Société : Mars Lieu : Olen Flanders Site source : Talent BE
The position is collaborating closely with Quality, Procurement & Product Development and Supply.
The SupplierQualityAssurance will have support from the wider Commercial team as well as several functions in R&D.
You will work closely with peers from the Q&FS and Supply.
You will be involved in short term assessing, approving, verifying & developing supplier’s capability to meet specification of incoming materials.Being an active part of an highly engaged, highly transparent & highly enthusiastic local and European teamOpportunity to work with team of professionals.Opportunity to learn new functionality and business processes.Flexible schedule.Work remotely across multiple countries What will be your key responsibilities?Lead the global SQA community & build the strategy for Global SQA CategoryLead the Global SQA Category community.Build a strategy driving improvement globally for the CategoryAssess Standard compliance & be involve in the corporate standard revamp.Assess confidence in suppliers capability to meet specification and quality requirementsTo lead supplier audits, representing Mars in a professional way, motivating suppliers and building technical partnerships to deliver against the SQA quality performance measures.Verifying the quality and effectiveness of the controls by auditing the suppliers’ production facilities and implement & follow up corrective actions where needed.Strategic Supplier Performance ManagementManage the Supplier relationship with the Key Supplier of the particular CategoryDefine ambitious quality targets for the suppliers, and deliver year on year reduction in supplier non-conformance to support factory efficiency.
Ensure regular reviews of supplierquality performance with suppliers.Create a strategy supporting the Category performance in the regionLead the strategic projects of the category in the regionContinuous ImprovementManage ad-hoc qualitysupplier related issuesInitiate, drive and follow up on corrective actions related to materials &suppliers and inform internal stakeholdersContribute Q&FS insights and Material quality management standards to the supply strategy.Non Conformances ManagementSupport critical non-conformance investigation of the CategoryInitiate, drive and follow-up on corrective actions related to materials & suppliers and inform internal stakeholders.Quality & food safety risk assessment of Low, medium Risk suppliers or high risk commodities suppliersAssessing the risks of existing and new materials and ensuring these risks are transferred into specifications (microbiological, chemical and physical).Understanding the controls that suppliers have in place for controlling these risksPartner with buyer to ensure material risk assessment & specifications are reviewed, understood and agreed by the supplier What are we looking for?Higher Education (Science / Food Science Technology or related area).Minimum of 3 years practical working experience in Quality & Food Safety / Technical function or close related technical area.Good understanding of Quality & Food Safety and Material Quality management standards & legislation.Cover multiple food industry technologies.Understanding of HACCP / Quality Management Systems and preferable certified Lead auditor FSC 22000 (LRQA lead auditor course is a pre).Proactive, problem solving & cooperative attitude.Stakeholder management.Excellent verbal and written communication skills in EnglishPrepared to travel (25% of time) to suppliers mainly across EuropeFluent in written & spoken EnglishWhat can you expect from Mars?Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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