Quality Manager

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Please note that this is a 9 month fixed term contract and is based in Granada

• Ensures the Company’s Quality, HACCP, Health, Safety and Environmental preventative programme.
• Drive the Kerry-path for the site strategy in Quality, Health, Safety & Environment and, as part of your job, be seen to be the subject specialist as mentor for management team.
• Responsible for dealing with customers, operators and suppliers on issues relevant to the assigned area.
• Manages procedures, statistical techniques; design or specifies inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; analyzes production and service limitations and standards; recommends revision procedures; conduct training on relevant concepts and tools; interfaces with all other functional units within the company and with customers on issues relevant to the assigned area.

Key responsibilities

• HSE improvements and regulatory compliance
• Attend assurance companies and its audits and requierements.
• Promote risk assesment and follow up of the consequent action plan.
• Drive the design and application of performance monitoring systems in the Company to improve performance visibility and accuracy, with special attention to Manufacturing metrics (Key Performance Indicator) and QHSE metrics in particular; constantly assist the other functions in managing their metrics.
• Drives and manages the preventive and corrective actions systems to improve the performance of the Company internal processes (including accidents and non-conformity management)
• Support current products productions driving issues solving and continuous improvements.
• Assess risk status of raw materials and establish testing/release criteria.
• QHSE System Management
• Drive the application of the Company QHSE Policies in the local Sites.
• Coordinates the execution of Quality programs and certification.
• Manages the QHSE system processes, including QHSE assessment and audits, documentation control, corrective and preventive actions management.
• Manages the Company compliance to the HACCP System and Laws
• Conducts periodic Audits in order to verify Departments complaints to QHSE.

Qualifications and skills

• University Degree within a scientific field
• Microbiology experience
• Health and safety complementary studies are a must.
• Environmental experience is needed.
• Experience in multinational company, with specific group standards.
• Knowledge of Quality and Hygiene Standards, documentation management, change management processes and Systems management (ISO / FSSC / BRC / IFS or other type of certifications).
• Knowledge of HACCP system and principles
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and SAP Applications.
• Demonstrated project management skills for the development and implementation of process improvements.
• Good English Language, both oral and written
• People Management
• Self-motivated with organised approach to own work