R&D Quality Category Lead
Job Description
To start with, the position of R&D Quality Category Lead sits comfortably in the EU Regional Quality Team. An incredibly diverse team that helps each other learn, grow and develop. Just how we like it! As a R&D Quality Category Lead you will be asked to be the quality representative for a specific category and carry end-to-end accountability. For this, we don’t just need you to be a knowledgeable professional but also strongly rely on your interpersonal skills as well as your drive for success. Know that you’ll have a crucial role in creating and protecting the impact we look for in our value chain. With this said, we like you to take responsibility over the following tasks:
- Participate in key NPD projects for their product category and agree quality success criteria linked to food safety, compliance, consumer drivers of liking defined in specifications
- Assure category food safety quality deliverables are met for all the projects
- Manage category vendors in Safefood
- Assess 3rd party manufacturers, key vendors, LSPs and set regular review with external parties in order to optimize the collaboration and quality performance
- Identify areas for improvement and agree action plans with manufacturing plants to drive improvement for quality deliverables (product or process)
- Coaches and supports Manufacturing and vendor quality teams
- Conduct external and internal audits and technical visits
Qualifications
We are looking for a Food safety professional with at least 8 years experience in a FMCG, Food & Process industry with a drive for excellence. Someone that holds themselves accountable and doesn’t shy away from responsibility. Given the nature of the role we feel it's important for you to have a certain level of seniority as well as a solid understanding of your own added value. We thrive in diverse teams and look for people that appreciate that as much as we do. We can give you a list of “must haves,” however that’s not how we view your candidacy. We do, of course, take into consideration how much experience you have within a food manufacturing environment and the quality challenges that come with it, but ultimately, we look at the bigger picture. But to give you a bit of guidance as to what we feel is needed in this role, we’ll share our “nice to have” list with you:
- Master degree or equivalent in Food Chemistry, Food Technology, Engineering, Food Science or Nutrition or relevant vocational experience
- Knowledge of quality and food safety standards and practices (ISO/ FSSC 22000, IFS, HACCP)
- Knowledge of SAP, manufacturing systems and digital knowledge management systems
- Ability to perform effective risk assessment and evaluate impact to business
Additional Information
Your application at JDE Peet's
If you are interested in this career opportunity at JDE Peet's, apply and join us. After receiving your application we will do our utmost to give you quick feedback. Part of the recruitment procedure at JDE Peet's would be an online assessment, followed by interviews. A pre-employment check can be part of the recruitment process.
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The future of work is hybrid, with both office and home playing an important role. At JDE Peet's, we value meeting colleagues in the office to unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea together and we enjoy our focus time when working from home. Join us and you will experience both. Because it’s amazing what happens over a cup of coffee.
Whether or not you are with us, two, four or thirty years, it doesn’t matter. Together we are building on your skillsets and future career aspirations. We offer a solid and competitive base salary and additional benefits to the mix. To name a few: Learning and development budget, career development, Insurances, pension plans and a minimum of 25 + 12 ADV days of paid holidays (because we care and want to offer you a healthy work – life balance). Required travel time at least 20%
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Who we are?
JDE Peet’s is the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company, with local roots dating back to 1753, and is headquartered in the Netherlands. We unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea in more than 100 countries with a portfolio of over 50 brands, including L’OR, Peet’s, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, OldTown, Super, Pickwick and Moccona.
What’s it like to work at JDE Peet’s?
We are people united by the power and possibility of tea and coffee. At JDE Peet’s, we thrive on the freedom to pursue opportunities, provoking new ideas to make an impact at scale. Our ambition is simple – JDE Peet's: unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea.
We bring action to our intentions, following through on what was agreed, always pushing things forward. We offer our people a range of learning and development programmes to support their personal growth. We’ve worked hard to build an open, collaborative environment where you can approach anyone and be heard.
At JDE Peet's, we believe it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We also believe that a diverse and inclusive culture enables us to serve every coffee and tea lover in the best possible way. No matter who you are, where you come from, how you live your life, or how you enjoy your coffee or tea, you can fulfil your ambitions and contribute to our success.
When you grow, we grow, and coffee & tea grows.
UNLEASH YOUR POSSIBILITY!
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