Quality Assurance Manager

Haddenham - Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the Quality Assurance and Food Safety function to ensure compliance with McCormick, regulatory, and customer standards.
• Drive the Quality & Food Safety Management Program, achieving key objectives and KPIs.
• Maintain and strengthen compliance with corporate QA policies, covering raw materials, processes, environment, and finished goods.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality performance and food safety culture.
• Lead, motivate, and develop the site Quality Team, fostering growth and accountability.
• Oversee incident management, providing coaching and training to site teams.
• Play an active role on the Site Operations Leadership Team, influencing both quality and operational decisions.
• Manage the plant Quality budget, ensuring effective financial controls and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Represent Haddenham within the wider McCormick EMEA Quality community, sharing best practices and driving alignment.

CANDIDATE PROFILE #LI-DNI

• BSc in technical discipline (Quality, Research, Product Development, or related field).
• Proven experience in manufacturing quality (food industry preferred).
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams and multiple projects.
• In-depth knowledge of HACCP, BRC auditing, Quality Systems, and Hygiene standards.
• Skilled in root cause analysis and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, capable of engaging all levels of the organisation and external partners.
• Experience in training, coaching, and competency assessment.

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.