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Quality and Food Safety Manager EU, West-Vlaanderen
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pladis Global
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Yes
Job Reference:
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Posted:
06.03.2025
Expiry Date:
20.04.2025
Job Description:
Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast-growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure, and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient, and positive because we expect pace and agility. We insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivaled opportunities to learn and make an impact.
The Challenge
We are looking for a Quality Manager, with a big passion for Food Safety & Quality and chocolate. We offer you the opportunity to join our team and contribute to our mission to bring ‘Happiness with every bite’.
Details
Based in our Godiva offices in Brussels, this role reports into the WEEM Head of Quality and Food Safety, within the Supply Chain Function. The role will require regular travel, to both suppliers/partners and our Regional Head Office in Zaandam, Netherlands.
The position entails
* Maintain the approved supplier list for Co-packers, Co-Manufacturers, External Warehousing, Packaging and Service suppliers.
* Define the supplier audit plan on a yearly basis and integrate new suppliers.
* Coordinate the supplier audit plan with the third party.
* Evaluate supplier performance for quality aspects and establish KPI for monitoring supplier performance with Procurement.
* Coordinate non-conformities to Co-manufacturers, Warehousing, Packaging and Service suppliers.
* Assist in the definition of co-made product quality standard (QA annex), support in creation of Visual Standards for Co-manufactured items as well as first production validation, if applicable.
* Define Co-made risk matrix and appropriate level of control, such as microbiological and AQL sampling plan to verify product quality, if applicable.
Material validation management
* Perform material validation (Co-made products, packaging) across multiple geographies and sales channels.
Complaints Investigation
* Coordinate investigation of consumer complaints.
* Provide direct feedback to Intercompany for quality-related complaints.
* Manage critical complaints such as incidents or potential “crisis” situations.
* Perform analysis and trend with reporting of KPI.
Quality in Retail channel and Franchisees
* Assure and assess implementation of Global standards in Retail by audit program review, training review, corrective action plans review.
* Coordinate the Product audit program, including quarterly reporting.
* Coordinate the GMP audit program in stores, including monthly reporting.
* Point of contact with Master Franchisee and regular reviews of consumer complaints, GMP & Product audit.
Quality coordinator for the external co-packing
* Assure role of key contact person for quality matters.
* Organize quarterly review on quality matters to report complaints and follow-up on action plan.
Other quality activities
* Local point of contact with Food Safety Authorities – AFSCA (Belgium).
* Coordinator of Godiva crisis team.
* Management and implementation of document control systems.
* Manage traceability exercises.
* Key Quality representative for projects.
Your main responsibilities
* Support the evaluation program of existing local suppliers, handling of supplier complaints, and approving new suppliers of ingredients, packaging, and co-manufactured items.
* Approve new material through specification approval and proper assessment.
* Coordinate investigation of consumer and customer quality-related complaints.
* Coordinate Quality aspects related to external co-packing through reporting of non-conformities.
* Support Retail business EMEA to assure global quality requirements regarding product handling, and transportation in retail as well as follow-up of GMP and Product audit program.
What do you bring?
* Degree in Food science or equivalent.
* Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
* Knowledge of Quality Management Systems/Standards (BRC, IFS, FSCC, …).
* Knowledge in food industry microbiology.
* Knowledge of food & packaging legislation.
* Knowledge of any other foreign language is a plus (German, Spanish).
What we offer
Working for pladis means challenging jobs, career opportunities, and an inspiring environment that allows you to enhance your personal development. pladis recognizes that the ongoing success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.
A few of our benefits:
* A permanent contract
* Development opportunities through our pladis Academy & other training programs
* Full-time employment (40 hours per week)
* Holidays (based on full-time)
* The best colleagues in an informal working environment.
Who are we?
pladis is one of the world's leading snacking companies. We are the proud steward of over 100 years of family baking and confectionery experience. A worldwide community with colleagues around the world. Each of us brings our experience in happiness. Each of us is unique, but we find each other as a family of bakers and chocolatiers, hardworking, with pride and purpose. After all these years, we believe that biscuits and chocolate bring people together. We are pladis. We bake Happiness. Happiness with every bite.
pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues. pladis colleagues care deeply about being the best. About winning, staying the course, and never giving up. Whichever part of the world we’re in, whatever our role. Whether we’re baking, working in HR, finance, marketing, or many other areas – we win as one pladis team.
And while we’re all unique, we share something in common. It’s the code by which we live and work. We call it our ‘Winning Traits & Behaviours’: Purpose Led, Agile, Collaborative, Positive, and Resilient. Five aspects of pladis life that define who we are, how we interact, and get things done.
If pladis sounds like the place where you can thrive and help write the next chapter in our growth story, then check out opportunities around the world and follow us for the latest information from our teams. More information can be found at our website.
Interested?
To apply for this job, please send your letter of application and resume to pladis Global via our website.
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