Technical Analyst - Quality Assurance

This role is open exclusively to internal colleagues who have been formally placed under consultation. Applications from other colleagues will not be considered at this stage. While we are committed to supporting colleagues during this period, applicants will still be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the selection process., We're looking for a detail-orientated Quality Assurance Analyst to join our Technical Corporate Services team, supporting our Logistics function. In this key role, you'll be responsible for delivering great quality and safe products for our customers by managing, analysing, and reporting technical and quality data. You'll ensure the quality of fresh produce, horticulture, meat, fish & chilled products arriving into our depots meets our specifications. The role supports in driving a quality culture across logistics sites and managing a team of Quality Assurance Analysts based across the UK. By monitoring food safety compliance across global supply chains and translating complex data into clear management information, you'll enable the Technical and Trading teams to protect customer safety, avoid brand risk, and make smart procurement decisions. What You'll Do As a Quality Assurance Analyst, you'll:

• Lead and support a team of Quality Assurance Analysts responsible for ensuring Morrisons products meet the required specification, ensuring appropriate action is taken where non-conformities are found, providing timely and accurate feedback to key stakeholders that drives continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure the QA team provides timely communication of product issues, enabling the business to protect customers and maintain product availability.
• Provide day to day coaching, guidance and operational support to drive capability, confidence and consistency.
• Collate, analyse, and report technical KPIs, customer complaints, and intake assessments on weekly, quarterly, and annual frequencies. Through trending and analysis, identify recurring issues and implement corrective actions with internal teams and suppliers.
• Provide objective, fit-for-purpose technical reports that help performance-manage suppliers and drive process and quality improvements.
• Manage governance for product specification systems to ensure accurate food safety due diligence across thousands of growers and hundreds of packing sites globally, and support Produce Technical Managers in issuing and validating QAS specifications.
• Review customer complaint trends, external and internal feedback, identifying product issues to alert teams to coordinate withdrawals or recalls when necessary - ensuring these are responded to and communicated in a timely manner.
• Develop, issue, and maintain clear, concise technical policies, standards, and procedures for internal and external stakeholders, overseeing delivery of internal and external training for Technical & Logistics teams.
• Build effective relationships across the business, influencing stakeholders (Logistics, Central, Suppliers), investigating and resolving quality & compliance issues, identifying and challenging practices that impact waste, availability and sales.
• Provide technical guidance and support operational decision-making on complex quality issues, balancing commercial, customer and food safety priorities.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen quality standards and improve operational ways of working.
• Act as the escalation point for quality concerns, providing practical solutions and ensuring issues are resolved efficiently.
• Champion Quality culture; building and sharing knowledge of quality, promoting product safety and compliance at all times.
• Attend relevant meetings (RDC, Central and Supplier) to review and communicate KPIs, quality performance and improvement actions.
• Support Technical projects and trials where required.
Key Relationships You'll work closely with:
• Produce and Fresh Technical Teams
• Produce Trading and Manufacturing Teams
• External Suppliers and Growers
• Food Safety and Compliance Teams
  
  You'll be an analytical, quality-focused technical professional with strong data management capabilities and a sharp eye for detail.
You'll have:
• Proven Quality Assurance background & knowledge gained in Produce / Fresh food industries and a desire to develop knowledge, passion and understanding of other fresh food categories.
• Proven experience in data management, trend analysis, IT systems, and technical reporting.
• Working knowledge of HACCP principles to support product safety and regulatory compliance.
• Excellent leadership, team management, communication and report-writing skills, with the ability to convey complex data clearly.
• Strong influencing and planning skills to keep Technical and Trading teams aligned to tight deadlines.
• The tenacity to follow up on issues, streamline processes, and reduce administrative burden.
• A strong sensory awareness (sense of taste and quality benchmark awareness) to champion customer expectations during product testing.
• A full UK driving licence for site support where required - this is a field-based role, with regular travel across the UK., Knowledge of end-to-end supply chain - farm, supplier, logistics and store.
• Resilient and able to stay calm under pressure, with the ability to challenge effectively.
• Team player, self-motivated, flexible approach.
• Operational leadership
• Coaching and mentoring
• Change management and continuous improvement
• Stakeholder management and influencing
• Supplier relationship management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem solving and decision making in a fast-paced operational environment
• Customer-focused approach - The ability to keep the customer at the forefront of all decisions.
  
  Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you'll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!
At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues. There's more to our business as it's fast paced and ever changing, as such we've got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We'd love to meet you! At Morrisons, we're proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that's good for our customers too. We're always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• 'MyPerks' giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave