Global Food Safety & Quality Leader

AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG; Wien; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AGRANA Fit program

Diversity & international environment

Career development

Modern offices

Job summary

AGRANA Fruit in Vienna, Austria, seeks a Food Safety & Quality Manager (m/f/d) to join the AFS Quality Team. You will oversee supplier risk assessments, raw material quality services for European affiliates, and ensure the quality management system functions properly across departments.

You will audit suppliers, coordinate with internal stakeholders, assess risks, and drive continuous improvement. The role requires travel and a proactive, collaborative mindset in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• As a pro-active team player with excellent communication skills you act as an interface between suppliers, customers and internal departments (purchasing, logistics).
• You are stress-resistant, resilient and you are able to work in a fast-paced environment that requires high flexibility and commitment to results.

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

Skills

Auditing experience

Food safety knowledge

Fluent in English

Strong communication

Education

Degree in Natural Sciences

Tools

MS Office

SAP/BW

Job description

AGRANA Fruit in Vienna, Austria, seeks a Food Safety & Quality Manager (m/f/d) to join the AFS Quality Team. You will oversee supplier risk assessments, raw material quality services for European affiliates, and ensure the quality management system functions properly across departments.

You will audit suppliers, coordinate with internal stakeholders, assess risks, and drive continuous improvement. The role requires travel and a proactive, collaborative mindset in a fast-paced environment.