QA Officer

**About ARYZTA**:
ARYZTA is a global leader in the supply of fresh bakery products to major retailers, food service providers and restaurants with a focus on the customer and unparalleled capabilities. These capabilities along with our passion for good food have allowed us to grow into one of the largest specialty bakery companies in the world.

Our production includes fresh baked goods such as hamburger buns and muffins for major QSRs and retail chains via our state of the art automated production facility.

Expertise in the bakery world is one of our core principles and underpins our growth strategy, which is driven by innovation, consumer trends and exceeding customers' expectations. We pride ourselves on manufacturing excellence, food safety and sustainability across all our bakeries.

An exciting opportunity has become available for a QA Officer to join our bakery in Liverpool working within the Fresh Operations.

Reporting to the QA Manager ‐ Fresh, this role is responsible for assisting in the development, planning and execution of in‐plant quality assurance programs to ensure conformance to ARYZTA quality specifications, standards, legislative and customer requirements.

This is a Full Time position working Sunday to Thursday from 6am to 2pm.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Assures in‐plant quality assurance programs from raw materials to finished products conform to ARYZTA quality specifications, standards and customer requirements.
- Auditing the established process, control checks and quality systems on a continuous basis and providing designated persons with a daily report of the findings.
- Assuring the maintenance of comprehensive quality assurance records that are easily accessible.
- Assisting in developing and maintaining quality specifications and standards for raw materials, the production process and finished products on a continual basis.
- Conducting product shelf‐life, product evaluation, environmental testing and laboratory tests on an ongoing as needed basis and records and distributes all test results in a timely and accurate manner.
- Provides ongoing training and development of all employees concerning product quality, customer satisfaction and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Ensures compliance to the process of new and existing products; ensuring all associated Quality
- Assurance requirements for customer requirements are complete.
- Conducts complaint and internal non‐conformance investigations.
- Ensure compliance to the ARYZTA Quality Policy and Policies and Procedures relating to Food Safety and Product Quality.

**Critical Competencies**:

- Degree in Food Science or a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar environment
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Experience of working successfully with a Quality Management System.
- IT skills - MS Office Package at in a minimum of a basic level.
- Good time management and organizational abilities.
- Strong verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence others appropriately.
- Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to write reports.
- Fixed working days: Sunday to Thursday.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that not only embraces the diversity of our people but also reflects the diversity of the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know that the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives and ways of solving problems so we strive to attract and retain talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.