Quality Assurance Assistant

Daesang Europe B.V.; Amstelveen; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Challenging and independent role in an international environment

Job summary

A leading food ingredients company in Amstelveen seeks a Quality Assurance Assistant to manage quality documentation and ensure compliance with EU regulations. In this full-time role, you will liaise with stakeholders, conduct audits, and support the food safety and regulatory compliance of our products. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be team-oriented, and have a strong command of English, with knowledge of Korean or Dutch as a plus. Join us in an international work environment with a focus on quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Flexible and team-oriented mindset with good knowledge of Office 365.
• Ability to work well with deadlines.
• Excellent command of the English language; knowledge of Korean or Dutch is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage all quality documentation for internal and external use.
• Organize documents related to Quality assurance for compliance.
• Liaise with external stakeholders for customer issue resolution.
• Coordinate all external-internal audits and testing.
• Review food labelling information according to regulations.

Skills

Communication skills

Flexibility

Team-oriented

Knowledge of Office 365

English fluency

Korean or Dutch knowledge

Job description

For our office in Amstelveen, we are looking for a new colleague for the position of Quality Assurance Assistant. Daesang Europe B.V. is the European sales office of Daesang Corporation, a leading South Korean company producing feed and food ingredients as well as consumer food products since 1956. Our brands—Jongga and O’Food—are enjoyed worldwide. Our European office of 35 colleagues supports regional growth and operations with dedication and collaboration. Our mission is to bring the best of Korean food to European customers while providing exceptional service and expertise.

About the Role

For our office in Amstelveen, we are looking for a Quality Assurance Assistant to support food quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance for our products in the EU market. You will manage quality documentation, coordinate analyses and audits, review labelling and packaging from a QA perspective, and act as a key contact for quality-related customer and stakeholder inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Handling and managing all kinds of quality documents for internal use within the company and external use for our customers, i.e., certificate of ingredients and analyses, product specification sheet, etc.
• Organizing and managing all kinds of documents related with Quality assurance for the company (including “Certificate of Ingredients” and “Certificate of Analysis”).
• Liaise with external stakeholders (lawyers, certifying bodies, food safety authorities) to resolve customer issues and pending new product developments.
• Be the point of contact for inquiries regarding food quality and safety.
• Handling external analyses for the requested products and/or samples thorough external laboratories.
• Conducting risk assessments in cases of discrepancy with our quality standards.
• Organizing and managing all kinds of documents related with Quality assurance for compliance with legal policies and standards.
• Coordinating all external-internal audits and testing for new and existing food products in terms of food safety and intrinsic quality parameters.
• Reviewing proper food labelling information according to relevant regulations.
• In charge of renewed product packaging design in terms of Quality Assurance.
• Providing essential advice for R&D team in our headquarter to deliver compliant formulation for sales in the EU market.
• Keeping all internal stakeholders updated with the recent changes and general knowledges about pertinent regulations (quality, supply chain, packaging, etc.) to safeguard the future of our business.
• Identifying key opportunities and challenges to develop new food products with regards to all relevant regulations.
• Making and handling documents required from customers to audit and quality assurance activities including Product Specifications.
• Take care of customer complaints with HQ.
• Handling analyses the requested products and or samples thorough external expert analysis agency.

What do we ask of you?

• You have excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• You are also flexible, team-oriented and you have good knowledge of Office 365.
• You can work well with deadlines.
• Excellent command of English language, Korean or Dutch is a plus.
• To be able to work from our office in Amstelveen.

What do we offer you?

• A challenging and independent full-time role in an international environment.