Job Title: Quality Operations Manager
Tirln, a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, is seeking a highly skilled Quality Operations Manager to join its team. This role will play a key lead in driving a right-first-time culture and performance in the plant by ensuring that processes and operations meet customer and regulatory requirements.
About Us
Tirln has a rich heritage of family farming and embedded in its communities, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands. The organisation draws on a wealth of experience to deliver exceptional products and tailored nutritional solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Implement Tirln Quality Strategy in your plant/area in line with the Quality Management System;
* Manage site-wide KPIs relating to: Quality, Continuous Improvement, Regulatory Compliance;
* Drive a strong Quality culture within your plant and site;
* Play a key role in planning and participating in Plant audits with customers, regulatory and other third parties;
* Maintain customer product specifications / certifications and final product grading;
* Point of contact for Customers for product/process-specific quality support;
* Work collaboratively with Operations Management and team to ensure quality operations requirements are fully resourced to deliver plant in-process, sampling and testing schedules;
* Oversight and support of the plant RCAs, effective CAPA implementation and verification for all process deviations;
* Audit quality practices and processes within the site focusing on Hygiene, HACCP and the prevention of deviations;
* Support Quality Systems Manager and Tirln Standards adherence by ensuring all processes within the Quality Operations remit comply with the Quality Management System;
* Accountable for delivering a robust hygiene monitoring programme;
* Accountable for change control of quality aspects of Operations;
* Manage the team of Process Technicians including training, development, performance & communications.
Requirements:
* Third-level degree minimum in the Sciences, Engineering or Process disciplines;
* Role-relevant experience in a large Dairy, Food or Pharmaceutical company in Quality Assurance, Food Safety &Process Improvement in a quality / operational environment;
* A track record in process improvement activity, ideally from the quality perspective;
* Strong problem-solving skills and experience in applying the principles of Lean;
* Strong team-working and communication skills;
* Aptitude for operational processes, working with cross-functional teams, Lean and continuous improvement;
* Experience in Auditing and facilitating Corrective Action, preferably in a Dairy / Food production environment;
* Computer literate (Microsoft Office suite & ideally LIMS, Minitab).
Culture at Tirln
We celebrate diversity and know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status.