Senior Quality Assurance Lead

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Lead to join our team, at our Taste & Nutrition Manufacturing facility, in Glamsbjerg. Reporting to the Quality Manager, you will have full responsibility for updated quality complaints, site audits, non-conformities, ensuring procedures, processes, work instructions are updated for our site to live up to Kerry standards, ISO 22000 and customer requirements.

This is an onsite, permanent and full-time position.

About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Working behind the scenes, every day we partner with customers to solve the world’s most complex food challenges with our range of differentiated ingredients, technologies, and people. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. We are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition and will reach over two billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.

Our Safety purpose: “we work together in a caring culture where everybody goes home safe every day”. We are committed to providing a safe working environment and ensuring that all safety protocols are strictly followed. Join us in creating a workplace where safety is everyone's responsibility.

Key responsibilities

1/ Quality

• Pass on implementation of procedures, new legalisation and customer requirements
• Safeguards compliance with procedures and requirements
• Oversee quality assurance across the manufacturing process

2/ Conformity with internal and external standards 

• Update documentation 

3/ Analysis & reporting

• Prepare key figures to stakeholders, monitor KPIs, analyse trends, and implement corrective actions
• Support continuous improvement initiatives

4/ Complaints 

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA), answer/investigation  
• Correctness of documentation to customers 

5/ Non-conformities   

• Assists with administration for Non-Conformance Report (NCR)
• Coordinate deviations and follow up with preventive measures  

6/ Internal audits   

• Participate and/or lead internal audits
• Follow up on internal audits
• Correctness and timeliness of audits

7/ Provide leadership and support to the 2 team members, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fostering continued professional development.

Qualifications and skills

• Minimum of 5 years in a Quality role, ideally in the food industry
• Good knowledge of standards and food safety/production
• Fluent in Danish and English
• Microsoft office program skill (SAP experience will be advantage)
• Capacity to take decisions
• Excellent interpersonal communication and relationship management.