Food Safety Manager

Location: Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom; hybrid working with 60% of the week at office locations or local sites and the remainder remote

Company

hirify.global is a major retail, technology, and mobile network business serving customers, colleagues, and communities.

What you will do

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of food safety policies, standards, procedures, and controls across retail, distribution, and wider operations.
• Provide expert advice on UK food safety legislation, regulatory expectations, technical guidance, and industry developments.
• Govern key risks including HACCP-based controls, allergens, temperature control, cleaning, pest management, and due diligence.
• Use data, audits, incidents, and regulatory intelligence to identify risks, manage corrective actions, and drive root cause analysis.
• Design and support food safety assurance activities, including audit standards, verification, and compliance improvement.
• Build food safety capability through guidance, communications, training content, colleague engagement, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in food safety management, regulatory compliance, HACCP, allergens, food hygiene, due diligence, and UK food safety legislation.
• Experience implementing and assuring food safety management systems in complex retail, manufacturing, distribution, or multi-site environments.
• Experience with risk assessment, auditing, assurance, corrective action management, incident investigation, and root cause analysis.
• Ability to develop policies, procedures, and practical operational guidance from technical and regulatory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience working with senior stakeholders, regulators, enforcement authorities, auditors, and Primary Authority partners.
• Degree or equivalent in Food Science, Environmental Health, Microbiology, Public Health, Quality Assurance, or a related discipline, plus relevant Food Safety and HACCP qualifications.

Culture & Benefits

• 12-month fixed-term contract with full-time hours of 36 hours per week.
• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• 25 days of holiday plus a personal day and Bank Holidays.
• Private medical insurance, a 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme, and mental wellbeing support.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave provisions.
• Flexible and inclusive working environment with support available throughout the recruitment process.