Quality Transformation Manager

• You are responsible for leading the quality team at the relevant production sites and ensuring efficient collaboration and a clear division of roles.
• You will help set the direction and guide the transition of the organizational structure within the quality team, with the goal of implementing a sustainable and stable quality team structure for our client’s production activities.
• You will contribute to the professional and substantive development of your team members by mentoring and coaching them, with a focus on their growth and performance.
• You actively work to build a strong and cohesive team focused on achieving the set quality goals.
• You develop and implement quality frameworks, agreements, and plans for specific production sites. 
• You ensure optimal governance of quality processes and monitor compliance with legislation and internal guidelines.
• You represent quality within the plant’s management team and, as a result, work closely with production managers, suppliers, product development, and audit services to ensure continuous improvement..
• You will oversee external audits and inspections and serve as the point of contact for regulatory agencies.
• You will initiate innovation and optimization processes to continuously improve our product and process quality.
   

• Preferably a Master degree Bio-Engineering or equal by experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading a Quality department in an industrial environment
• Experience in working with food products with short shelflife is preferred
• Strong knowledge of food safety (HACCP) guidelines
• Experience developing and implementing quality policies within a production environment
• Excellent people management skills to motivate, coach, support the team
• Proactive, results-oriented work ethic and maintaining a clear overview, even when faced with conflicting priorities or under pressure.
• Excellent planning, organization, and problem-solving skills 
• Focused on collaboration and actively building positive, professional team dynamics, so that both processes and employee behavior can be successfully changed and widely supported within the organization.
• Strong communicator
• Customer-oriented and driven
• Excellent knowledge of Dutch (oral & written). Knowledge of French is considered a plus.
   

*This function is open to everyone. Regardless of gender, sexual orientation, origin, philosophical or religious beliefs, age, or disability.

*Deze functie staat open voor iedereen, ongeacht geslacht, seksuele geaardheid, afkomst, levensbeschouwelijke of religieuze overtuigingen, leeftijd of handicap.

Our client is active in the food sector.  For many years the company was family owned, but has been acquired by a large group a few years ago.  A process of further professionalization and transformation is currently under way. 

They are now looking for an Interim Quality Transformation Manager to replace the incumbent manager who recently left.  You will have a clear objective to analyse the current organization of the QA/QC department and where-ever needed adapt and improve on current processes, procedures and structures.  Strong day-to-day operational expertise is required, as well as a sound experience in transformation/change management. 

In this role you will report to the Divison Manager and the Group's Quality Management team. .

A 12 month Interim Management fulltime assignment for an experienced QA/QC manager with a strong background in change/transformation management.  No hybrid working is foreseen, although it can occasionally be accepted, in view of the Group's policy on hybrid working.   .