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Quality & Environment Manager - £40,000 - £50,000 - North West As Quality & Environment Manager, your job purpose will be: To Manage, Maintain and Continually Improve the business Quality Management System (QMS). With scope to create an Integrated Management System. (IMS). Inclusive of all Audited Accreditations both current and what the business would like to develop in the future. (Current)ISO22716/9001, COSMOS, Soil Association and BRCGS Accreditations. (future) BCORP & ISOEN14001. Provide Leadership within quality & Environmental within the business to achieve world class standards in which personal accountability, responsibility, development of people, structured training and continual improvement are expected and delivered. Support Operations with the development of the team and delivering the company strategic plan. To Develop & Report on Quality& Environmental KPI's for business. To support the business goals in achieving and sustaining all current and future accreditation. The Quality & Environment Manager reports to: Reports to the Operations Director Direct Reports. Quality Administrator, QC line support. Health Safety & Training Leader. Job context & scope: Close liaison with Production and wider Business to ensure decisions that are made are correct and implementation support the business Goals and Objectives. Close liaison with warehouse and engineering department in quality relating issues. Role is critical for success, ensuring quality standards are set and maintained and that day-to-day quality standards are met, and any corrective actions are actioned. The Quality & Environment Manager's Key Responsibilities: To maintain all current and future audit accreditations, making sure we are Audit ready. Devise and establish a company's quality procedures, standards, and specifications. Hands-on approach to delivering training & improvements to the business, make your mark, develop, and implement your Leadership style to the team. Review customer requirements and make sure they are met in conjunction with other managers. Work with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers, how we onboard and maintain standards, through questionnaire and external Audits. Set the standards for Quality as well as Environmental, establish us as a BCorp member drive the businesses Environmental approach. Establish ways to reduce waste and increase efficiency throughout the business. Set organisational sustainability targets, developing plans to meet those targets and oversee their delivery. Define when we are ready as a business to implement ISOEN14001, how are we going to do this? Define quality procedures through WI/SOPS in conjunction with the Operational team and wider business. Monitor performance by gathering relevant data and produce statistical reports NCR's, KPI's Measure performance and identify any areas of weakness, recommending and implementing structured improvements. Liaise with other managers and staff and provide training, tools and techniques to enable others to achieve quality standards Change Management assess the effectiveness of changes made. Benchmark, where practicable make sure the company is working as effectively as possible to keep up with competitors/ industry standards. Train develop and manage your team and yourself Quality & Environment Manager requirements: Quality/Management qualification (Required) Environmental Qualification (Advantageous) HACCP (Advantageous) Risk Management (Advantageous) Lean/ Six Sigma qualification (Advantageous) Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships at all levels within the business. Good basic standard of Mathematics & English Good understanding of Quality principles Competent user of Windows & Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint Good problem-solving skills. Accuracy and an eye for detail. Excellent planning and organisation skills. Technical/Professional Experience: FMCG company/environment Quality / Managerial/Supervisory experience. Bottle packing environment. Lean Manufacturing Tools/Techniques. Rewards & Benefits: We're dedicated to ensuring we are a great place to work, we love what we do and we want to work with great people who love what they do too. We have a happy and inclusive workplace that offers support and development opportunities for our people to continue to achieve their best. This role will be office based. We offer a company profit share bonus after qualifying period.