QA Manager

QA Manager QA Manager Role Purpose To lead and manage the site Quality Assurance function, ensuring continuous audit readiness and full compliance with food safety, legal, customer, and quality standards. The role is responsible for maintaining and improving QA systems, production processes, and operational controls to consistently achieve the highest levels of product quality and food safety. QA Manager Key Responsibilities Ensure Food Hygiene Standards are consistently maintained across the site. Manage annual audit planning and audit reporting, including investigation of non-conformances and implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions in collaboration with Production and senior management. Conduct daily spot checks on stock rotation, with particular focus on short shelf-life products such as poultry. Complete the monthly audit schedule, including: Brittles Audit, Document Check Audit, Full GMP Audit Carry out weekly internal audits and other scheduled compliance checks, escalating any issues or concerns promptly to management. Conduct traceability and mass balance exercises in line with the QMS, escalating discrepancies where required. Ensure full compliance for accredited products including Soil Association and Red Tractor certified meats. Maintain accurate product information using the approved nutritional platform, ensuring allergen, nutritional, and labelling data is fully up to date. Manage supplier risk assessments for existing and new ..... full job details .....