RDQ Manager

Competitive salary, up to 25% bonus and excellent benefits package

You’ll lead the delivery of RDQ activities from concept through to launch, ensuring our products meet the highest standards of safety, legality, sensory performance and quality. You’ll manage in‑market product quality, oversee complaints and incident responses, and deliver quality improvement plans. You’ll also represent Nomad Foods externally, monitoring regulatory trends and championing our food culture internally.

• Ensure all RDQ Go‑To‑Market activities for your segment are delivered on time, in full, and regulatory compliant.
• Own in‑market product quality, tracking complaints, leading incident responses and driving quality improvements.
• Lead Lift & Launch projects and deliver end‑to‑end management of local portfolio projects through development, launch and post‑launch review.
• Act as an RDQ advocate externally with food authorities and industry bodies.
• Share local insights and emerging trends with Segment, COE and FSQR teams.
• Champion Nomad Foods’ nutritional, sensory and quality superiority.
• Supervise and support your team with day‑to‑day guidance, performance input and development coaching.

• Degree‑qualified in a technical field such as Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Biology or Physics.
• Significant technical, quality or product development experience within the Food & Drink industry.
• Demonstrated success in food innovation or food quality management.
• Skilled in managing projects, evaluating risk and ensuring compliance.
• Strong understanding of consumer behavior and sensory/quality drivers.
• Experience in rapid prototyping, concept development or quality improvement programmes.
• Able to work credibly with senior leaders and represent the business externally.
• Proficient in English and relevant business languages for the region.

We’re on an exceptional adventure and offer a truly purpose led career and we aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future.

• An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
• A culture where your part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group

Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €3.1 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe s leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded in 2015, and built around several iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and affordability.

Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose - Serving the World with Better Food - and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.

At Nomad Foods we re proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.