Company Overview
BakeAway, established in 2010, is a leading UK manufacturer of pastry and related products, renowned for its expertise in private label markets. As part of Cerelia, an international leader in chilled dough, BakeAway is committed to quality, innovation, and sustainable growth. Our modern facilities and dedicated team drive us forward in the competitive food manufacturing industry.
Summary
We are seeking an experienced Quality Systems Manager to join our dynamic team at our state-of-the-art facility. In this role, you will oversee quality management systems to ensure our products meet the highest standards and support our company's mission of excellence and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Ownership of the food safety QMS, supporting the delivery of the HACCP program, guaranteeing site awareness of key procedures and policies.
- You will support the factory team in the implementation of the QMS process. Taking responsibility for controlling and issuing all Quality policies and procedures.
- Undertaking regular retailer gap analysis to update the QMS when required, you will take a keen interest in understanding market movement, identifying and highlighting when significant changes occur.
- To be the HACCP team leader, ensuring attendance to all annual reviews, documenting any changes and oversee the HACCP audits according to the schedule.
- Ownership and management of the internal audit program and help to identify and investigate when non-conformances occur.
- Coordinating the Allergen Risk assessment, you will look to prepare the agreed action plan and ensure completion within the agreed timescale.
- Managing supplier approval systems, to ensure suppliers are compliant to all required customer and BakeAway requirements.
- Maintaining and improving raw material database, specifications, and all pertinent due diligence.
- Creation and monitoring of micro and nutritional testing requirements are compliant to customer and BakeAway requirements.
- To create, review and manage the site allergen Risk assessment, you will look to prepare the agreed action plan and ensure completion within the agreed timescale where required.
- Management of Product Recall and traceability systems.
- To support and cover for the Head of Technical.
- To manage the internal audit programme, including the corrective action log.
- To review and improve the Quality Assurance System where and when needed.
- Provide technical support to ensure the site maintains BRC/TFMS/Food Integrity/Safety/RSPO/SMETA accreditations & any other visits/audits from our customers or third parties.
- To manage taste panel and customer benchmarking sessions and communicating results to the relevant departments.
- Managing traceability, mass balance systems, process validations and calibrations.
- Collating trends that will be presented and displayed to the wider business including but not restricted to customer complaints, micro reduction projects and customer complaints investigations.
- Implementing, maintaining, and reviewing document controlled QMS system to BRC standards and customer codes of practice.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in food manufacturing or related industry with a focus on quality systems.
- Strong knowledge of HACCP principles and food safety regulations.
- Excellent analysis skills with the ability to interpret data effectively.
- Leadership skills to manage cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication skills to liaise with internal departments and external auditors.
- Relevant certifications in quality management or food safety are preferred.
Start date: End of July/Beginning of August 2026.
Working Conditions
- Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm, 30 minute unpaid break
- 1 day WFH each week and flexi time to core hours - following probationary period
- Completion bonus, if full contract is fulfilled.
If you are passionate about maintaining the highest standards of quality in a fast-paced environment, we invite you to bring your expertise to BakeAway and join our family.
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Work from home
