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DSM – Bright Science. Brighter Living.™

 

Royal DSM is a purpose-led global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative business solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. More information can be found at www.dsm.com.

 

The Challenge:

 

Global Quality Management is a cross functional activity with a high level of complexity. Our challenges include dynamic global quality market expectations, diverse and evolving global quality standards and managing the high level of interest in our activities from regulatory authorities and customers. Given DNP’s strong emphasis on Quality leadership in our markets we value our role in protecting and enhancing the DNP image and reputation.

 

The Food Safety Expert will support our manufacturing units in locations around the world. The role holder will be part of the Global Quality Management team and will also be at the center of these activities, interacting with multiple DNP entities (e.g. market segments) and global departments.

 

The core Global Quality Management team is located in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland.

 

The Position:

 

• Responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the Food Safety at DNP


• Be the global contact point for DNP for questions related to Food Safety


• Develop documentation such as SOP’s, as well as directives related to any food safety requirements


• Develop training modules and provide training to the DNP relevant stakeholders


• Give hands-on support and guidance to sites (Nutritional Ingredient for food and feed) wrt Food Safety, Food Fraud and Food Defense


• Conduct internal Global Food Safety audits


• Lead the DNP Food Safety subject matter expert Community


• Support for customer questions/audits/complaints or during investigation related to Food Safety issue or relevant topics


• Support the global team for supplier audits in case of specific requirements about Food Safety


• Oversee the DNP HACCP plans


• Support sites in case of questions about HACCP (methodology, assessment, …)


• Optimize performance and efficiency of our current HACCP approach


• Drive performance improvement through assessment of system data related to Food Safety, primarily from our TrackWise™ quality management software and in direct contact with the production sites


• Responsible for regulatory surveillance related to Food Safety and assess impacts for DNP and lead the implementation part if needed


• Monitor industries good practices, emerging food safety changes and trends through webinars, conferences, networking


• Become contact point for halal and kosher related questions and support sites in case of audits

 

The Ideal:

 

• MSc in Life Science / Food Science or related field


• Proven experience within Quality Management in Life Science industry > 8 years, with a minimum of 3 years of food safety experience


• Strong knowledge of Quality Management related to food/feed standards (FSSC 22000, FSMA, HACCP, FAMI QS, Halal, Kosher) and food/feed regulatory and compliance


• Ability to proactively identify challenges and develop solutions


• Good auditing capability in Food regulated environment


• Good communication, leadership and organizational skills and ability to work collaboratively with international diverse and cross-functional teams


• Fluency in English, other languages are assets


• Willingness to travel


• PCQI certification would be an asset

 

The Reward:

 

Working for DSM means the opportunity to really contribute to improve people’s lives and solving the challenges of today’s world. Challenging jobs, career opportunities and an inspiring environment allow you to enhance your personal development. DSM recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.

 

Procedure & Contact:

 

Interested in this position? Please apply online by sending us your cv & motivation letter, reference letters and diplomas in English via our career portal (www.dsm.com/careers). For additional questions, please contact Martyna Senczuk, Recruitment Business Partner (martyna.senczuk@dsm.com). Please note that we can’t to accept cv’s sent by e-mail.

Reference check procedures are part of the DSM Recruitment & Selection Process. You will be contacted when these references checks are required.

 

Royal DSM is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.