Quality and Food Safety Director

UNAVAILABLE; Opole; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in Opole is seeking an experienced Quality and Food Safety Manager to oversee the quality processes and ensure compliance with food safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a MSc in relevant fields and a minimum of 10 years of experience in quality management. This role offers full-time employment with an attractive compensation package including salary, annual bonus, and benefits.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

Company car

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in quality management in food or related industry.
• Knowledge of food safety and quality management systems, particularly HACCP.
• Experience in a TPM Environment (IWS preferred).

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistent Quality and Food Safety of all products.
• Lead the Factory Quality Business Plan for improvement.
• Manage the Quality Assurance and Quality Control department.

Skills

Quality and Food Safety Management

Auditing and Project Management

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Fluent Polish and English

Education

MSc in Food Technology, Pharmacy, Biotechnology

PhD or Postgraduate Studies

Job description

Short Intro and About the Job

• Ensure consistent Quality and Food Safety (Q&FS) of all products delivered through the implementation of systems, procedures, food defence and suitable controls, within the frame of the performance driving system,
• Ensure sufficient resource for the Food Safety Hazard control Plan leader so that the FSHCP can be created, implemented and governed,
• Build and steer the Factory Quality Business Plan in accordance with the business needs to continuously improve Q&FS performance in all areas,
• Ensure appropriate Quality Governance in all factory projects and adherence to risk assessment and other appropriate tools like change management,
• Budget and Capex control for the department and active involvement in major site projects,
• Translate the Specialized Nutrition (SN) and First Diet functional Q&FS Divisional strategy into a local functional strategy, taking into account legal, medical, and ethical requirements, and subsequently ensuring this is translated into an actionable plan,
• Leads the site Q&FS function, ensuring Q&FS requirements of products and processes are set and met by developing and implementing systems and methods to ensure product requirements (label claim, nutritional and metabolic claims),
• Responsible for installing, maintaining, improving and reporting out of systems required to meet governmental, Danone and consumer requirements or legislation while maintaining support for registration in different countries,
• Responsible for Q&FS supervising third parties,
• Leads the Quality Assurance and Quality Control department,
• Responsible for crisis Management within the plant according to the Danone requirements.

About You

• MSc degree in food technology, pharmacy, biotechnology or related fields. PhD or postgraduate studies in one of the fields will be an asset,
• Minimum 10 years of experience in managing quality, food manufacturing or regulatory related function in food, pharmaceutics, medical devices or biotechnology,
• Knowledge of and experience with food safety and quality management systems in general and HACCP in particular,
• Knowledge of food safety legislation and food safety issues,
• Trained and experienced in auditing and project management,
• TPM Environment experience/knowledge is an advantage (IWS is preferred),
• People management experience together with well-developed coaching and mentoring skills,
• Ability to manage change and transformations both in terms of processes and involving people,
• An open-minded person who sees opportunities and possibilities,
• Being able to engage, build open and trustful collaboration and communication with people on various levels of organization as well as with external stakeholders,
• Demonstrate agility in critical thinking and risk assessment,
• Take accountability and make decisions based on facts and data,
• Strong resilience to be able to deal with changing prioritization and with pressure,
• Strong communication and presentation skills,
• Polish and English skills, fluent in speaking and writing.

About Us, We offer and What's next

• Dynamic and challenging role in the major and highly complex factory within Danone.
• Opportunity to shape and drive quality strategy that is impacting all parts of the business.
• Possibility to further growth and progress career within whole Danone Group.

• Leading a large team of professionals who all have the drive to improve every day.
• Full time employment contract.
• Attractive total compensation package that includes salary, annual bonus, long term incentive, company car and benefits.