Area Quality Manager

We have an excellent opportunity to join our Nestlé team as an Area Quality Manager at our Confectionery factory in York. As an Area Quality Manager you would be responsible for all food safety and quality aspects within your specific department. You will be a key member of the Local Committee and contribute to ensuring the department is producing our fantastic products meeting all quality and safety standards. In this role you will work as part of a team working towards achieving common goals and have responsibility to take a lead in the delivery of key quality objectives. We are looking for someone to provide daily support and coaching to produce safe, compliant and minimise losses through shop floor presence, coaching and verification. Nestlé York Factory is the home of the iconic confectionery brand Kit Kat amongst several other well-known brands such as Aero, Milky bar and Yorkie These are produced through controlled process plant and automated filling and packing lines. A day in the life of an Area Quality Manager

• Contribute as a member of the area Local Committee and factory Quality Assurance team. Work with the team to create and maintain compliance in hygiene, food safety and quality
• Deliver quality objectives such as complaints reduction, foreign body reduction and First Time Right (FTR) improvements
• Ensure GMP is maintained at the required standard for the area
• Support the Nestlé Continuous Excellence programme in the quest for zero defects
• Take a lead on delivering quality within the area to reduce losses
• Carry out continuous improvement activities using everyday problem solving
• Promote quality awareness and the commitment to quality across the area
• Ensure the successful management of quality incidents by participating in root cause analysis and ensuring corrective actions are closed out
• Manage non routine product release and stock status
• Carry out consumer complaint investigations to provide feedback and identify improvement actions
• Review, update and communicate quality systems including HACCP and QMS
• Support area readiness for internal and external audits (carrying out internal audits as required)
• Perform corrective action follow up for audit non-conformities
  
  Ideally a degree or equivalent in a Science / Engineering / Quality related subject
• Demonstrable experience in quality roles working in FMCG (Food and Drink) Factory environments
• Able to demonstrate working in large teams, large number of stakeholders under pressure
• Experience in successfully implementing quality assurance programmes, influencing at all levels within the factory
• Experience of training, coaching and challenging people in reaching targets
• Participating or leading improvement projects delivering tangible quality improvements
• Ability to establish relationships at all levels both externally and internally
• Knowledge of working with Quality Management Systems and food safety
• Good knowledge of manufacturing processes, materials, products and their norms
• Understanding of auditing and verification
  
  Although this is a full-time permanent opportunity based on-site at the factory, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual's flexible working needs, don't let this stop you from applying., What can we offer in return? Great benefits you'd expect from a business the size of Nestlé - in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.