Product Quality Manager - Medical Devices

Quality at Danone: Product Quality Manager - Medical Devices

Product Quality Manager - Medical Devices (Zoetermeer – Fulltime /Hybrid)

Nutricia Medical Devices is part legal manufacturer and part distributor. The Product Quality Manager ensures the quality and patient safety requirements for products sourced from NMD suppliers are sustainably met by quality in design, product verification, supplier management, and quality in logistics.

Your main responsibilities are:

• Ensure the products delivered by NMD suppliers consistently meet the agreed specifications;
• Verify and monitor purchased products and/or components;
• Ensure quality requirements are met in logistics and distribution;
• Work closely with 3PL, CBU, planning and deployment teams to address quality issues in logistics and distribution;
• Provide Quality input into innovation, maintenance, and booster pipeline, validating project phase transitions (risk assessments, specifications, processing and design requirements);
• Ensure quality requirements are integrated into product design;
• Support monitoring and improvement of supplier quality performance, alongside supplier quality team. E.g. KPI reporting, supplier qualification, quality review, CAPA and SCAR, line validation;
• Support to conduct supplier audits and follow up, alongside supplier quality team;
• Manage supplier quality documentation and records, alongside supplier quality team;
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Quality, RA, C&P, R&I, Operation, and Marketing, to address quality issues and safeguard product quality;
• Harmonize the ways of working between medical device and food Coman quality management;
• Perform Internal audits as applicable.

About you

As Product Quality Manager, you interact on a daily base with distributors. Your way of working is structured and accurate.

Furthermore you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Quality Management or a similar field;
• Extensive years of experience with Medical Devices in Quality Management;
• Strong knowledge of ISO 13485 and MDR;
• In-depth understanding of medical device products;
• Proven experience in supplier audits and assessments;
• Demonstrated expertise in logistics/distribution quality management;
• Proven experience in design product quality or design transfer

Next to this you:

• Can-do attitude with resilient, flexible, and proactive mindset;
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills;
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities;
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively;
• Fluent in English
• Ability to travel to Europe or Intercontinental (20%)

About Danone

Working here you’ll need to enjoy a fast-pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, such as Alpro, Evian, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself. Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One Planet One Health BY YOU.

Did you know that as a B-Corp certified company, Danone Benelux meets the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability?

We Offer

At Danone, we offer a complete package of benefits, with a competitive primary salary and yearly bonus, but also benefits like a premium free pension, 30 days annual leave and several discounts on a collective health insurance and even on some of our products.

Need more information? Please contact me: Sigrid van der Poel-Kreike, Talent Acquisition Manager on sigrid.kreike@danone.com or the Hiring Manager Danlin Wang on danlin.wang@danone.com