Quality and Food Safety Manager at Mars

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy and Maintain Quality culture
• Drive Quality Transformation Deployment on site
• Set and aligns with Supply chain, manufacturing and commercial the quality agenda and focus areas for the site and deployment across the site defining Q&FS priorities, objectives, and accountabilities
• Develop, implement, and maintain robust Quality systems and ensure internal and external verification
• Implement Mars Quality and Food Safety standards
• Manage Q&FS function on site
• Manage lab operations (Internal/External)
• Accountable for Q&FS incident on site and manage external lab relationship
• Accountable for Hold/Release management and management of PRIMP in collaboration with the Site management team, representing R&D in site incident mgmt. team.
• Support Flawless Execution of all technical changes on the Site which potentially impacts KQAs, Food Safety and Legal Product parameters.
• Support Implementation of new Products, Recipes and processes up to achieving Self-Sufficiency.
• Responsible for the Site continuous improvement Plan.
• Represent R&D on site as permanent member of the factory management team.
• Lead, organize and prepare Quality reviews (e.g., SQM).
• Manage all product and primes Q&FS nonconformities incl. handling all technical aspects of consumer complaints.
• Accountability for the change management process & Quality Continuous improvement program
• Overseas the approval of raw and packaging material vendors, plant line operations, warehouse and transportation systems, and other contractual business relationships on a site level
• Assure all products produced in the site are processed and packed according to specified requirements and agreed product designs.
• Manages raw material, primes and product conformance, quality holds, product recalls / retrievals, determines the disposition of non-conforming products with the Regional / country Q&FS leads.
• Recommends & oversees the implementation of corrective actions and the site continuous improvement process
• Manages Q&FS’s team development, succession planning and acts as administrative leader for the function.

Knowledge & Experience

• Education: Graduate or Post Graduate Degree in (Food science, Food technology, or Science). Solid understanding of Quality, Food Safety Standards, Food processing and manufacturing knowledge.
• 10+ years of experience