Quality Team Manager

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Purpose
Reporting to our Head of Operations, you will lead the local quality function (control and systems) to ensure product quality and drive quality improvement, mindset and customer satisfaction at the site level.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead a local quality teams and manages talents.
• As QC/QM Team Manager, manage and improve shop floor quality and technology driven by regional global policy and implement local Vendor and Customer Quality programs aligned with global regional policy
• Identify and drive opportunities for local QC/QM improvement
• Oversee local / regional projects and enable knowledge/best practices sharing.
• Manage change processes relevant to job function driven by global policy.

Academic Background

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering or related

OR

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science or related, with post-graduate studies in Food related disciplines.

Professional Experience

• Function related experience of minimum 5 years of which at least 2 years in equivalent position.

Technical Skills

• Good project management skills and utilization of the project management techniques.
• Solid understanding of relevant on site QIC, FC&A and Ops processes (such as Ingredient life cycle Mgmt, Vendor Quality, Customer Quality requirements, Specification and Formula management,
• Continuous improvement, Complaint, Issue and Crisis Mgmt, Industrialization, Audit and Change
• Management, relevant to assigned area(s) of activity.
• Broad knowledge on Givaudan's order fulfilment, brief management, Regulatory and innovation processes (IDDC), relevant to assigned area(s) of activity.
• Good understanding of Givaudan's manufacturing technologies and product characteristics (such as liquids, spray drying, powder blending, process Flavours, JBC, Emulsions, separations, extractions), relevant to function (see Job description), relevant to assigned area(s) of activity.
• Solid knowledge of Givaudan's main IT systems (such as Atlas, Athena, FPR, SAP, Compliance engine, PII, GSD, RMQ, QDMS, AVAP, ILM), relevant to assigned area(s) of activity.
• Good understanding of Food Safety and Quality Systems (such as FSSC, AIB, ISO, GMP, GHP, HACCP) that are relevant to assigned area(s) of activity.
• Responsible for limited range of processes impacting QIC and few stakeholders, relevant to assigned area(s) of activity.

Benefits

• Medical and Dental plan for you and your dependents;
• Private Pension Plan;
• Life Insurance;
• On-site restaurant;
• Free Parking or Charter or Transportation Voucher;
• GymPass;
• Daycare Assistance (for women with children up to 5 years and 11 months);
• Pharmacy Assistance (medicine paid through payroll);
• Employee Assistance Program - specialized assistance and guidance in legal, psychological, financial, and social matters - 100% Confidential.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.