Quality Assurance Specialist

The Company: An established organization within the food manufacturing industry with a strong focus on food safety, product quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. The working environment combines production operations with structured quality management and certification requirements.

About the Role: This Quality Assurance Specialist role focuses on maintaining and continuously improving quality, food safety, and process control within a production environment. You will oversee quality systems, support internal and external audits, investigate deviations, and drive corrective and preventive improvements. You will work closely with the QE Manager, production teams, laboratories, suppliers, certification bodies, and other external partners.

Responsibilities: Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, internal procedures, food safety requirements, quality standards, and environmental requirements; Monitor and continuously improve the Quality Management System and process controls; Lead and participate in internal and external audits; Coordinate audit preparation and follow up on identified improvement actions; Monitor certification requirements including IFS, HACCP, RSPO, and Beter Leven; Support the QE Manager and production management with quality and process related matters; Initiate and coordinate quality improvement and process optimization projects; Conduct root cause analysis for deviations, complaints, blocked products, and other quality issues; Develop and follow up structural corrective and preventive measures; Monitor quality issues within production with a focus on prevention and risk management; Participate in multidisciplinary improvement teams; Manage contacts with laboratories, pest control providers, certification bodies, and suppliers; Translate quality data and findings into practical recommendations for management and production teams; Prepare, interpret, and present KPIs, quality reports, and trend analyses; Coordinate internal training and toolbox meetings covering quality and food safety; Contribute to knowledge sharing within the QE team and maintain awareness of relevant legislation.

Requirements: Minimum HBO level qualification in Food Technology, Food and Quality Management, Food Science or a comparable discipline; Strong knowledge of food safety and quality management systems; In depth knowledge of IFS and HACCP; Knowledge of RSPO and Beter Leven certification requirements; Experience with audit planning and audit execution; Experience with process control systems and quality reporting; Experience conducting root cause analysis and implementing improvement measures; Comfortable working with ERP and QA software; Strong analytical and problem solving abilities; Good written and spoken Dutch and English.

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