Job Description

Overview:

Quality Team Leader | Salary of 29,725 | Days only | Chichester

We're looking for an experienced Quality Team Leader to join our team at our Merston site in Chichester. In this role, you'll be the driving force behind food safety, legal compliance, and product quality standards, ensuring our products are the very best in fresh food manufacturing.


You'll work closely with colleagues, customers, and suppliers at all levels to deliver safe, high-quality products every time. With a focus on leadership, problem-solving, and continuous improvement, you'll have the freedom to make your mark and help shape our reputation as the best at fresh.

Shift Pattern

We operate a day's only shift pattern covering 7am to 7pm covering days. You will work a total of 14 days over a 28-day period. Typically, you would be working as follows:


Week 1 - Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday


Week 2 - Wednesday & Thursday

What you get from us

Salary of 29,725 Employer matched pension up to 5% Health cash plan Flexible benefits including; Corporate gym discounts, long service awards, enhanced maternity & paternity policy and many more Access to online GP & life assurance

Responsibilities

Developing and coaching a high performing team with full appraisal and reviewing responsibility. Ensure technical food safety, quality standards and customer COP's are implemented and adhered to in the factory Non-conformance management and investigation, including Root Cause Analysis EPW/Trace exercises and investigation Providing and developing KPI and performance reporting Management and preparation for Customer audits Management of invoicing and site budget reconciliation Maintains Factory technical and quality standards / KPIs Management of internal audits and QA systems Validation and verification of new and current processes Management and reporting of site DQA Customer Complaint Investigation Create reports and analysis of data to report internally and to customers Lead teams and initiatives to deliver performance improvement Management of pest control Control, management and calibration of Equipment

Requirements

QA or similar experience working within the food industry, ideally experience in short shelf-life products Food safety Level 2 HACCP Basic understanding of Microbiology Knowledge of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and Food Safety compliance Working knowledge of Auditing techniques Computer literate, good oral and written communication skill


Nature's Way Foods is the leading manufacturer of prepared salads, coleslaw and "food-to-go" for supermarkets and retailers, and as such we work closely with farmers across Europe. But there's lots more to us than the products we make.


Our culture is inclusive, and our people are diverse spanning 39 different languages. We operate four manufacturing facilities capable of producing over 400m units per year. It is an exciting time to join Nature's Way Foods as we are growing rapidly and there are genuine opportunities to progress within the organisation.

Interested?

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.

At Nature's Way Food, we believe that diversity and inclusion are key to driving innovation and achieving excellence. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential. We are dedicated to building a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve and the world we live in.

Join us in our mission to create a more inclusive and fairer world. Together, we can become best at fresh.