Senior Quality and Safety Manager

apartmentMichael Page placeSouthwark calendar_month 
About Our Client

Global FMCG business based near Central London, within a growing team.

Job Description

The key responsibilities of the role include:

 •  Be the face to the Customer quality, food safety, and compliance of packaging focusing on more strategic versus tactical matters
 •  Regularly review and update the Customer to agree on expectations in the areas of Quality, Compliance and Food Safety
 •  Manage complaint handling and follow up. Report the root cause and action plans
 •  Identify customer needs and uncover improvement opportunities within work flow practices
 •  Coach supplier partners & new suppliers to develop capability to meet relevant standards
 •  Ensure Global Quality and Safety Requirements (GQSR) manual is understood and met by suppliers
 •  Visit supplier's plants to evaluate and assure adherence to safety, process control, quality control, equipment maintenance, and sanitation processes. Work together with suppliers to develop programs to improve deficient areas
 •  Lead continuous improvement in quality performance across product categories with supplier partners and category teams
 •  Ensure packaging standards and specifications are understood, enforced, and complied
 •  Integrate the "Voice of the Customer" into packaging specifications
 •  Put in place the proactive quality systems and protocols and lead suppliers in the continuous improvement efforts
 •  Support EU projects, as a coach and resource for Supplier Technical Roundtables
 •  Engage with and build relationships with industry groups and associations and use their knowledge of emerging issues and contacts with regulatory and legislative bodies
 •  Proactively action on regulation compliance and use the resources & platforms to positively influence government on regulations and standards build-up or revision.
 •  Support market leads in business reviews and other relevant customer-facing opportunities to help message and articulate packaging quality requirements

The Successful Applicant

The ideal candidate will have a background in:

 •  Experience in a Quality role in a manufacturing environment where they were responsible for raw materials from production to finished goods
 •  Experience in senior management capacity and customer interface.
 •  MSc or BSc in food science or similar
 •  Technical knowledge on paper/plastic products and quality management systems
 •  Ability to communicate with and influence internal and external customers
 •  Demonstrate knowledge of quality practices and principles in a proactive manner to lead supply partners and to educate the Customer

What's on Offer

Competitive salary and benefits package
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