doughnuts, crumbles, pies and pastries. The site employs over 600 people and is close to Swindon.

We’re proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented Quality Systems Manager with plenty of support and opportunity. And empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too.

In this busy and exciting role, you will undertake responsibility for all technical systems, internal audits, legislation and customer requirements.

 
Role Accountabilities:  

• Managing and developing the quality management system across the business, ensuring all the QMS documentation is relevant, controlled and meets the requirements of legislation and industry standards.
• Establishing and maintaining a process of auditing against the QMS to review compliance.
• Creating and maintaining a structured review process of industry, customer and business codes of practice – presenting action plans to the technical & operations teams, driving continuous improvement and best practice.
• Managing the internal audit programme and ensuring actions are communicated and closed out within agreed timescales.
• Collating all information relating to food standards agency and customer alerts – communicating such issues to the technical management team and responding in a timely manner.
• Managing the business HACCP teams – coordinating and documenting review meetings whilst ensuring all amends / updates are implemented across the appropriate business functions.
• Managing BRC and Bakkavor pillar audits and communicating as appropriate - ensuring non-conformances are closed out within agreed timescales.
• Functioning in a safe working manner and supporting your team to operate to the same standard.
• Supporting the site / business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and the environment.

About you  
  
The ideal candidate will have:

Ideally, you will have previous experience of a quality management role within a fast-paced food manufacturing or FMCG environment – with extensive knowledge of quality management systems (QMS).

Strong MS excel and number crunching skills are essential, along with a working history of dealing with audits, allergens and undertaking risk assessments.

You will be competent and confident at producing KPI reports, implementing improvements and managing customer complaint and non-conformance meetings.

If you have a passion for quality assurance and outstanding service delivery – this could be the perfect role for you.

What you’ll receive.  

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.   

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Short Term Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free Carparking

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions. 

Proud to be Bakkavor 

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team! 

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