Quality Systems Specialist

SIRE Life Sciences is looking for a Quality Systems Specialist to strengthen the Quality Assurance team during an important system transition. The Senior Quality Systems Specialist will work independently to optimise quality systems and ways of working, bring structure to document management, and help drive improvement projects across multiple departments in a fast-paced production environment. The client is a large, regulated production organisation with a strong focus on quality, continuous improvement, and collaboration across operations, technology, and R&D.

Responsibilities include identifying opportunities to improve QA processes, initiating and implementing process improvements, optimising quality systems and document management processes including the DMS, supporting the QA team during a major system transition, coordinating QA-related activities across departments, collaborating with Production, Technology, R&D, and supporting functions, advising stakeholders, and converting risks into concrete actions.

Requirements: completed HBO or WO education in a relevant field; strong, proven experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Systems within a regulated production environment (food industry experience is a strong advantage); experience with quality systems, document management, and process optimisation; comfortable working independently; strong communication skills; experience with SAP, SharePoint / Microsoft 365, and document management systems; fluent in Dutch (Frisian is a plus).

This is a temporary full-time contract of 7 months, based in Leeuwarden with the expectation to be on-site. Start date is 10 December 2026.