Head of Quality

AB Agri Ltd; Zaragoza; Híbrido; EUR 58.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading agricultural company is seeking a Head of Quality to develop and lead quality strategies across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in quality leadership within the animal feed or food industry and will mentor local quality managers. This role requires compliance with safety regulations and oversight of supplier assessments, ensuring all operations maintain high standards. With a flexible location in Europe, this position offers a competitive salary of €58,000 plus benefits that support wellbeing.

Servicios

Discretionary performance-related bonus

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Matched pension contribution of up to 10%

Formación

• Must have senior-level experience in quality or technical leadership in the feed or food industry.
• Should possess strong leadership and strategic thinking skills within a manufacturing context.
• Experience in working with and auditing third-party manufacturers is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and lead the AB Neo Quality Strategy.
• Ensure compliance with EU and local feed safety regulations.
• Lead and mentor a team of Local Quality Managers.
• Standardise quality processes and metrics across sites.
• Oversee third-party manufacturing audits.

Conocimientos

Senior-level experience in Quality or Technical leadership

Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills

Experience in multi-country environments

Solid understanding of health & safety standards

Descripción del empleo

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Head of Quality

Location: Flexible – Poland-Spain-Denmark-United Kingdom

Contract type: Permanent

Package includes

Salary from 58,000 EUR plus a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and reward your impact, including discretionary performance related bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, and a matched pension contribution of up to 10%

AB Neo is a specialist division of AB Agri, combining the strengths of four successful businesses with one clear mission: to lead in neonate nutrition. As Head of Quality, you’ll be at the heart of this mission—guiding our feed safety and quality systems across multiple international sites. Join an ambitious and forward‑thinking international team where innovation and customer focus drive everything we do. We believe in empowering our people—offering flexibility, recognising contribution, and investing in wellbeing and growth. If you’re passionate about quality, motivated by improvement, and ready to lead with purpose, AB Neo is your next step.

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and lead the AB Neo Quality Strategy, aligning with AB Agri goals and industry standards.
• Ensure all sites maintain certifications and comply with EU/local feed safety and legal regulations.
• Lead and mentor a team of Local Quality Managers, building a Total Quality culture across the business.
• Oversee third‑party manufacturing audits and supplier assessments.
• Standardise quality processes, documentation, and metrics across sites.

What you’ll bring:

• Senior‑level experience in a Quality or Technical leadership role within the animal feed or food industry.
• Experience operating in multi‑country environments.
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills within a manufacturing context.
• Solid understanding of health & safety standards and compliance.
• Experience working with and auditing third‑party manufacturers is a plus.
• Based in Europe – ideally Poland, Spain, UK, or Denmark.

Where growth meets purpose

What sets us apart is how we delight our customers – and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose‑driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.

We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last five years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone, so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter—or anything else) just let us know.

About the company

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you’ll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you – from day one.

About us

We are AB Neo, a specialist business bringing together the expertise of four successful companies with the aim of revolutionising nutrition for all neonates. Bring your talents to AB Neo and play your part in producing affordable, high‑quality and responsible food for the growing global population.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology‑based products, and offering data services for the agri‑food industry.

Application notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early – register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can; it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal‑opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and media sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.