Food Safety and Quality Manager

Your new company A leading food manufacturing business in County Down is seeking a Food Safety and Quality Manager to join its Technical team. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of food safety, product quality and compliance within a growing manufacturing environment. The business places a strong emphasis on quality culture, continuous improvement and delivering products that consistently meet customer and retailer expectations.Your new role As Food Safety and Quality Manager, you will lead food safety and quality activities across the site, ensuring robust systems are in place to maintain the highest standards of product safety, legality and quality. Reporting to the Head of Technical, you will manage the QA team, maintain the food safety management system, lead HACCP reviews and champion a culture of quality throughout operations.You will take responsibility for environmental and product testing programmes, microbiological performance, retailer and third-party audits, non-conformance investigations and complaint management. The role will also involve overseeing traceability systems, supplier assurance activities and supporting NPD projects from a quality and food safety perspective. This is a highly visible leadership role requiring close collaboration with Operations, Supply Chain and Senior Management teams.What you''ll need to succeed Proven Food Safety and Quality Management experience within a food manufacturing environment, ideally fresh produce or ..... full job details .....