Quality Assurance Specialist

Salary: £33,000 - £40,000 base depending on experience, plus full benefits listed below.

Function: Supply Chain
Location: Hereford
Contract: Permanent

Latest Closing date: 17th November 2023. Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

Are you looking for your next chapter? At HEINEKEN UK, we make great beers and ciders, however also offer exciting and dynamic careers. Take a look at our open roles to find out if we’ve got the opportunity for you. We’re looking for people to help us evolve for the future. If you’re ready to brew a better career, apply today.

Why Join Hereford?

Embedding HEINEKEN Herefordshire as the Global Home of Cider is a challenge we all embrace. Our historic Herefordshire heartland is home to the world’s largest Cider production site, our cider mill at Ledbury and more than 5,000 acres of orchards. We also partner with local growers as we use more tha 20% of all apples grown in the UK to make our celebrated cider brands. From Strongbow and Bulmers to Old Mout, a spirit of innovation inspires our craft - and with a string of new styles and flavours to enjoy including our new brand Inchs and our summer favourite Strongbow Rosé, our future is one you’ll want to be part of.

About the role:

As the Quality Assurance Specialist, you will be the quality generalist who has a broad awareness of quality process and the systems required to continuously deliver the brewery KPI’s and improvement activities.

Reporting directly to the Quality Manager, you’ll be focused on developing a robust site Quality System infrastructure and its evolution in line with the site development (product to process control).

You will be the site Microbiology and C&D Subject Matter Expert and will act as an advisor to the Operations Team, Technologists and Laboratory teams; you’ll have the experience to prevent food safety and quality issues by validating and verifying the effectiveness of the quality assurance and control mechanisms.

A large part of the role is about managing and working to our quality system accreditations and leading audits such as ISO to ensure we are meeting our strict requirements.

Who we’re looking for:

The position will require planning experience, either from a commercial or a supply chain planning background, along with a broad understanding of the S&OP process.

If you like have a keen eye for detail, like a challenge and to work collaboratively across different departments and teams then this may be the role for you! We’re looking for a credible leader who is confident in influencing and can comfortably assume the role of key super-user role for the Lab Information Management System, on top of this, the ideal candidate may also have:

• A degree in Chemistry (or equivalent science-related field),
• Practical experience of brewing/ packaging processes
• Experience within a laboratory function
• Stakeholder management
• Accurate document control and data entry with the ability to report in a timely manner
• Great communication skills

We embrace learning and growth and we anticipate there is scope to develop in this role. You’re also likely to bring experiences to this role that are not listed above – as long as you have a thirst for learning and development, not every box needs to be ticked when it comes to skillsets.

The Good Bits:

As part of the team, along with your salary you’ll also receive;

• An annual bonus,
• Company funded Private Medical Healthcare,
• double matched pension (up to 10%),
• 35 days holiday
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers!
• Comprehensive Opportunities to develop.

You’ll also get the opportunity to get involved with one of our colleague networks where groups of colleagues from all over the business work together to ensure we’re always working towards being a diverse and inclusive company.

The application

If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us as recruitment@heineken.co.uk.

In all likelihood the ideal candidate for this role won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, in fact we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in role. We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has peaked your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Who We Are:

We’ve 150 years of brewing history and are proud of this legacy. Yet we’re sure our best days are ahead of us. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play as we dream big, set bold ambitions and push the boundaries. We support colleagues on this journey with development opportunities and unique experiences to help them reach their full potential.

Apply today to discover Your Future, Untapped.