Food Safety & Quality Manager (Manufacturing)

Food Safety & Quality Manager (Manufacturing)

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place. We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too. This role is responsible for providing Food Safety & Quality support at each area of Production; Storage and Transport; including supplier, warehouse, product management, the main duties of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Implementation, and Management of Food Safety Management Systems in accordance with current legislation, and to prescribed standards (i.e. FSSC 22000)
• Co-ordination with Regulatory Authorities (HSE, FSAI) / Legal compliance, including regulatory, 3 rd party and customer audits and inspections
• Management of supplier and product approval protocol
• Ensure alignment of Management Team with FS&Q objectives
• Definition and Management of finished product quality
• Conduct Audits of FSMS compliance and resolve issues with the team
• To advise on Food Safety training requirements. Managing the review of food safety training materials to ensure training programmes meet standard requirements
• Satisfactory resolution of FSQ operational issues and Consumer Complaints
• Ensuring all customer FSQ and production information requests are completed efficiently
• Management of site hygiene, and pest control
• Reporting on FSQ performance against targets

Project Work Work on required projects with the FSQ Team to improve and drive the FSQ initiatives within the business. Representing the FSQ Department across the business, to influence on Food Safety culture. The successful candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:

• Science/ Food Science Qualification Essential
• Technical Quality experience
• HACCP/Food Safety Management systems knowledge
• Experience in implementing and managing QMS and a good working knowledge of a GFSI standard (e.g., BRC, FSSC 22000 or equivalent)
• Flexibility, quick learner, problem solver, good communication and good organisational skills.
• Full Driver’s License and access to own car is required

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