Food Safety Expert

There is an exciting opportunity to join the site R&D team in Veghel within the Quality & Food Safety function as the Q&FS Expert. The purpose of this role is to maintain, design and improve the site Quality Management System to comply with the Mars Global Quality Standards.

What are we looking for?

• Food Science, Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent BSc/MSc degree is preferred
• Experience in a Food Manufacturing environment working in Quality, Food Safety, Engineering or Product/Process development; knowledge of Quality Assurance & Hygiene programs such as HACCP/ISO 22000
• Experience with incident management and standards implementation and completing internal and external audits
• Fluency in English – both spoken and written

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Assisting to develop and implement technical and procedural control measures in relation to the Mars Global Quality Standards.
• Be the onsite support for any product related incidents.
• Developing and updating all paperwork/systems to be complaint to global standards.
• Support Operations with incident management.
• Troubleshooting and conduct Food Safety risk assessments as part of Hold and Release.
• Assisting the Q&FS team during new product launches and significant process and recipe changes whilst performing conformance checks.
• Drive continuous improvement and execute quality projects in close collaboration with other teams.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.