Quality Director Spain

Catenon; España; Presencial; Confidencial; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player is seeking a Quality Director for the Spanish market. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead and implement Quality and Food Safety policies across various plants, ensuring compliance with high standards. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in the food industry, a strong educational background in relevant fields, and the ability to drive change and improvement initiatives. This position not only involves overseeing quality management but also requires collaboration with various departments and stakeholders. If you are passionate about quality and food safety and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Formación

• 7+ years of experience in management and quality in the food industry.
• High English proficiency and willingness to travel.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate Quality and Food Safety policies in Spain.
• Lead improvement teams and resolve quality issues.
• Audit compliance with food safety standards.

Conocimientos

Quality Management

Food Safety Standards

Change Management

Problem Solving

Leadership

Analytical Methods

Educación

University studies in Veterinary

University studies in Biology

University studies in Chemistry

University studies in Food Technology

Herramientas

TPM

Q-First

Agility

Descripción del empleo

Our client is a leading FMCG company, with a diverse portfolio and leading brands across categories and consumer segments.

Quality Director Spain

Production, Operations and R&D

Spain (Spain)

Ref: DT85869564 November 26, 2024 MASS COMMODITIES

FUNCTIONS

We are currently looking for the Quality Director who will be responsible for the Spanish market. You will be responsible for coordinating and supervising the implementation in Spain of the Quality and Food Safety Policies established, guaranteeing compliance with the Quality and Food Safety standards and objectives in the Spanish plants. As key responsibilities, we can highlight the following:

1. Coordinate with other areas, departments, customers, and suppliers, the actions and monitoring of those aspects related to Quality and Food Safety, to establish specific improvement projects.
2. Lead, through the creation of improvement teams, the implementation of the resolution of problems, always seeking to anticipate preventively and identifying the root cause, eliminating losses, and applying tools such as TPM, Q-First, Agility.
3. Approve new technologies and analytical methods, according to the needs detected, collaborating with the areas of R&D and Innovation.
4. Represent the Company before Official Bodies, Administration, and Associations on issues related to Quality and Food Safety.
5. Supervise and control the correct application of sites Policies and Procedures related to Clients, Consumers, Risk Management, and Authorities.
6. Audit and control the correct application of policies and procedures in the field of QSE (Food safety HACCP & GMPs and/or people & facilities safety) for the sites.
7. Ensure in the plants the compliance with all the Q&E legal licenses and certificates.
8. Lead Crisis committees when needed.
9. Implement continuous improvement tools relating to Company Q&E reputation, Q&E costs, and Q&E systems: employee training, certification audits, internal audits (including corrective action implementation).
10. Check the products conformity in accordance with internal specifications.
11. Implement procedures developed by R&D, Quality department concerning production field at sites level.

Our ideal candidate will have:

1. University studies in Veterinary, Biology, Chemistry, Food Technology.
2. Experience of at least 7 years in management, processes, and quality in the food industry.
3. Multinational companies experience.
4. Results-driven approach, Change management, organization, flexibility, leadership, preventive mindset, and solving problem skills as key competences for the role.
5. High English level.
6. Availability to travel.

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