Raw Materials Quality Manager
Shape Quality from Source to Shelf
At Finlay Beverages, quality starts long before raw materials arrive on site. We're looking for a Raw Materials Quality Manager to lead our Quality at Source approach, ensuring the quality, safety and consistency of tea, coffee and other raw materials throughout our supply chain.
This is a newly created role offering a fantastic opportunity to shape supplier quality programmes, strengthen supplier partnerships and drive continuous improvement across our global sourcing network.
What's In It For You?
✅ Generous holiday entitlement
✅ Up to 12% employer pension contribution
✅ 8x life assurance
✅ Private Medical Cover
✅ Staff Shop
✅ Health & Wellbeing platform with discounts and cashback
✅ Cycle to Work Scheme
✅ Finlays United, Finlays Champion & Long Service Awards
✅ Dedicated Training & Development Team
✅ Continuous learning through workshops, courses and development programmes
✅ The opportunity to work across the unique worlds of both tea and coffee, partnering with suppliers globally
The Role
Reporting into the Quality team, you'll take ownership of raw material quality across our supplier base, ensuring robust quality standards are maintained from origin through to manufacturing.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading supplier approval, qualification and audit programmes.
- Driving supplier quality improvement and food safety compliance.
- Managing supplier performance, risk assessments and corrective actions.
- Overseeing our tea and coffee tasting laboratories, sensory evaluation processes and tasting trials.
- Developing quality reporting, dashboards and performance metrics.
- Using quality data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
- Supporting sourcing, procurement, technical and sustainability teams with supplier quality expertise.
- Championing a proactive Quality at Source philosophy across the business.
About You
We're looking for someone who combines technical expertise with strong relationship-building and influencing skills.
You'll bring:
✔ Experience in quality management within food, beverage, agricultural, tea or coffee supply chains.
✔ Strong supplier quality assurance and supplier auditing experience.
✔ Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety systems and supplier approval processes.
✔ Experience analysing quality data and delivering actionable insights.
✔ Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
✔ Degree qualification in a food, quality or agricultural-related discipline.
✔ Lead Auditor qualification (GFSI) and HACCP Level 3.
Experience within tea, coffee or other globally sourced commodities would be highly advantageous.
Why Finlay Beverages?
With a proud heritage in tea and coffee, we supply products enjoyed by millions every day. This role offers a rare opportunity to influence quality across global supply chains, work closely with international suppliers and help shape the future of supplier quality within a business committed to sustainability, continuous improvement and long-term partnerships.
Our Values
Taking Accountability | Succeeding Together | Doing Better Each Time | Acting for the Long Term
If you're passionate about quality, supplier development and creating lasting improvements across the supply chain, we'd love to hear from you.
Pay: £45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
