Quality & Food Safety Ops Lead | HACCP & CAPA

Danone; Rotselaar; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Bonus system

Meal vouchers

Health insurance

Group insurance

Job summary

Danone Belgium is seeking a Quality & Food Safety Manager Operations for our Rotselaar site. You will drive daily quality and safety activities across production, labs and maintenance, guiding CAPAs, audits and KPI reporting.

You will partner with suppliers and internal teams to ensure safe, compliant products and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership on the shop floor, on-site presence, and training QFS staff while strengthening the safety culture across the

Qualifications

• Master's degree in relevant field (food tech, bioscience, industrial engineering or equivalent).
• Experience in quality, food safety or production in an industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, quality management systems and food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Handle production-related incidents including internal non-conformities and consumer complaints.
• Lead root cause analyses and ensure CAPA follow-up.
• Document investigations in the Veeva system.
• Coordinate with suppliers of materials and ingredients for investigations and complaints.
• Decide on release, quarantine, or rejection of affected products.
• Ensure HACCP and quality standards are implemented and followed.
• Maintain audit- and inspection-ready organization.
• Analyze quality and food safety data to guide priorities and actions.
• Report KPIs and management information to stakeholders.
• Support production in reducing quality losses.
• Identify training needs and coach QFS staff.
• Contribute to strengthening quality culture and continuous improvement.

Skills

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Communication

Dutch language

English language

Education

Master's degree in Food Technology

Bioscience Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Related field

Tools

Veeva system

Job description

Danone Belgium is seeking a Quality & Food Safety Manager Operations for our Rotselaar site. You will drive daily quality and safety activities across production, labs and maintenance, guiding CAPAs, audits and KPI reporting.

You will partner with suppliers and internal teams to ensure safe, compliant products and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership on the shop floor, on-site presence, and training QFS staff while strengthening the safety culture across the