Food Quality Assurance Manager

ALDI are looking for someone who is used to driving change in their current role and is an expert in PLM systems and bringing product to market.

You will be an experienced Senior Technical professional, with experience in Retail Technical, Food Service or Food Manufacturing.

You will be a strong people manager with excellent leadership skills. Good communication is key to this role as you will need to possess the ability to influence at all levels within the business and across the supply chain. Using data to drive decision making is part of our DNA. This needs to be one of your core strengths to be able to make commercially sound technical decisions.

You will have an in-depth understanding of EU and UK food legislation and be able to demonstrate competency to deliver safe, legal, and quality products to meet the needs of our customers.  This will be supported by your strong industry network.

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Your New Role

• The ideal candidate will have a good track record of delivering projects on time and driving business change
• You will have previously demonstrated your ability in a fast-paced, cross functional/ FMCG environment
• Your ability to show sound commercial and technical decision-making will be critical to this role

About You

• The successful candidate will ideally have a Science Degree, similar technical degrees including Food Science, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Health & Nutrition and Microbiology will also be advantageous
• Working in - Retail, Manufacturing, Food Service or Quality
• Currently holding a Technical/Quality Management Position
• Experience of managing a technical/quality team
• Experience of meeting customers’ needs through innovation.
• Demonstrating an ability to respond to market changes.
• Experience within new product development and product safety management
• Crisis and Incident Management
• Deep domain knowledge of effective supplier management including: management through KPIs and technical review process
• Used to driving business change at pace in current and/ or previous roles
• Confident communicator
• Team player
• Experience in managing and leading teams
• Cross - functional working
• Ability to build strong mutually beneficial relationships
• Ability to analyse and distil complex information and summarise with impact
• Engaging, dynamic and versatile with the ability to influence at all levels
• Commercially and customer awareness Programme management
• International working/communication
• Ability to develop aligned ways of working across several markets with differing legislative requirements
• Ability to work as an enabler to your business partners
• Management of internal and external stakeholders
• Multi project expertise
• Active participation in horizon scanning
• Extensive technical experience in Retail, Manufacturing, Food Service or Quality Assurance
• Multi company experience is desirable

What You’ll get in Return

• Salary from £61,985 rising to £95,655
• Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, with the opportunity of 2 days remote working
• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• In office flexi-time
• Full training provided
• Pension scheme
• Private employee medical insurance after 6 months
• Company sick pay scheme
• Company maternity and adoption pay from commencement and paternity leave pay after 1 year
• Long service rewards
• Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs.
• Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)

*You’ll need to live within 90 minutes of your main working location

**Please be aware that this role does not fulfil the requirements for visa sponsorship

Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.

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