Food Safety & Quality Manager

3735 AGRANA Fruit Services GmbH; Wien; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

AGRANA Fruit, based in Vienna, is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Manager to lead supplier audits, assess risks, and drive improvements in the fruit portfolio. The role requires travel across Europe and collaboration with procurement, QA, and regulatory teams.

You will oversee supplier documentation, support Quality Management System activities, and contribute to a dynamic, international work environment in Vienna. Fluency in English and a natural science background are preferred.

Qualifications

• Degree in Natural Sciences or equivalent.
• Food safety and quality skills: ISO 9001, ISO 22000, HACCP.
• Auditing experience (supplier audits, internal audits).
• Willingness to travel across Europe.
• Driving license for B-class vehicles.
• MS Office skills; SAP/BW is an asset.
• Fluent in English; other languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Organize and perform supplier audits for the material portfolio with focus on Food Safety.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on Food Safety and Quality topics.
• Assess Food Safety and Quality risks and derive actions for the organization.
• Qualify suppliers and evaluate performance with procurement and AGRANA Fruit affiliates.
• Coordinate supplier supervision visits in producing countries.
• Manage complaints with risk assessment and cross-functional communication.
• Review and approve supplier Food Safety documents.
• Support general quality assurance and regulatory affairs and contribute to the QMS.
• Develop and execute continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality across the value chain.

Skills

Auditing experience

Food safety & quality skills

Willingness to travel

Driving license B

English fluent

Education

Degree in Natural Sciences

Tools

MS Office

SAP/BW

Job description

Food Safety & Quality Manager (m/f/d)

AGRANA Fruit is part of the AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, operating at 26 production sites on 5 continents worldwide. We offer a wide range of creative and innovative solutions for the food and beverage industry. Our fruit solutions deliver high quality fruit, which is expertly prepared to be used in the dairy, ice cream, bakery, food service and beverage industries. AGRANA Fruit’s product development work incorporates the latest global nutritional and health trends. We are a young team, based in Vienna, looking for a self‑motivated candidate with passion for Quality Management to join us in the following position.

Location: Vienna, Austria | Full-Time

Your responsibilities:

• Organization and performance of supplier audits for the whole material portfolio purchased by AGRANA Fruit, with a focus on the assessment of Food Safety risks, corrective and preventive actions and supplier improvement initiatives
• Responsibility for a specific product portfolio (various fruits and additives), including coordination with various internal and external stakeholders for Food Safety and Quality topics
• Assessment of Food Safety and Quality risks for the respective sources and deriving actions for the organization
• Supplier qualification and supplier performance evaluation for the respective sources, in close cooperation with the procurement department and AGRANA Fruit affiliates
• Coordination of supplier supervision visits in the respective producing countries
• Complaint management for your product portfolio including risk assessment and cross‑functional internal communication
• Supplier Food Safety documentation management: Review and approval of supplier Food Safety documents
• General quality assurance and regulatory affairs support as well as contribution to the internal Quality Management System
• Development, support and execution of initiatives for continuous improvement projects striving to enhance overall quality performance throughout the whole value chain

Your profile:

• Degree in Natural Sciences (Nutritional science, Food technology, Safety in the food chain, or comparable)
• Food safety and quality skills (ISO 9001, ISO 22000, HACCP)
• Auditing experience (supplier audits, internal audits)
• High willingness to travel (mostly European scope)
• Driving license for B-class vehicles
• MS Office skills, SAP/BW is an additional asset
• Fluent in English, other languages are an advantage

Our offer:

• Exciting, diverse and challenging tasks that will allow you to get in contact with various internal and external stakeholders within the AGRANA Fruit world
• A truly international and dynamic work environment (>26 nationalities) in a dynamic and diverse team located in Vienna’s city center
• Personal development & career opportunities in an international company
• Modern, state‑of‑the‑art offices and office equipment
• “AGRANA Fit” Program offering various sports and health programs, such as yoga or boot camp

Due to legal reasons, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary according to the collective agreement for this position, which is € 39.361,28 gross per year. Overpayment depending on qualifications and experience is possible.

Find out more about AGRANA Fruit and also visit us on LinkedIn.

As a global company, we are very proud of our diverse workforce and attach great importance to equal opportunity and diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation who is passionate about our company to apply.

AGRANA is an internationally oriented Austrian company which adds value to agricultural commodities to produce a wide range of industrial products for the processing sector. In its three business segments, Fruit, Starch and Sugar, AGRANA supplies local producers and large international players, particularly those in the food processing industry. In the Sugar segment, AGRANA supplies both industrial and end customers with sugar products under the Wiener Zucker brand.