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McCormick & Company

Quality Assurance Manager

full-time•Haddenham

Summary

Location

Haddenham

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

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About this role

Quality Assurance Manager

Haddenham - Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

 

 

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES #LI-DNI

  • Provide leadership at the Haddenham Plant for the Quality Assurance and Food Safety function to ensure product safety, integrity, and conformance with respect to Customer, Divisional, Corporate and regulatory requirements.
  • Pro-actively lead the Quality & Food Safety Management Program’s in the Haddenham Plant thus ensuring compliance with Company, Regulatory, third party and Customer standards, whilst achieving Quality objectives and KPI targets.
  • Maintain compliance with Corporate Quality Assurance Policies and customer quality satisfaction through the implementation and use of programs to control raw materials, in-process materials, production process, environmental conditions and finished products.
  • Pro-actively lead initiatives to continuously improve the Quality performance within the factory by identifying and implementing key performance indicators for Quality and Food Safety and leading initiatives to improve the performance.
  • Manage the Performance and Development of the Site Quality Team at McCormick Haddenham
  • Lead the incident management process and provide training and coaching at site level
  • Play an active role as a member of the Site’s Operations Leadership Team. To provide leadership on Quality and Food Safety issues in addition to supporting Operational activities undertaken within the plant.
  • Manage the plant Quality Budget, implementing appropriate Financial Controls to ensure that spend is appropriately managed and cost saving initiatives identified and initiated where appropriate.
  • Play an active and influential role in the Quality community for McCormick EMEA.

 

CANDIDATE PROFILE

  • BSc in Technical - Quality/Research/Product Development
  • Demonstratable working experience in Manufacturing quality (food production preferred).
  • Strong leadership experience with demonstrated success in managing multiple projects and people.
  • Extensive knowledge of HACCP, BRC Auditing, Quality Systems and Hygiene required.
  • Ability to translate strategy into actionable information in small or large groups in a clear, concise, and professional manner.
  • Ability to use appropriate root cause analysis decision tools for decision making.
  • Ability to interact with multiple levels within the business as well as with external contactors and Customers.
  • Ability to provide supervision, conduct competency assessments and deliver training.

 

 

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.

What you'll do

  • The Quality Assurance Manager will lead the Quality Assurance and Food Safety function at the Haddenham Plant, ensuring compliance with various standards and managing the site Quality Team. They will also be responsible for continuous improvement initiatives and managing the plant Quality Budget.

About McCormick & Company

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) is a global leader in flavor and one of the most respected and familiar names in the industry. In business for over 130 years, McCormick manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry—retail outlets, food manufacturers, and foodservice businesses. McCormick creates flavors for a wide range of applications, such as beverages, snacks, dairy, bakery/confectionary, savory, performance nutrition, and health. The McCormick name represents a trusted source of flavor in millions of kitchens around the globe—in homes and in restaurants. Partnerships with farmers and suppliers around the world allow us to provide great-tasting, quality spices with year-over-year consistency that you can trust. Our herbs and spices come from 80 different countries, while our brands reach consumers in more than 150 countries and territories. Our passion for quality is matched only by our commitment to an innovative and energetic company culture. At McCormick, we believe in respect, recognition, inclusion, and collaboration, based on the highest ethical values for our employees. McCormick is a team of 13,000 employees located around the world—and we’re growing. If you have a passion for flavor—and you’re ready to take a journey—come have a seat at our table.

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