The opportunity
Lead the quality agenda at a flagship brewery, shaping standards, culture and performance across a large-scale production environment.
This is a senior site leadership role where you’ll have full ownership of quality compliance. You'll be ensuring the site meets rigorous food safety, environmental and regulatory standards, while driving continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
You’ll be part of the site leadership team, influencing how quality is embedded across the business.
The role
You’ll lead the Quality Assurance function, setting direction, developing capability and ensuring compliance across all aspects of site operations.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Leading and developing the site QA function and team
- Ensuring compliance with food/feed safety, environmental and EHS standards
- Managing BRC, GMP and HACCP frameworks across the site
- Overseeing internal and external audits and regulatory inspections
- Driving continuous improvement, root cause analysis and complaint resolution
- Monitoring and improving quality KPIs and performance metrics
- Leading structured quality reviews across daily, weekly and monthly cycles
- Managing departmental budgets and supporting capital and improvement projects
- Working closely with site leadership, operations and external stakeholders
- Managing industrial relations matters, including engagement with trade unions
The benefits
- Senior leadership role within a large-scale manufacturing site
- Opportunity to shape site-wide quality culture and standards
- Exposure to complex operations and cross-functional leadership
- Scope to influence continuous improvement and capital projects
About the company
You’ll be joining a leading beverage manufacturing business with large-scale production operations and established brands.
The site plays a key role within the wider organisation, with a strong focus on quality, compliance and continuous improvement in a regulated environment.
Denholm’s take
This is a high-impact role for an experienced quality leader who wants to influence both standards and culture.
It offers the scale and complexity of a major manufacturing site, combined with genuine visibility at leadership level. It's really ideal for someone who enjoys balancing compliance with operational performance.