Quality Assurance Officer for Export

Nutreco; Boxmeer; Hybrid; EUR 26,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

30 vacation days

Solid pension scheme

Part-time 20 hours/week

Job summary

Nutreco is seeking a part-time Quality Officer, Export to connect global standards with local export requirements, coordinate audits and complaints, and maintain documentation across the international export network.

You will work within the Quality & Regulatory Affairs team, collaborating with manufacturing partners and internal stakeholders to ensure compliance and continuous improvement in export markets.

Qualifications

• Quality mindset and meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience with quality systems, audits and continuous improvement is helpful.
• Ability to work across international teams and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Quality Assurance & Regulatory Manager and ensure export products meet quality and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders to support systems and documentation for supply chain movement.
• Coordinate supplier and contract manufacturer audits and follow up on corrective actions.
• Maintain and improve quality documentation, procedures and systems for export market requirements.
• Support customer complaint handling, root-cause investigations and resolution of quality issues.
• Monitor quality performance and drive follow-up actions with stakeholders.
• Support upcoming quality projects and certification initiatives.

Skills

Quality mindset

Attention to detail

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quality, Food/Feed Safety, or related field

Experience in Quality Assurance / Feed & Food Safety

Job description

Job Description

Hours: Part-time of 20 hours per week Own the detail that makes international quality possible at Nutreco, an SHV company. In this role, you will connect global standards with local export requirements, coordinate audits and complaints, and build the documentation that keeps quality processes moving. Join us as a Quality Officer, Export and turn precision, partnership and initiative into lasting impact. Our Export business supports customers across the Middle East and Africa with animal nutrition products manufactured through a network of Nutreco companies and external production partners. Operating across multiple countries means navigating different regulatory and quality requirements, making quality assurance a critical part of delivering products safely, compliantly and consistently to our customers. As part of the Quality & Regulatory Affairs team, you will work in an international, business-to-business environment where collaboration, attention to detail and continuous improvement help drive success.

What you’ll do

• Reporting to the Quality Assurance & Regulatory Manager, you will help ensure our animal nutrition products consistently meet the quality and compliance requirements of the export markets we serve.
• Working closely with manufacturing partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders, you will support the systems, processes and documentation that enable products to move successfully through the supply chain and into customer markets.
• Coordinate supplier and contract manufacturer audits and support the follow-up of corrective actions.
• Maintain and improve quality documentation, procedures and systems to meet export market requirements.
• Support customer complaint handling, root-cause investigations and quality issue resolution.
• Monitor quality performance and drive follow-up actions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support upcoming quality projects and certification initiatives.

Who we’re looking for

We're looking for someone who enjoys bringing people, processes and information together to achieve a common goal. You have a quality mindset, strong attention to detail and feel comfortable building relationships across teams, cultures and locations. Whether you're already experienced in Quality Assurance or looking to further develop your quality career, you'll be someone who takes ownership, communicates confidently and enjoys working in a dynamic international environment.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree or similar qualification in Quality, Food/Feed Safety, or a related field.
• Initial experience in Quality Assurance, Feed/Food Safety or a similar area.
• An interest in quality systems, audits and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills in English; Dutch, Arabic or French are beneficial.
• Comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders in an international and cross-functional environment.

What you’ll receive

As part of Nutreco, you will join the SHV family and a global community united by the purpose of Feeding the Future. You will gain exposure to international quality and export operations, work with colleagues and partners across multiple markets, and have room to grow the ownership of the role as your experience and the team’s needs develop.

• A competitive package with 30 vacation days based on full-time hours.
• Solid pension scheme.
• Flexible work environment (hybrid).
• A flexible part-time opportunity of 20 hours per week within an international export business.
• An inclusive culture where you’ll be encouraged to Own it: your ideas, your development, and your impact.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.

Our organisation

Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers’ peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition’s nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees. Our mission is Feeding the Future.

Nutreco

Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed. Our advanced nutritional solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. Its two global company brands Skretting (aqua feed) and Trouw Nutrition (animal nutrition) have sales in over 90 countries. Our purpose Feeding the Future captures a big challenge: feeding 9 billion people in 2050. Our responsibility is twofold: we need to make a significant contribution to meeting the rapid increase in worldwide demand for food; on the other hand, we need to find the right balance in order that we can realize growth while making also responsible choices for people and planet.

To know more about us, please visit our website https://www.nutreco.com.