Quality Compliance Coordinator - County Longford

Quality Compliance Coordinator - County Longford.

Our client seeks a Compliance Coordinator to play a key role in maintaining and continuously improving the Food Safety and Quality Management Systems. Reporting to the Site Quality Manager, the successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with customer Codes of Practice, BRCGS, IFS, and internal standards. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality professional to drive food safety culture, support audit readiness, lead compliance initiatives, and contribute to continuous improvement across a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Role Overview:
• Implement, develop and maintain the Food Safety Management system under guidance from the Quality Manager. This involves review of all relevant customer COP's and supporting documents, BRC/IFS standards and the Quality Management System, identifying the gaps and implementing the changes to ensure compliance. Liaising with the owners of the relevant prerequisites & Areas Managers to ensure they are aware of their ownership and responsibility to the food safety management system.
• Completion of gap analysis against the above to create the Procedures and SOP's required to ensure compliance.
• Working with production in the development of site practices in line with Retailer Standards & Codes of Practices.
• Reporting to the site Quality Manager this role will be share in the responsibility for full site Food Safety & Quality programme.
• Compiling reports and driving the food safety culture in the business will be key deliverables.
• The primary focus of the Compliance Coordinator will be to strengthen the food safety management system to ensure it encompasses all requirements of the retailer COP's, Standards, BRC, IFS to ensure the company is audit ready every day from a factory focus and documentation perspective and related standards.
• The Compliance Coordinator will assist in leading and coordinating all site FS & QMS systems and projects as well as the site behavioural programme. Improving the QMS / FS programme and involvement in the company Continuous Improvement programme will be key delivery objectives as directed by the Site Quality Manager.

Interested applicants should have:

• Experience in manufacturing, food processing or pharmaceutical with a minimum of 2 years in a dedicated Quality role.
• A third level degree qualification in Food Science, Engineering or a similar qualification.
• Strong background in Food Safety, risk assessments and Quality Management Systems and process control in a BRC/IFS environment and experience of Tesco or another retailer COP.
• Experience in the development and management of food safety management systems in a regulated environment, including process management principles, document control and approval, internal audit, and continual improvement is desirable.
• Self motivated individual with good initiative, attention to detail & excellent interpersonal skills, proactive with good time management skills. Excellent communication & negotiation skills.
• A demonstrated numerical ability to record, interpret and analyse key process data.
• A high level of computer literacy and competency - Microsoft Office