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West FlandersHybridHours negotiable<3months
This role goes beyond quality alone. You will work across different business units on quality, food safety, safety, prevention, sustainability, and environment.
- You will work closely with the shop floor, with direct lines to the CEO, and with room for initiative and impact.
- The organization is a family business, an international partner for food professionals with approximately 350 employees and multiple locations.
What you will do.
- You will lead a dedicated QESH team of four employees, consisting of a QESH Officer (also prevention advisor and point of contact for sustainability and environment) and three Quality Officers (two for trading and wholesale activities, one for production).
- You will manage and optimize the quality management system and monitor various standards, including IFS, BRC, FCA, BIO, RSPO, ACS Groothandel, Choprabisco, Rainforest Alliance, and Fairtrade.
- You will coordinate audits and be the point of contact for certification bodies.
- You will work organization-wide with production, purchasing, logistics, and other departments on quality, food safety, safety, environment, and sustainability.
- You will analyze risks at suppliers, raw materials, and logistical processes to ensure quality and food safety throughout the chain.
- You will regularly conduct site visits, speak with employees and managers, provide training, and stay in touch with what is happening on the shop floor.
- You will monitor legislation, RASFF alerts, and certification requirements, translating changes into clear guidelines and actions.
- You will advise the management on important QESH issues and contribute your expertise to projects and optimizations.
What they ask
- Master's degree in a relevant field, such as Bio-engineer, Food Technology, Chemistry, or equivalent by experience.
- Relevant work experience in a quality management position within the food industry.
- Good knowledge of HACCP, BRC, IFS, and other relevant quality and food safety standards.
- Fluent in spoken and written Dutch, and good professional knowledge of English and French.
- Experience in managing and coaching a team.
- Proficient with digital tools and systems.
Profile
- Connecting: you know how to engage both management and employees on the shop floor in the QESH narrative.
- Improvement-oriented: you see challenges as opportunities to improve processes and results.
- Strong communicator: you easily switch between the shop floor, employees, and management.
- People manager: you bring out the best in your team and give employees space to develop further.
Practical
- An ambitious and growing group with a professional SME environment, short communication lines, and direct involvement of management.
- A broad and versatile role with variety and impact throughout the entire organization.
- A team to build with, where you help employees grow and achieve results together.
- An attractive salary package, supplemented with a company car, group insurance, hospitalization insurance, meal vouchers, mobile phone and subscription, and extra leave days.
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