Compliance Manager

The Recipe

You'll have responsibility for implementing the Unbeatable Quality Strategy to ensure Warburtons manufactures and distributes products to the required standard and in accordance with the Warburtons Quality Management System (QMS).

The Role

Our Compliance Manager is the food safety and hygiene subject matter expert and will lead our operations in achieving and improving our compliance standards. You'll be responsible for implementing and managing the food safety and hygiene standards in the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure that all relevant standards are achieved. They are the site lead for food safety requirements including microbiological product and environmental monitoring and allergens.

As part of our food technical management team, you will work in close conjunction with production, health & safety, and hygiene teams, driving a mixed agenda of planned and reactive work through quality and consistent processes using evidence led data and continuous improvement techniques that drive company KPI’s. You will be able to build relationships quickly and effectively at both site and with the national Quality Compliance team, suppliers, auditors for food safety & hygiene and other site contacts. You will support the site to always be audit ready for unannounced BRC audits, working with Kosher and Halal food standards, and have experience of managing external audits in your previous roles. 

Key aspects of the role include

• To identify opportunities and development plans for improvements and achieve within agreed timescales.
• Implement and manage the food/feed safety and hygiene standards to ensure that all relevant standards are achieved.
• As part of the Manufacturing Leadership Team, contribution to the generation and delivery of national and local strategies.
• To work in collaboration with the Technical Manager to manage all internal (site and inter-site) and external audits, including relevant regulatory body interventions. 
• To manage suppliers of services & products that can impact hygiene.  
• To ensure that all site employees understand the importance of food/feed safety and hygiene at site(s). 
• To lead, motivate, coach and develop Compliance team member(s) to achieve the plans, goals and targets set.

Essential Ingredients

• Experience in managing food/feed safety and hygiene function at a food company (ideally within FMCG sector). 
• Science/food-based background with food technology qualifications or similar.
• Quality management systems Lead Auditor / Auditor qualifications. 
• Minimum Level 4 HACCP & Food Safety qualifications.
• Good knowledge and understanding of food microbiology. 
• Passed Level 2 Certificate in Pest Management.
• Trained and competent in COSHH & IOSH Managing Safely.
• Proven track record quality systems and external standards implementation.  
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages.
• HS&E, food/feed Safety, hygiene systems and legislation knowledge.
• Knowledge of cleaning methodologies and the application of cleaning chemicals.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement techniques.

Desirable 

• Understanding of CIP systems, risks and optimisation opportunities.
• Knowledge of SAP ERP applications. 
• Knowledge of industrial bakery processes: plant, product, ingredient functionality and process technology.

Extra Dough

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