Head of Quality Fibres, Proteins and Carbohydrates

Südzucker AG; Offstein; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Open culture

Mutual respect

Job summary

BENEO is seeking a Senior Quality Operations professional to implement and drive the group’s quality strategy across multiple segment manufacturing sites in Germany. You will lead quality and laboratory teams, ensuring compliance with internal guidelines, certifications, and international regulations.

The role involves collaborating with Site Directors on budgets, optimizing resources, and directing incident investigations and crisis management to safeguard product safety and market integrity.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant scientific or technical field.
• 5-8 years of professional experience in Quality Operations with proven team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Implement and operationalize the Group's quality strategy across segment manufacturing sites.
• Drive recruitment, motivation, and development of quality and laboratory teams in collaboration with Site Directors.
• Ensure production complies with internal guidelines, third-party certifications, and international regulations.
• Provide input to Site Director on quality-related OPEX and CAPEX budgets to optimize resources.
• Lead investigations and crisis management for food, feed, or product safety within the segment.

Skills

Quality Operations

Team Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Quality Assurance

Education

Master's degree in science/engineering

Job description

We are a global market leader in functional food ingredients for both humans and animals, with production sites in Germany, Belgium, Chile, The Netherlands and Italy. With our worldwide distribution network, we market our ingredients in over 75 countries. BENEO is a member of the Südzucker Group.

Your responsibilities

• Implement and operationalize the Group's quality strategy, policies, and objectives within all assigned segment manufacturing sites, in order to achieve company-wide targets and report on localized quality KPIs.
• Drive the recruitment, motivation, and professional development of the segment's quality and laboratory teams in close collaboration and alignment with the Site Directors, in order to build a highly qualified, aligned, and high-performing technical community at the site level.
• Ensure that the production of specific segment products complies with all internal guidelines, third-party certifications, and international regulatory requirements, in order to meet agreed customer expectations and safety standards.
• Provide input and advice to the Site Director regarding the site's quality-related OPEX and CAPEX budgets, in order to optimize resource allocation, support annual operational plans, and strengthen long-term site quality capabilities.
• Lead immediate food, feed, or product safety incident investigations and localized crisis management teams within the segment, in order to execute containment actions, liaise with local authorities, and prevent non-compliant products from entering the market.

Your Profile

• Master's degree in a relevant scientific or technical field.
• 5-8 years of professional experience in Quality Operations within the feed, food, chemical processing industry, with proven team leadership.

What We Offer

• A dynamic role with diverse responsibilities in a growing and future-oriented business environment
• A competitive salary package complemented by attractive benefits
• An open and collaborative work culture
• A purpose-driven company culture built on strong values and mutual respect

For more information about this position, please contact:

EdgarSTADTFELD

Mail: [e-mail]

www.beneo.com