Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager  

£40,000 to £47,000 plus great benefits and a company car (Work Level 6A) 

Manchester City Centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home, the office and visiting our suppliers (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy). 

We’re looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to join our Own Brand Team here at Co-op. In this role you’ll be responsible for managing the end-to-end quality process for Co-op Brand Products within your category. You’ll work alongside suppliers and drive quality performance, as well as collaborating with our internal teams to set the position and manage the ongoing quality of own brand products. Ultimately, we’ll look to you to work across the supply chain to make sure our quality standards are met and delivered for our customers and member-owners.

What you’ll do

• Make sure work is prioritised in line with delivering our Co-op Own Brand Strategy 


• Be responsible for the end-to-end quality of our Co-op Own Brand product range 


• Collaborate with supplier sites, depots, stores, and our head office teams to review quality and prioritise resource within your category 


• Make sure resource is directed to the right places to deliver the expected quality through the end-to-end supply chain


• Build strong relationships with the store and depot operations teams to make sure we are communicating key messages relating to quality procedures 


• Monitor compliance of our Co-op Own Brand products against our quality assurance standards 

This role would suit people who have

• Experience in a quality focused role, whether technical or development 


• The ability to challenge when quality standards are not met 


• A passion for quality and food 


• Experience managing both internal and external partners and creating successful relationships 

Why Co-op? 

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)


• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 


• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions


• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)


• Coaching and training to support your career development


• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. 

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing 

Please note that we may close applications for this role early. 

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes.