Business Area: Nestle UK&I
Location: Tutbury, Derbyshire

Salary: £38,000.00 - £42,000.00 depending on experience.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 37.5-hour per week

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle.
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement.
• 2 paid volunteering days.
• A focus on personal development and growth.

We are recruiting for an Area Quality Manager to join our team at our state-of-the-art coffee manufacturing plant in Tutbury, Derbyshire. Reporting to the Factory Quality Manager, we are looking for a proactive and responsible individual with drive, enthusiasm and an ability to focus on detail. This is a 12-month fixed term contract.

Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestlé factories in Europe after circa £500 million investment over the last few years. The factory is a Centre of excellence for Nescafé products around the world producing freeze-dried, spray dried and pod coffee technologies and is at the forefront of coffee innovation globally.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Your impact

Ultimately, you will be responsible for leading the daily operations of food safety and quality systems, ensuring that product and process compliance is upheld before the final release of products.

This is essential for maintaining the food safety and quality of our products and protecting the Nescafé brand by coaching and verification.

Within this role, you will also have line management responsibilities for 2 direct reports.

Your other key responsibilities will include:

• Required to ensure operators have a good knowledge and understanding of the process and product norms. Through online evaluation and coaching, you will ensure the operational team achieve optimum product control.
• Alongside the local leadership team and QA team to embed a continuous improvement mind-set to support the achievement of the Operational Master Plan.
• Creating strategies and priorities for the line to deliver the drivers for the OMP in all key areas.
• Accountable for team capability, succession planning and all aspects of people management, including attendance management, disciplinary and development reviews.
• Provide coverage for QA Technicians during their holidays

Your ingredients for success

To be successful in this role you will already have strong experience within a Quality role and previous leadership experience will be a distinct advantage.

You will also hold a recognised Quality qualification – The below qualifications would be preferred:

• HACCP Level 3
• FSSC 22000
• Food Safety Level 3

Other key criteria:

• A good level of numeracy and literacy is required, along with proficiency in computer systems (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Globe).
• Will have the ability to work in a team and communicate with people at all levels
• A clear, strategic vision.
• Ability to challenge the norm and find opportunities for process improvement.

What you need to know

Advert posting date: 15/06/2026
Advert closing date: 29/06/2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

To find out more about Nestle’s commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment.  We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.

To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestle: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland