Junior Quality Manager (gn) - More Nutrition

The Quality Group; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours and remote work

Attractive employee discounts

Subsidy for the E-gym Wellpass

Workation

Corporate benefits

28 days vacation/year

and much more

Job summary

The Quality Group in Hamburg is seeking a Junior Quality Manager (gn) to own product quality across the lifecycle, analyse data, and drive continuous improvement. You’ll work independently, structure processes, and report transparently.

In this role you’ll process complaints, optimize quality communications, monitor KPIs with Excel and our lab system, maintain master data, and collaborate with HQ, production, labs, suppliers and other departments.

Qualifications

• Degree in food technology, nutritional science or comparable field.
• Knowledge of food safety and quality management topics.
• Familiarity with common quality standards (GFSI) and regulatory requirements.
• Analytical, structured work style with numbers; strong Excel skills.
• Strong communication in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Process and analyze complaints and quality deviations and derive actions.
• Optimize quality communications for complaints ensuring linguistic, factual and qualitative consistency.
• Monitor quality KPIs and create reports using Excel and our lab system.
• Maintain master data and support certifications and quality projects nationally and internationally.
• Interface between headquarters, production, lab, suppliers and other departments.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

German language

English language

Quality assurance

Communication

Education

Food technology / Nutritional science degree

Tools

Excel

Lab management system

Job description

Start: 01.11.26 | Level: Junior | Location: Hamburg | Working hours: Full-time (40h/week)

Your start in the Quality Brand Team at ESN & More!

As a Junior Quality Manager (gn) – More Nutrition, you dive deep into our processes, analyze data, and identify opportunities for optimization. You enjoy working independently, think proactively, and create clear structure and real transparency. You're excited to take ownership of product quality across the entire product lifecycle and drive the continuous development of our standards. Then become part of our highly dynamic Quality Brand Team!

Your mission

• You process and analyze complaints and quality deviations, and derive structured measures to ensure product quality
• You optimize macros from a quality perspective for customer communication in complaint handling, ensuring linguistic, factual and qualitative consistency
• You steer and monitor quality KPIs and create structured reporting based on Excel analyses and our lab management system
• You take diligent care of master data maintenance and support certifications as well as quality-related projects in a national and international environment
• You act as a communicative interface between headquarters, production, lab, suppliers and other departments

Your experience & skills

• You hold a degree in food technology, nutritional science or a comparable scientific field
• You bring initial knowledge of and passion for food safety and quality management topics
• You ideally have initial knowledge of common quality standards (e.g. in the GFSI environment) and regulatory requirements
• You work analytically, in a structured way, and confidently with numbers, data and extensive Excel spreadsheets; you can interpret findings, present them visually and communicate them clearly
• You are a strong communicator and enjoy engaging in technical exchange with a wide range of stakeholders
• You are willing to travel occasionally for on-site audits
• You have very good German and English skills, written and spoken

Why choose us?

Being part of our team means joining a high-performing company with a diverse and inclusive culture. In our fast-growing team of over 1,200 employees, we combine our passion for sports nutrition, supplements, and healthy foods with cutting-edge technology, production, and logistics processes. All of this serves one goal: providing our customers with top-quality products to support their healthy and active lifestyle.

You can look forward to a strong sense of team spirit, ongoing opportunities for professional growth and responsibility, and an exciting work environment that blends lifestyle and career. With locations in Hamburg, Elmshorn, Kaltenkirchen/Nützen, and Elsdorf, TQG offers diverse career opportunities in areas such as technology, product development, sales, marketing, and logistics. Additionally, you'll benefit from:

• Flexible working hours and remote work options
• Attractive employee discounts
• Subsidy for the E-gym Wellpass
• Workation
• Corporate benefits
• 28 days vacation/year
• and much more

About Us

The Quality Group (TQG) is an innovative provider of sports nutrition products, bringing together the successful brands ESN and More Nutrition since 2021.

ESN has been the German market leader in sports nutrition since 2004, offering products like protein powders, bars, and supplements designed for ambitious fitness goals. Founded in 2017, More Nutrition focuses on healthy, reduced-sugar foods, providing solutions for conscious nutrition and weight management without compromise.

TQG's vision is to help people become the best version of themselves. With passion and innovation, the company develops high-quality products that promote health, performance, and joy in life. Its agile company culture and exciting career opportunities make TQG a strong partner not only for customers but also for employees.

This is us – The Quality Group – nice to meet you! Now it's your turn!
Regardless of gender, age, background, or identity – what matters to us is who you are and what you bring to the table. Join our team and grow with us!