Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Position: Senior Quality Assurance Manager (18-Month FTC / Maternity Cover)

* Location: Home Counties / Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire

* Salary: Up to £60,000 + Enhanced Pension + Healthcare + Life Insurance

What’s in it for you?

* Strategic Multi-Site Leadership Experience: The opportunity to add multi-site experience to your CV. You’ll be actively mentoring and developing a team of site-level Quality Managers.

* Senior Level Exposure: Working closely with the Head of Technical & Quality, you’ll gaining high-level visibility and leadership experience with key customers and internal stakeholders.

* Investment & Innovation Culture: You will work within a business that seriously invests in its R&D and manufacturing facilities, ensuring the delivery of innovative products for key global food brands

* Future Potential: While this is an 18-month contract cover, the scale of this international business means that permanent opportunities can arise for strong performers.

The Opportunity:
An 18-month fixed-term contract for a Senior Quality Assurance Manager with an international food manufacturer that supplies major retailers, brands, and the food service market. The business operates across multiple countries, offering a scaled environment focused on continuous improvement and diversity.

The Role:
You will take operational ownership of the quality function across a cluster of manufacturing units. You will lead, coach, and develop the established site Quality Managers to maintain consistent performance.

Key responsibilities include:

* Team Leadership: Supporting and mentoring Quality Managers to ensure consistent, high-performing standards.

* Audit & Compliance: Leading customer, regulatory, and BRCGS audits, ensuring compliance and the timely closure of non-conformances.

* System Management: Maintaining the QMS, HACCP programmes, and environmental/microbiological testing protocols.

* Continuous Improvement: Partnering with Operations teams to track KPIs, analyse trends, and lead investigations into customer complaints.

* Supplier Quality: Managing supplier performance via scorecards, audits, and contracts.

The Candidate:
The position requires a proactive quality leader who can manage multi-site operations and hit the ground running.

Requirements:

* Qualifications: A degree (or equivalent) in Food Science, plus ideally HACCP Level 4 certificate, and a Lead Auditor qualification.

* Experience: At least 4 years in a Technical or QA Management role within food manufacturing.

* Skills:, Deep knowledge of food safety legislation, and strong stakeholder management skills.

* Logistics: The flexibility to travel between sites as required.

Next Steps:
Click apply to send over your CV or contact Rachel Sutton for a confidential discussion
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed