Food Safety & Quality Manager - Doyles Veg Prep

at  Musgrave

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 15 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.
Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive.
We have an opportunity for a Food Safety and Quality Manager to join Doyles Veg Prep.
This role is responsible for providing Food Safety & Quality support at each area of Production; Storage and Transport; including supplier, processing, product management.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Science/ Food Science Qualification Essential
• Min 3-5 years technical Quality management experience
• HACCP/Food Safety Management systems knowledge.
• Experience in implementing and managing QMS
• Flexibility, quick learner, problem solver, good communication and good organisational skills.
• Full Driver’s License and access to own car is required
• Approved to work in the EU

• Implementation, and Management of Food Safety Management Systems in accordance with current legislation, and to prescribed standards.
• Lead internal HACCP team and management of standards through internal auditing programme.
• Co-ordination with Regulatory Authorities (HSE, FSAI) / Legal compliance, including regulatory, 3rd 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
• Ensure Food Safety training requirements are up to date. 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 site hygiene, and pest control standards are maintained.
• Reporting on FSQ performance against targets.