Food Safety & Quality Manager

Job Description

Food Safety & Quality Manager

  • Job Reference: KYFS060923
  • Job Title: Food Safety & Quality Manager
  • Salary: Attractive Package & Benefits
  • Based: Ballymena


Food Safety & Quality Manager
VANRATH are working with a leading organisation in the FMCG food industry to appoint a Food Safety & Quality Manager in Ballymena.
What's in it for you?

  • Attractive salary & benefits package on offer
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Opportunity to work with a market leader

About your next role
This is an exciting opportunity for the successful post-holder to manage the technical and quality processes and procedures within the production environment to ensure the compliance of customer and legal requirements, company objectives and key performance indicators.
Essential Criteria

  • Experience in similar FMCG food industry, including auditing experience.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and organisational skills.
  • Team leadership qualities and personal development skills
  • Initiative, self-motivated, well organised and assertive.
  • Logical approach, excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
  • 3rd Level qualification in relevant discipline.
  • A working knowledge of BRC standards, HACCP, Food Legislation and Food Hygiene.
  • Able to demonstrate a good record of achievement.


Desirable Criteria

  • Training, project management and coaching skills.
  • Able to demonstrate experience in establishing & maintaining relationships with Customers, external contacts, management colleagues etc.
  • Advanced Diploma in Applied HACCP Principles.
  • Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate and Experience with Internal Auditing.


For further information on this vacancy, please apply via the link below or contact karl.yellop@vanrath.com for a confidential chat.