At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead food safety and quality across the plant, ensuring compliance with global standards.
- Company: Join Ferrero, a global leader in sweet-packaged foods with a rich history.
- Benefits: Enjoy a supportive work environment with career development opportunities and competitive benefits.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse culture that values innovation and personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on food safety and quality while leading a passionate team.
- Qualifications: Experience in food manufacturing quality and strong knowledge of food safety principles required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
As a Plant Food Safety & Quality Manager, you will lead all aspects of food safety and quality across the plant, ensuring full alignment with Ferrero's global Food Safety Management System (FSMS) and standards. You'll be responsible for safeguarding product integrity by driving compliance across processes, monitoring performance, and embedding best-in-class food safety and hygiene practices.
Working closely with operational teams, you'll implement and maintain robust quality systems, proactively identify risks, and ensure all activities meet both internal standards and external regulatory requirements. A key part of the role will also be developing capability across the plant, ensuring that all colleagues are effectively trained, engaged and accountable for food safety and quality at every stage of production. This is a critical leadership role where you'll influence culture, drive continuous improvement, and ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality products.
Main Responsibilities:
- Ensuring the highest standards of food safety, quality and compliance across the plant.
- Taking ownership of the full quality lifecycle, overseeing raw materials, in-process controls and finished product release.
- Driving and maintaining robust quality systems, ensuring full compliance with certifications such as FSSC 22000 and embedding HACCP-based risk management across all processes.
- Monitoring quality trends and managing non-conformities, leading product incident responses and supporting audits.
- Providing technical guidance and support to production teams to ensure processes are controlled effectively.
- Driving a strong Food Safety & Quality culture, acting as a visible ambassador across the site.
- Leading and developing the Plant Quality team, creating a high-performing, engaged environment.
- Managing site-wide initiatives linked to Food Safety & Quality Global Pillars and Enablers.
- Taking responsibility for budgeting within the function.
- Acting as a key point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders.
About You:
You'll bring strong technical expertise alongside a proactive, results-driven mindset. You'll have extensive experience within food manufacturing quality, ideally within a multinational environment, and a solid academic background in Food Quality, Food Science or a related field. You'll have a deep understanding of food safety and quality principles, including HACCP, GMP, food legislation and certification standards such as FSSC 22000 and ISO frameworks.
Your knowledge will extend across areas such as food technology, microbiological and chemical analysis, packaging, pest control and statistical sampling. You'll be highly analytical and detail-focused, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify risks, make informed decisions and drive effective outcomes.
As a leader, you'll have experience managing and developing teams, coaching others, building capability and creating an engaged, high-performing environment. You'll also be confident influencing stakeholders at all levels, with strong communication and negotiation skills. You will be an Ambassador for Food Safety and Quality Culture and Awareness.
We would particularly welcome candidates who bring additional certifications or experience such as Lead Auditor accreditation, HACCP Level 4, or project management expertise, as well as a strong track record of leading initiatives and driving business improvements.
What We Offer:
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About Ferrero:
Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world's largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world.
DE&I at Ferrero:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities.
Plant Food Safety & Quality Manager employer: Ferrero
Ferrero is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and development of its employees, offering a supportive work culture where innovation and collaboration thrive. As a Plant Food Safety & Quality Manager, you will benefit from comprehensive training opportunities, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and the chance to lead a high-performing team in a dynamic environment dedicated to food safety and quality excellence. With a strong focus on continuous improvement and employee engagement, Ferrero provides a rewarding career path for those passionate about making a meaningful impact in the food industry.
