UK Retail Food Safety Manager

London
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£50,000.00 - £70,000.00
Raff Ruggieri
Consultant – Technical & Quality

Are you enthusiastic about the opportunity to step into a newly created position as a Retail Food SafetyManager with one of the world's largest and renowned Quick Service Restaurant(QSR) brands?

This unique role presents the chance for you to establish your impact, with development opportunities and the support of a broader international structure. As the Retail Food Safety Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the highest standards of food safety for this globally recognized QSR brand. Embrace this chance to make a significant contribution to the organization's success and grow professionally in an exciting and collaborative environment.

 

You will be responsible for, but not limited to:

  •  Develops, implements, and tracks the effectiveness of food safety & quality programs including standards, procedures and tools to assure that food safety and hygiene requirements are met for store operations
  • Delivers effective communications to provide partners at all levels with appropriate awareness and knowledge of food safety standards, requirements, program updates and process changes
  • Analyses food safety & quality metrics, audit data, customer and regulator feedback. Highlights trends and potential opportunities for the food safety, quality & regulatory team
  • Coaches and supports the operational teams on food safety related queries and issues for all relevant projects
  • Manages and ensures that all food safety related complaints are fully investigated, tracked and resolved on a timely basis
  • Develops effective relationships with enforcement officers
  • Develops and delivers training programmes for retail stores and to other departments as necessary
  • Deliver against assigned business change projects. This will involve the development and publication of food safety standards and new retail processes to support brand innovation
  • Actively promotes and drives the overall aim of developing and embedding an excellent food safety & quality culture throughout the business
  • Takes ownership for continued professional development to ensure sufficient knowledge, skills and expertise to carry out all relevant duties

What's required?

  • Educated to a degree/diploma level in food safety from a recognised qualification route (i.e. Royal Institute of Public Health, CIEH)
  • Experience within a food auditing and/or enforcement role
  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge and experience of HACCP principles
  • Ability to balance needs of the business against legal requirements and/or guidelines
  • Ability to consult with and influence various cross functional teams
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity, changing priorities and to prioritise effectively
  • Ability to use initiative, anticipating required support and taking (or proposing) appropriate action
  • Ability to assimilate new information quickly and react positively to new and challenging opportunities
  • Strong team player, able to work on own and use initiative to find solutions.
  • Highly proactive and process-driven
  • Ability to analyse information in a structured manner and prepare coherent communication, both internally and externally
  • High attention to detail and excellent organisational skills with ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel

What's in it for you?

Salary £50,000.00 - £70,000.00

 

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