Quality Director - Added Value

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Hilton Foods is seeking a Quality Director (Added Value) to provide strategic leadership across food safety, quality and compliance for added value operations, based in Huntingdon with UK and international travel. You’ll lead the implementation of the Quality Strategy across multiple sites, guide food safety and regulatory compliance, drive consistency and continuous improvement, and support senior leaders in managing quality risks. The ideal candidate has extensive added value food manufacturing experience, strong technical knowledge, a collaborative, commercially minded leadership style, a degree and fluent English. To apply, tailor your CV to highlight multi-site leadership and measurable improvements, include QA project examples and travel readiness, and craft a concise cover note showing you fit Hilton’s culture.

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Quality Director (Added Value)
Location: Huntingdon (with UK and international travel)
Salary: Competitive

About Hilton Foods
At Hilton Foods, quality is at the heart of everything we do. As a global food manufacturing business, we combine deep category expertise with innovation to deliver market-leading products for some of the world’s biggest retailers. We’re ambitious, collaborative and continually investing in our people, technology and future growth.

The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced Quality Director (Added Value) to provide strategic leadership across food safety, quality and compliance for our Added Value operations.
This is a high-profile role, partnering with senior leaders across multiple sites to shape and deliver our Quality Strategy, drive consistent standards and champion a culture of continuous improvement.

What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Leading the implementation of Hilton Foods’ Quality Strategy across multiple sites.
- Providing expert guidance on food safety, quality and legal compliance.
- Driving consistency, best practice and continuous improvement across the business.
- Supporting senior leadership teams in managing quality and food safety risks.
- Leading quality projects and influencing future factory developments to ensure food safety is embedded from the outset.
- Monitoring industry developments and legislation to keep Hilton Foods at the forefront of best practice.

About You
You’ll be an experienced senior quality leader with:
- Extensive food manufacturing experience, ideally within Added Value and High Care/High Risk environments.
- Strong technical knowledge of food safety, quality systems and legislation.
- A collaborative leadership style with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders.
- A pragmatic, commercially minded approach and a passion for continuous improvement.
- Degree-level qualification (or equivalent) and fluent English.

What We Offer
Competitive salary and benefits
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Life assurance
Share Save scheme
Enhanced family benefits
Career development opportunities within a growing international business
Employee discounts, subsidised canteen and free on-site parking

If you’re looking for an opportunity to shape quality standards across a growing international food business, we’d love to hear from you.