Business Unit: Nestlé UK&I
Location: York Factory
12 month Fixed Term Contract – Full Time
Salary: Circa £40,000 per annum depending on experience
Some of our fantastic benefits
We have an excellent opportunity to join our Nestlé team as a Quality Support Manager at our factory in York. The Quality team at York has a team of 8 people in different roles reporting to the factory Quality Manager. This factory has over 500 employees working in various departments on various shifts but we would estimate your touch points would be circa 50. The role also has the exciting opportunity to interact with our market team and has relationships with the auditing teams internal and external to Nestle.
In this role you will Support for the Quality Team to produce safe, compliant and First Time Right product and minimise losses through systems co-ordination and improvement, coaching and verification. Work with the Quality Manager in reviewing and planning quality improvement across the factory.
In the role of Quality Support Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the quality team to produce safe, compliant and a “First Time Right” product. You will have ownership of the sites quality systems and external audits, supporting the Quality Manager in reviewing and planning quality improvement across the factory.
Quality Assurance Compliance: Contribute as a key member of the factory Quality Assurance team, working with the team and wider factory to ensure compliance with the Nestlé quality system.
Quality Improvement Planning: Collaborate with the Quality Manager to review and plan quality improvement initiatives across the factory, identifying trends and themes to focus efforts on top issues.
Traceability and Documentation: Review manufacturing records ensuring all documentation is accurate and compliant.
Expertise and Support: Provide expertise in the Nestlé quality system, ensuring a common approach across all areas and supporting the factory Area Quality Managers.
Process Management and Training: Manage key quality processes, such as sensory management, internal audits, document control, and third-party audits, while also acting as a GLOBE QM superuser to provide training and conduct regular health checks.
To be successful in the role of Quality Support Manager you will have proven experience within quality assurance roles in a factory/FMCG environment, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.
Key Skills and Experience:
Educational Background: Ideally holds a degree or equivalent in a Science, Engineering, or Quality related subject.
Quality Management Systems: Ability to evidence working with and improving Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001 / FSSC 22000).
Continuous Improvement and Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to work with a continuous improvement mindset and engage with multiple stakeholders across the factory setting to influence quality practices.
Data Analysis and Continuous Improvement: Ability to take a process, retrieve data, and identify opportunities and trends, with PowerBI knowledge considered an added advantage.
Additional Technical Skills: Proven SAP skills, ideally in factory or quality aspects.
Advert closing date for this role: 25/09/2026
We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect, and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.
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As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.
We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland.
Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020.
Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category – offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families.
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