Quality Manager
Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today.
Peterborough
Permanent | Mon-Fri
£45,000 - £50,000
We’re partnering with an innovative and quality-driven food manufacturing business seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead site-wide quality strategy and performance. This is a senior leadership opportunity where you’ll play a critical role in shaping quality culture, driving operational excellence, and ensuring products consistently exceed customer and regulatory expectations.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead and develop the site Quality Team, embedding a high-performance culture focused on food safety, compliance, and continuous improvement
- Take ownership of the site Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring full alignment with regulatory, customer, and industry standards
- Act as the site’s Quality authority and HACCP lead, overseeing food safety systems, traceability, pest management, and audit readiness
- Drive Right First Time initiatives through data analysis, root cause investigations, defect prevention, and waste reduction programmes
- Lead customer, certification, and regulatory audits, ensuring exceptional audit performance and robust corrective action management
- Manage quality incidents, product holds, recalls, and investigations with a proactive, risk-based approach to protect brand integrity and consumer confidence
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Production, Engineering, Technical, NPD, and Supply Chain teams to optimise manufacturing quality and operational performance
- Deliver strategic quality improvements through KPI analysis, trend reporting, supplier quality enhancement, and continuous process optimisation
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven experience in a Quality Management leadership role within food manufacturing or FMCG environments
- Strong working knowledge of xehkeey HACCP, QMS, GMP, food safety legislation, and customer audit standards
- Demonstrated experience leading audits, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence teams across all levels of the business
- Analytical and solutions-focused mindset with excellent organisational, communication, and problem-solving capabilities
If you believe you have the skills and personality to fit these requirements please either apply via this advert or call Henderson Brown on for more information.
