Are you passionate about quality, safety, and continuous improvement? We’re looking for a dynamic Factory Standards Manager to lead our site-based team at Nutricia Liverpool. In this pivotal role, you’ll shape and deliver a robust technical strategy that ensures our products meet the highest standards of quality and safety—every time.

You’ll be at the heart of our operations, spending 80% of your time on the shop floor, driving a culture of excellence, lean manufacturing, and “Right First Time” performance. Your leadership will be key in building strong internal and external relationships that challenge and support technical excellence.

If you’re ready to make a real impact in a role that blends strategic vision with hands-on leadership, we’d love to hear from you.

Essential Experience

• Proven leadership in Quality or Continuous Improvement roles, ideally in pharmaceutical or high-end FMCG environments.
• Experience managing FDA, FSCC22000, and ISO accreditations.
• Strong background in Quality Management Systems, food safety, and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage audits, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, risk analysis, and problem-solving tools (e.g., PDCA, RCA, 5 Why).

Education & Certifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent professional qualifications.
• HACCP Level 3 (minimum), ideally Level 4.
• Level 4 Food Hygiene certification.
• Formal qualification in Internal Auditing.

 Technical & Functional Skills

• Knowledge of formulation, processing, and equipment (especially dry powder handling).
• Understanding of food regulations, ISO 14000, and GMP.
• Skilled in project management, data analysis, and KPI reporting
• Proficient in Quality & Food Safety Systems and sustainable environment management.

Competencies & Attributes

• Strong communicator and influencer across functions.
• Agile, pragmatic, and capable of managing complexity.
• Committed to coaching and developing teams.
• Curious, collaborative, and open to innovation.

Nutricia is Europe’s largest specialist nutrition company and the market leader in the UK. We specialise in the delivery of medical nutrition for the very young, the old and the sick, supplying high quality feeds to patients and consumers. Our purpose is to pioneer nutritional discoveries that help people live longer, healthier lives.
When it comes to finding a great place to work there are plenty of things to look for: inspirational colleagues, freedom in your job to make a real difference, and a shared ethos you can truly believe in. Throw in top perks, a responsive and dynamic environment and unrivalled opportunities to develop personally and professionally and you’ve found something pretty special. You’ve found Danone.
Here at Danone we put people at the centre of everything we do – whether we’re developing ground-breaking new products, taking care of individual patients, or supporting the community. And if you join us you can expect exactly that sort of attention too.
Nutricia medical nutrition products have a strong market share. The business is operating within a mature market but there is still scope for expansion both within local and global markets, and the emphasis in the coming years with be on maintaining volume growth, whilst ensuring we drive our cost targets in the right direction.