Hygiene Manager

at  Compleat Food Group

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous technical management and/or hygiene management experience at a senior level.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Strong people management skills.
• Exceptionally well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written including strong influencing skills.
• Lead auditor trained and/or train the trainer.
• Proven track record of leading large complex team/s across a variety of product categories.
• Sound knowledge of food science and good understanding of UK and European regulation and legislation.
• Knowledge of retailer COP’s and BRC.
• Commercial and operational awareness.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office applications, hygiene systems and ERP management systems.
• Understands ways of working in unionised environment

• To ensure hygiene staff are appropriately trained, organised and managed to complete required workload.
• Manage issues with production management to minimise risk to product through effective hygiene management and process control
• Manage and control deep and standard cleaning of machinery / environment to a scheduled programme and to the required standard
• Carry out regular audits of the hygiene systems and site environmental standards.
• To carry out ad-hoc project work with Technical Manager, i.e. new equipment, cleaning materials and processes
• Drive forward departmental policies and procedures and update the QMS within the scope of the hygiene function
• Actively promote a safety culture within the factory ensuring all health and safety requirements are met
• Participate in Company development initiative
• Management and control of departmental budget
• Management of control of the third party pest control contract
• Implementation of hygiene safe ways of working across the site