Head of Quality Assurance

Job Introduction

About the Role

The Quality Team at Pizza Hut (PH) Europe is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager who is passionate about food (especially Pizza Hut) and doing the right thing and diving new product development and nutritional improvements.

Main Responsibilities

About the Role

The Quality Team at Pizza Hut (PH) Europe is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager who is passionate about food (especially Pizza Hut) and doing the right thing and diving new product development and nutritional improvements.

You will be joining a fun, entrepreneurial team who have a critical role in making the PH Brand modern and distinctive through our menu.

Some highlights for the team over the last few years have been launching something mighty meat-free with our partnership with Beyond Meat, a leader in plant-based meat, to deliver the full Pizza Hut experience. And, our 'fan favorite' mac 'n' cheese stuffed crust pizza.

It’s an ideal time to now join the team and help craft our position on food for the future….

The role of QA Manager sits in the QA team which partners with the wider Innovation, Strategy and Marketing functions. This role also has responsibility for leading our nutrition plan without compromising taste, increasing and protecting our great taste through reformulation, championing quality, and driving consistency.

The Ideal Candidate

About the Role

The Quality Team at Pizza Hut (PH) Europe is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager who is passionate about food (especially Pizza Hut) and doing the right thing and diving new product development and nutritional improvements.

You will be joining a fun, entrepreneurial team who have a critical role in making the PH Brand modern and distinctive through our menu.

Some highlights for the team over the last few years have been launching something mighty meat-free with our partnership with Beyond Meat, a leader in plant-based meat, to deliver the full Pizza Hut experience. And, our 'fan favorite' mac 'n' cheese stuffed crust pizza.

It’s an ideal time to now join the team and help craft our position on food for the future….

The role of QA Manager sits in the QA team which partners with the wider Innovation, Strategy and Marketing functions. This role also has responsibility for leading our nutrition plan without compromising taste, increasing and protecting our great taste through reformulation, championing quality, and driving consistency.

About You

• Passionate and enthusiastic about food and nutrition

• A team player who embraces the company culture and gets involved

• You are a motivated self-starter with a flexible working attitude

• Able to demonstrate commercial awareness as well as nutrition/technical knowledge and skill

• Ability to remain positive, and motivated and inspire those around you.

• You have strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work in a structured and methodical manner.

About The Company

About Us

With more than 1,500 stores, the Pizza Hut Europe business unit is headquartered at the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in St. Albans and leads the Pizza Hut brand in more than 25 countries with c. 130 franchisees. It is a growing business with plans over the next five years to achieve explosive growth, significantly increasing the number of restaurants in the region. In Europe, our UK business is the biggest and we are the master franchisee for our Dine-in and delivery operations. In Europe, we have c.6 master franchisees who have their own QA managers and run the Pizza Hut Brand as their own with the RSC having total oversight and governance.

Package Description

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU? REWARD, PROGRESSION, AND LOTS OF RECOGNITION

A career with PH offers much more than just fantastic earning potential. We reward achievement with amazing incentives and benefits, including;

• We can offer flexibility – our RSC is in St.Albans

• Flexible Fri’yay afternoons.

• Company and performance-related bonus

• Generous pension

• Private healthcare

• Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year

• Recharge Days - an additional 5 days per year to disconnect from our day-to-day (in addition to annual and bank holidays).

• Competitive parental leave and flexible return to work options

If this sounds like you want pizza the action, or have any questions about the opening, please do reach out. We are always happy to help!