Mitarbeiter Qualitätsmanagement (f/m/d)

NovaTaste Austria GmbH; Freilassing; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch options in company restaurant

Product discounts

Mental health support via nilo.health

Physiotherapy with low co-pay & staff

Corporate doctor & pension plan

Bike leasing

Flexible hours & home office

Job summary

NovaTaste Austria GmbH is seeking a Quality & Food Safety Specialist to drive the evolution of our QMS and safeguard audits across the supplier network. You will lead systematic improvements, coordinate external certifications, and conduct audits and training in a cross-functional setting.

The role requires strong QA expertise in the food industry, fluency in German and English, and the ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams to ensure compliance and continuous quality advancement.

Qualifications

• Education in food technology or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in the food industry in a similar role.
• Solid knowledge of QA standards (FSSC 22000, IFS, BRC, ISO 9001, organic, Halal, etc.).
• German and English language skills.
• Experience as internal and supplier auditor is a plus.
• Proactive in driving quality improvements and change.

Responsibilities

• Further development of our quality and food safety management system.
• Identify improvement potential and implement corrective and improvement measures with effectiveness.
• Manage external audits and certifications.
• Conduct internal audits and supplier audits.
• Deliver training sessions.

Skills

Food tech degree

QA experience

Auditing experience

Auditing (internal)

Supplier auditing

QA standards knowledge

German & English

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Change & improvement

Education

Food technology degree or related field

Job description

NovaTaste is a global leader in taste innovation. With its broad portfolio of renowned brands such as WIBERG, Gewürzmüller, Gewürzmühle Nesse, Mühlehof Gewürze, Eppers, McClancy, Piasa, AMCO, Redbrook, BSA WIBERG, and The Mighty, NovaTaste offers a range of value-add savory ingredients and blends to improve taste and texture, as well as extend the shelf life of food products for its customers. NovaTaste has over 2,400 employees and supplies food manufacturers, butchers and foodservice players across Europe, North America and Asia.

Tasks

• Responsibility for the further development of our quality and food safety management system
• Identification of improvement potential and implementation of corrective and improvement measures, including ensuring their effectiveness
• Responsibility for external audits and certifications
• Conducting internal audits as well as supplier audits
• Conducting training sessions

Skills

• Successfully completed education or degree in food technology or a related field
• 3–5 years of professional experience in the food industry in a similar position
• Food safety and quality management systems as well as relevant standards and norms (FSSC 22000, IFS, BRC, ISO 9001, organic, Halal, etc.) are not foreign concepts to you, but part of your solid professional foundation
• You have good German and English language skills
• Working in interdisciplinary and changing project teams is part of your everyday work routine
• You have experience as an internal auditor and ideally as a supplier auditor
• You are passionate about actively driving improvement and change, and your heart beats for quality and food safety
• You are able to convince and inspire others and, when necessary, assert yourself

Benefits

• Excellent lunch options at gourmet level in our company restaurant
• Attractive discounts on our products
• Professional, free support for mental health through our partner nilo.health
• Physiotherapy with a low co-payment, company doctor, and occupational pension scheme
• Job Bike Leasing
• Flexible working hours through an attractive flexitime model and home office options
• Flat organizational structure with a first-name culture and short decision-making paths
• A constructive and innovative working environment in a successful, internationally active company