Do you want to use your technical expertise to take our Supplier Assurance capabilities to the next level? Do you have what it takes to align and communicate Arla Foods’ quality, food safety and ingredients demands towards our Suppliers, working closely with Procurement, New Product Development and Production departments? As our new Senior Quality Specialist you will work with a broad range of stakeholders to drive strategic development of our suppliers in accordance with our business plan, and hold a key specialist role in relation to optimization of IT solutions supporting Supplier Assurance processes.
Arla’s Supplier Assurance team is establishing a function in Gdansk with reporting line to our HQ in Aarhus. The Supplier Assurance team provides specialist support and advice to all our business units and product categories. As part of a team of 15, you will drive the ingredient and supplier compliance agenda in close collaboration with Procurement, New Product Development and our dairies. We are a function in a strong development process in relation to ingredient management, as we transform towards strategically driving key ingredient categories in close collaboration with Procurement and NPD.
Business support and data management
As Senior Quality Specialist within Supplier Assurance you will support the business by ensuring com-pliant ingredient specification and suppliers within your range of ingredient categories. You will build up ingredient category insights, which you will actively use in the strategic development of key sup-pliers in relation to quality and food safety aspects.
A key part of the job is the approval of ingredient suppliers and their ingredient specifications, setting standards in a dynamic and ambitious cross functional environment. It is important to support our sites/dairies by having structured and high data quality in the documentation you review and approve. And to have a strong collaboration with key stakeholders, to continuously drive IT optimizations and to support the business in easy access to supplier assurance data.
More specifically, it will be your task to:
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Perform approval and review of suppliers of ingredient, packaging and selected service categories from a food safety perspective
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Perform review of ingredient specifications and support for approval of new ingredients
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Be the Ingredient category specialist, providing insight of the ingredient categories to support Arla sites, Procurement and Product Development functions. This includes knowing key risks and impacts of the ingredients, also in relation to use in applications.
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Support Procurement tenders in relation to mapping relevant risks and demands, as well as ensuring updated ingredient specifications and approved suppliers
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Support and execute supplier audits and supplier visits, as relevant and based upon risk
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Provide ad hoc support to our dairies e.g. in audit situations
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Supplier Assurance master data coordination and IT system & process support and alignment
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Support our setups and projects within specialist areas related food safety
Do you want to use your technical expertise to take our Supplier Assurance capabilities to the next level? Do you have what it takes to align and communicate Arla Foods’ quality, food safety and ingredients demands towards our Suppliers, working closely with Procurement, New Product Development and Production departments? As our new Senior Quality Specialist you will work with a broad range of stakeholders to drive strategic development of our suppliers in accordance with our business plan, and hold a key specialist role in relation to optimization of IT solutions supporting Supplier Assurance processes.
Arla’s Supplier Assurance team is establishing a function in Gdansk with reporting line to our HQ in Aarhus. The Supplier Assurance team provides specialist support and advice to all our business units and product categories. As part of a team of 15, you will drive the ingredient and supplier compliance agenda in close collaboration with Procurement, New Product Development and our dairies. We are a function in a strong development process in relation to ingredient management, as we transform towards strategically driving key ingredient categories in close collaboration with Procurement and NPD.
Business support and data management
As Senior Quality Specialist within Supplier Assurance you will support the business by ensuring com-pliant ingredient specification and suppliers within your range of ingredient categories. You will build up ingredient category insights, which you will actively use in the strategic development of key sup-pliers in relation to quality and food safety aspects.
A key part of the job is the approval of ingredient suppliers and their ingredient specifications, setting standards in a dynamic and ambitious cross functional environment. It is important to support our sites/dairies by having structured and high data quality in the documentation you review and approve. And to have a strong collaboration with key stakeholders, to continuously drive IT optimizations and to support the business in easy access to supplier assurance data.
More specifically, it will be your task to:
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Perform approval and review of suppliers of ingredient, packaging and selected service categories from a food safety perspective
-
Perform review of ingredient specifications and support for approval of new ingredients
-
Be the Ingredient category specialist, providing insight of the ingredient categories to support Arla sites, Procurement and Product Development functions. This includes knowing key risks and impacts of the ingredients, also in relation to use in applications.
-
Support Procurement tenders in relation to mapping relevant risks and demands, as well as ensuring updated ingredient specifications and approved suppliers
-
Support and execute supplier audits and supplier visits, as relevant and based upon risk
-
Provide ad hoc support to our dairies e.g. in audit situations
-
Supplier Assurance master data coordination and IT system & process support and alignment
-
Support our setups and projects within specialist areas related food safety
Who are you?
We are looking for a candidate with a deep product insight from the dairy or food ingredient industry. You have a global mindset and the capabilities to drive ingredient category management, as well as a keen interest of master data from a QEHS perspective and take it to the next level, delivering clear, impactful messages to all levels in the organization.
From relevant candidates we would expect:
- Degree in food science, chemistry, quality management or quality control (laboratory) man-agement (or similar field within food safety and technology)
- 5 - 10 years of experience from a large food or dairy company – if you have much more expe-rience this is also relevant and interesting
- Experience with approval of food products or raw materials in relation to food quality and safe-ty would be and asset.
- Collaboration with product development, production or procurement.
- Proficiency in relevant food legislations and food safety standards and motivation to get deeper into these topics
- Natural interest within IT solutions and systems supporting Master data management related to raw material specifications and supplier assurance management
- SAP or other similar systems knowledge would be an asset
As we work in an internal environment with colleagues all around the world, it is essential to be fluent in spoken and written English
You must be motivated for and skilled in delivering technical admin support to the business, as well as being a technical lead in our strategic development objectives, and you have a track record in deliver-ing according to time plan in a structured, well documented and clear communicated way. You can say ‘No’ when required, but are driven by finding great solutions in a cross functional, international en-vironment, motivated by change and to contribute to the further development of the Supplier Assur-ance areas in close collaboration with your colleagues.