Quality Systems Manager

Quality Systems Manager

Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contributions, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Pizza and Bread Aston, Nantwich, CW5 8DL
Ways of Working: Site Based
Hours of work: Monday – Friday / 08:30 -17:00
Contract Type: Permanent

The Quality Systems Manager role will support both the Crewe and Aston sites, typically working across a split of two days at one site and three days at the other, in line with business requirements. 

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US.

Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Nantwich, Aston, is a vibrant facility producing chilled speciality breads, including sliced baguettes, flatbreads, and dough balls. The site employs around 270 people and delivers high-quality products to a dedicated customer base.

Our site in Crewe produces chilled speciality breads, including sliced baguettes, hand-crafted flatbreads, and dough balls. The site employs over 280 people in the factory operating at a high standard of quality and volume. 

What you’ll be doing

In this busy and exciting role, you will take responsibility for technical systems, internal audits, legislation and customer requirements, supporting compliance, continuous improvement and best practice across the business.

Role Accountabilities

• Managing and developing the quality management system, ensuring documentation is controlled, current and compliant with legislation and industry standards
• Establishing and maintaining robust audit processes against the QMS to review compliance and drive improvement
• Creating and maintaining structured reviews of industry, customer and business codes of practice, presenting action plans and embedding best practice
• Managing the internal audit programme, ensuring actions are communicated and closed out within agreed timescales
• Collating and communicating food standards agency and customer alerts, responding effectively and in a timely manner
• Managing HACCP teams, coordinating and documenting reviews and ensuring updates are implemented across the business
• Managing BRC and internal pillar audits, ensuring non-conformances are addressed and closed within agreed timescales
• Operating safely and supporting the team to uphold high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance
• Supporting site and business-wide continuous improvement initiatives

What we’re looking for

• Strong knowledge of quality management systems within a fast-paced food manufacturing or FMCG environment
• Proven capability managing audits, allergens and risk assessments to high standards
• Confidence producing and analysing KPIs to support continuous improvement
• Experience managing customer complaints and non-conformance processes
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical and operational teams
• High attention to detail with a structured and methodical approach
• Ability to prioritise, influence and manage multiple activities effectively
• A proactive mindset with a passion for quality assurance and service excellence

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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