Quality and Hygiene Manager

About this position

Responsibilities

• Drives Quality strategy and targets in area of responsibility and uses appropriate reporting tools.
• Collects all customer requirements in the global database with customer approval.
• Ensures manufacturing or production processes are meeting international and national standards.
• Leads customer complaint reporting and monitors supplier quality complaints and issues actively.
• Works closely with quality management to address global customer requirements including audits, standards and targets.
• Steers best practices to reduce waste and increase efficiency.
• Defines quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff.
• Sets up and maintains controls and documentation procedures.
• Lead the process of assuring the plant has hygienic systems, processes, and equipment in place.
• Lead the investigation of out-of-specification microbiological and related results.
• Development and implementation of solutions needed for hygiene issues.
• Perform tasks and manage processes to improve plant quality, laboratory, and hygiene processes.
• Monitors performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• Steers and organizes necessary quality/hygiene trainings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Microbiology or Chemical Engineering.
• Several years of experience in leading quality department in manufacturing.
• Experience of hygienic design and manufacturing.
• Good knowledge in root-cause-analysis tools, GMP and Hygiene Standard.
• Familiarize with quality management systems and quality international standard.
• Good organizational and multi-tasking skills, team worker.
• High self-motivation and initiative taking.
• Continuous Improvement attitude and behavior.
• Fluently in written and spoken English.
• Proficient PC skills MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SAP).
• FMCG experience is a plus.