Quality Manager
Core
Provide independent oversight of quality standards and assurance systems across a national horticultural supply chain from farm to customer delivery.
Role type
Senior operational quality manager (fresh produce/horticulture)
Builds
Consistent quality assurance systems, grading standards, and food safety compliance across multiple growing, storage, and packing operations.
Domain
Agriculture / Horticulture / Food Safety
Required skills
Quality framework design, grading standards management, food safety compliance, quality auditing, root cause analysis, stakeholder influence, data governance, training program delivery
Preferred skills
Experience with external certification bodies, regulatory frameworks, customer quality requirements
Technologies
Quality management systems, data reporting tools
Responsibilities
Own and maintain quality specifications and defect classification frameworks; Establish and govern quality assurance systems across multiple sites; Define and audit quality controls throughout the value chain; Develop quality-loss attribution processes; Manage third-party grower assessment programs and dispute resolution; Oversee food safety, certification, and corrective action programs; Build quality assurance reporting and data governance frameworks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
