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Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility , we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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The Challenge

We are looking for a Quality Manager, with a big passion for Food Safety & Quality and chocolate. We offer you the opportunity to join our team and contribute to our mission to bring ‘Happiness with every bite’.

Details

Based in our Godiva offices in Brussels, this role reports into the WEEM Head of Quality and Food Safety, within the Supply Chain Function.

The role will require regular travel, to both suppliers / partners and our Regional Head Office in Zaandam, Netherlands.

The position entails

Supplier Validation Management

• Maintain the approved supplier list for Co-packers, Co-Manufacturers, External Warehousing, Packaging and Service suppliers.
• Define the supplier audit plan on a yearly basis and integrate new suppliers.
• Coordinate the supplier audit plan with the third party.
• Evaluate supplier performance for quality aspects and establish KPI for monitoring supplier performance with Procurement.
• Coordinate non-conformities to Co-manufacturers, Warehousing, Packaging and Service suppliers.
• Assist in the definition of co-made product quality standard (QA annex), support in creation of Visual Standards for Co-manufactured items as well as first production validation, if applicable.
• Define Co-made risk matrix an appropriate level of control, such as microbiological and AQL sampling plan to verify product quality, if applicable.

Material validation management

Complaints Investigation

Quality in Retail channel and Franchisees

Quality coordinator for the external co-packing

Other quality activities

Your main responsibilities

What do you bring?

What we offer

Working for pladis means challenging jobs, career opportunities and an inspiring environment that allow you to enhance your personal development. pladis recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.

A few of our benefits :

Who are we?

pladis  is one of the world's leading snacking companies. We are the proud steward of over years of family baking and confectionery experience. A worldwide community with colleagues around the world. Each of us bring our experience in happiness. Each of us is unique, but we find each other as a family of bakers and chocolatiers, hardworking, with pride and purpose. After all these years we believe that biscuits and chocolate bring people together. We are pladis. We bake Happiness. Happiness with every bite.

pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues. pladis colleagues care deeply about being the best. About winning, staying the course and never giving up. Whichever part of the world we’re in, whatever our role. Whether we’re baking, working in HR, finance, marketing or many other areas – we win as one pladis team.

And while we’re all unique, we share something in common. It’s the code by which we live and work. We call it our ‘Winning Traits & Behaviours’ :   Purpose Led ,  Agile, Collaborative, Positive  and  Resilient . Five aspects of pladis life that define who we are, how we interact and get things done.

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Interested?

To apply for this job, please send your letter of application and resume to pladis Global via our website.