(Senior) Quality Manager(m/w/x)

Description

As a (Senior) Quality Manager, you will lead quality initiatives across Europe, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards. This role involves driving continuous improvement, managing quality complaints, and empowering teams to deliver safe and consistent products.

Requirements

• •Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Science, or Food Technology
• •Minimum 8 years in a leadership role
• •Experience in QA/QC, manufacturing, engineering, CI, Quality Analytics, or Supplier Management
• •Strong knowledge of GMPs, auditing, sanitation, food regulations, pest control, product safety
• •Skilled in data-driven decision making and advanced statistical techniques
• •Proven META5 leadership abilities
• •Strong communication and cross-cultural collaboration skills
• •Proficiency in IPS, ISO 9001/17025, HACCP, GFSI schemes, Halal, Kosher, Organic, Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing
• •Fluency in English and German (written and spoken)
• •Decisive leadership
• •Comfortable managing complexity
• •Collaborative across cultures, functions, and external partners
• •Data-driven with strong problem-solving focus
• •Quality advocate ensuring compliance
• •Growth-minded driving best practices
• •Resilient and adaptable in leading through change

Tasks

• •Track and monitor Europe T&HS quality performance
• •Identify and resolve non-conformances in a timely manner
• •Prevent the release of non-conforming products
• •Report potential major quality or food safety failures
• •Manage deviations and product dispositions
• •Collaborate with supplier quality via TraceGains
• •Lead the team to reduce customer quality complaints
• •Improve root cause resolution and address systemic issues
• •Enhance response times for quality complaints
• •Guide and sustain Ingredion Performance System (IPS) pillars
• •Ensure compliance with safety and quality requirements
• •Oversee training compliance for regulatory and customer standards
• •Align with regional IPS strategy
• •Ensure all plant activities meet quality standards
• •Focus on food safety and doing things right the first time
• •Embed META5 competencies in team routines
• •Lead QA/QC across plants and third parties
• •Standardize and execute quality methods in laboratory teams
• •Ensure compliance with FSSC22000 certification requirements

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