Co - Manufacturing and Packaging Quality Manager - 12 month FTC

We utilise our Preferred Agency Supplier Partners as and when we require additional support.

We are always looking to enhance our current teams with diverse skills, experience and backgrounds; so if your skills and experience look a little different and you believe you can add value to the role and/or Weetabix, then we would love you to drop us your CV or apply! No candidate will ever meet 100% of the desired qualifications, skills and/ or experience, but we are ambitious to attract the right talent for how we want our business to grow.

You might not be right for this role, yet but we are always looking for talented people!

Introduction to Weetabix

Firstly a little bit about why we are the Nation's favourite cereal brand!

Weetabix is renowned for its commitment to providing better breakfasts and helping people live healthier lives. They are the home to popular breakfast favourites such as Weetabix, Alpen, and Weetabix On the Go Drinks. With our world-class innovation and extensive product range, Weetabix has established itself as a market leader. As part of the Weetabix family, you will have the opportunity to contribute to this success and make a difference in people's lives.

Our Sustainability credentials

Check out our sustainability credentials. Did you know all of our wheat is sourced within 50 miles of our factories and 100% of our electricity is generated by renewable energy and not to blow our own trumpet (but why not?!), but we expect to provide 3 million meals each year to Fareshare & Magic Breakfast which we are all really proud of.

https://weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/our-beliefs/sustainability/

The Recruitment process

We will aim to shortlist within 2 weeks of application and are anticipating interviews will commence with face to face interview at our offices in Burton Latimer.

We reserve the right to close any job early where we have high volumes of candidates.

Closing date for applications is the 23rd June 2024

The role

To ensure the highest standards of quality and food safety, this role has the responsibility for all co-manufactured products and packaging produced externally.

You will be responsible for continuous quality improvement and minimizing food safety risks, ensuring our customers receive only the best products.

The Recipe for Success !

• Ownership of the Weetabix Standards for Food Safety (WSFS) for Co-manufacturers (Co-packers and Licensee Suppliers), the WSFS for Packaging.  
• Updating the standards in-line with industry codes of practices and legislation to ensure it is reflective of good practice.
• Working with the relevant internal and external stakeholders to create and implement standards and specifications fit for Co-manufacturing and packaging.
• Approve co-manufacturers and packaging suppliers for the manufacture of products on behalf of Weetabix.
• Maintain up to date supplier due diligence documentation.
• Lead effective management of all food safety and quality incidents and complaints affecting Weetabix products.
• Drive improvement of supplier quality and food safety performance.
• Engage and manage stakeholders using the right level of challenge.
• Provide technical support for innovation projects.
• Step up to Deputise for the Supplier Technical Manager when required.

Requirements

Ingredients

• A good understanding of BRC requirements
• Knowledge of Retailer standards
• Understanding of quality management in a food environment
• Working knowledge of packaging
• Technical and Quality background with experience in food safety and compliance.
• Proven experience of driving quality improvement / continuous improvement
• Proven experience of Auditing, HACCP, Food Safety, Microbiology, Allergen Management.

Must haves:

• Strong alignment to the Weetabix values
• Always curious to find new and better ways of working
• Technical/Quality background in food manufacturing
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• PC skills (ERP, word, excel and power point are essential).
• Good stakeholder management

Nice to have:

• Technical/professional qualifications or an appropriate degree (or equivalent)
• Previous experience in managing external suppliers
• Working knowledge of packaging

Inclusion without exception

Our differences ‘Make the Difference’ and have a ‘Brilliant People’ culture where we believe that our people can do their best work when they can bring their best selves to work every day.

We value diversity, as it sparks creativity, innovation, and ultimately better business performance.

We recruit and develop people who are best suited to the requirements of the role on offer and our talent and succession programmes are grounded in ensuring that ‘Talent Matters’ and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are supported to fulfil their unique potential.

By joining our team, you will be part of helping ensure we continue our ‘Inclusion without Exception’ journey and help ‘Make the Difference’.

Benefits

What’s great about working for Weetabix? Here’s some of what we offer…

Well apart from our brilliant products and brilliant people, the opportunities for personal development and progression are only limited by what you want to do. You’ll also find as much Weetabix, Alpen, Weetos and Ready Brek as you could possibly eat.

There's a few other things we do - we've got core hours of 10-4 to let us have flexibility in our lives, after all there's other things in life that are almost as important as Weetabix! In the summer on a Friday, this shortens down to 10-2 helping us make the most of the good weather, when (if) we get it.

We offer Annual and monthly flexible benefits so you can take what’s important to you and 'flex it up', whilst reducing things you don’t want more of. We do now offer 24/EAP and online GP appointments and a competitive salary, and health benefits such as buy and sell holidays, Dental insurance, Health assessments, Cycle to work, Critical illness cover, Salary sacrifice car scheme and gym discounts.

We also have what we call 'business appropriate' clothing for our office teams - ultimately this means you can wear what you like, though if you're going into customers that might change!

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