Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

You ensure quality in the factory and are responsible for meeting quality targets. You are fully responsible for the people, machinery and the identification and elimination of quality losses and problems in the department. You grow your team’s capabilities and coordinates departmental activities in accordance with corporate standards, local requirements and ISO standards. In this role, you report directly to the plant manager with dotted line responsibility to corporate quality.

How you will contribute

You will ensure that all quality objectives, goals and targets in the factory (including regional and global commitments) are met. You will develop and track your department’s budget and eliminate losses. With your team, you will conduct regular plan-do-act-check assessments to plan how targets will be met, executing the plan and periodically checking and taking action to stay on track. In addition, you will ensure that there is strict adherence with all appropriate laws, food safety quality standards and consumer requirements of all manufactured products and manage crisis situations internally and externally in ways that support the company’s image, policies and business. As a people leader, you are responsible for recruitment and structuring of the department to ensure there are sufficient resources to deliver on plant objectives, set and assess performance goals, and coach and mentor team members.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

Relevant experience (operations, quality and/or R&D)Project management and managing multiple prioritiesCommercial strategy process, product/package development process, food safety, plant commercialization, ingredient and package technology and training and coaching technical materialCommunicating effectively and leading cross-functional teamsStatistical processes and problem-solving techniquesWorking with external manufacturing suppliers to ensure compliance to our policies and procedures and technical vendors to support complianceWorking with customers on quality related issues

More about this role

Senior Quality & Food Safety Manager

Als Senior Quality & Food Safety Manager maak je deel uit van het Plant Leadership Team en ben je eindverantwoordelijk voor kwaliteit en voedselveiligheid binnen twee fabrieken in Herentals. Je rapporteert rechtstreeks aan de Plant Director en functioneel aan Corporate Quality.

Je bouwt actief aan een sterke kwaliteitscultuur op de productievloer en realiseert samen met je QA-team en de operationele teams de kwaliteitsdoelstellingen. Je zorgt ervoor dat alle kwaliteits- en voedselveiligheidsstandaarden, wetgeving en Mondelez-vereisten worden nageleefd.

Jouw verantwoordelijkheden

Leidinggeven aan een multidisciplinair QA-team (Quality Manager, ISO Coördinator, Hygiëne Manager, Food Safety & Sanitations Coördinator + dotted line QA & SSE Coördinatoren)Ontwikkelen en borgen van een sterke kwaliteits- en voedselveiligheidscultuur in de volledige plantVerantwoordelijk voor alle QA-activiteiten in lijn met corporate standaarden, lokale vereisten en ISO-normenBehalen van alle kwaliteitsdoelstellingen en regionale/globale commitmentsIdentificeren en elimineren van kwaliteitsverliezenOpzetten en opvolgen van QA/QC-systemen, audits en complianceImplementeren van TPM/WCM-methodologieën en de Quality PillarBudgetbeheer en resourceplanningBegeleiden van interne en externe crisissituatiesSamenwerken met leveranciers, klanten en interne stakeholdersActieve bijdrage aan plantstrategie en continuous improvement

Jouw profiel

Relevante ervaring in Operations, Quality en/of R&D Sterke people-manager met ervaring in het leiden van teams en cross-functionele samenwerkingGrondige kennis van food safety, kwaliteitssystemen en ISO-standaardenErvaring met audits, QA/QC-systemen en continuous improvementKennis van TPM/WCM en statistische procescontroleErvaring met leveranciers- en klantinteractie rond kwaliteitSterke communicatieve en coachende vaardighedenGedreven, veranderingsbereid en resultaatgerichtEnergetische en hands-on persoonlijkheid

Aanbod

Sleutelrol binnen het Plant Leadership TeamGrote impact op kwaliteit, cultuur en performanceLeiding over een sterk QA-teamInternationale omgeving met groeimogelijkhedenVoltijdse functie

Relocation Support Available?

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!Our people make all the difference in our succes

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

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Job Type

Regular

Supply Chain Quality Assurance

Product Quality, Safety and Compliance