Quality Specialist

Job Title: Quality Specialist – Materials and Systems  

Location: Beckton, E6 6LF 

Job Length: Permanent  

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week.

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits: 

• Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available 

• Private Medical options 

• Life Assurance 

• Company bonus scheme 

• Access to 24/7 GP services 

• Enhances pension contributions 

• Generous holiday 

• Access to a range of high street discounts  

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Lipton Iced Tea and Rockstar Energy. 

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 5 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK.  As these two historical businesses have come together, the one common goal remains, and that is ensuring our people succeed.   

About the role:  

Join Carlsberg Britvic as a Quality Specialist and play a vital role in protecting the quality and integrity of some of the UK’s most iconic drinks brands. Based at our Beckton site, you’ll lead supplier quality performance, ensure incoming materials meet exacting standards, and drive rightfirsttime quality through strong systems, data, and collaboration. This is a handson role for a quality professional who enjoys problemsolving, influencing suppliers and stakeholders, and making a real impact in a fastpaced FMCG environment. 

If you are interested in joining our journey, we are now recruiting for a Quality Specialist. Reporting to the Site Quality Manager, this role will play a key part in our success journey, and you will have the opportunity to be involved in the following: 

Role Responsibilities:  

• Lead supplier performance management for all raw materials, including raising complaints, resolving issues and tracking supplier performance. 

• Ensure incoming materials are effectively monitored, controlled and fit for purpose to support right‑first‑time production. 

• Investigate consumer complaints and manage corrective actions in collaboration with Customer Care and suppliers. 

• Coordinate and resolve material non‑conformances across site, ensuring timely containment and corrective action. 

• Support food safety and quality compliance as a member of the site HACCP and internal audit teams. 

• Contribute to audit preparation, execution and closure of corrective action plans for audit non‑conformities. 

• Support quality incident investigations including traceability, quarantines, root cause analysis and long‑term fixes. 

• Maintain and update quality data within systems such as SAP and Markem, supporting accurate specifications and labelling. 

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and the development of site quality plans. 

Experience and Key Attributes: 

• Experience working within an FMCG environment, ideally within a Quality or Food Safety function.  

• Proven knowledge of food safety management systems, HACCP and internal/external auditing.  

• Strong communication and relationshipbuilding skills, with the ability to influence across teams and suppliers.  

• Confident, resilient and detailfocused, with the ability to challenge constructively to protect product integrity.  

• Experience using quality and ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Qadex desirable).  

• Relevant degree or equivalent industry experience (5+ years); auditor trained with food hygiene qualifications advantageous.  

• Proactive, collaborative and improvementfocused mindset aligned to “rightfirsttime” quality standards. 

Our commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion 

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences - including those of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. We actively seek to create a safe and inclusive environment for all of our colleagues, where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and inclusive practices are embedded in everything we do. 

We are happy to support accessibility needs, to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates, so please do let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. 

Application Process: 

We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled anytime, so please apply as early as possible. 

We look forward to receiving your application.