Quality & Food Safety Manager H​/F​/X

Site Q&FS Manager

Location:

Cambrai, proche de Lille

Segment:
Royal Canin

Type of contract:
Permanent

As a member of the site management committee and the regional team Q&FS Europe, the Site Q&FS Manager represents the voice of the site to the regional organization, while embodying the group's standards locally on the site.

Beyond the technical dimension, the position has a strong managerial and collaborative challenge, with direct responsibility for a team of experienced staff with recognized expertise, which will need to be rallied, supported, and developed. You actively contribute to an effective collective operation with the other key functions of the factory, in an environment where quality can only be managed through strong transversality with operations, maintenance, engineering, and all other stakeholders.

• Higher education degree (Bac+5 / Master or Engineer) in food quality, life sciences, engineering, or equivalent
• 10 years or more of experience, including a minimum of 5 years in Quality and Food Safety (Q&FS) within the consumer goods industry.
• Proven experience in team management (line management).
• Sharp functional expertise in QFS, including direct experience in deploying quality management systems in an industrial environment (HACCP, FSSC, ISO, etc.).
• Fluent English is indispensable

1. Quality Management and Compliance with Standards:

• Define, lead, and deploy the site's QFS strategy, in line with the factory's management and the regional QFS team, while ensuring compliance with the group's standards and external certifications.
• Monitor the site's QFS performance through dedicated indicators (KPIs), identify deviations, implement corrective/preventive action plans, and escalate necessary alerts to regional or global bodies.

2. Direct and Cross-functional Team Management

• Develop and manage the local QFS team by fostering close cross-functional collaboration with all factory departments.
• Be the spokesperson for Quality and Food Safety on the site, instilling a true "Quality Culture" among the management team.

3. Regulatory Compliance and Export:

• Ensure the site's compliance and ability to meet internal, external, and regulatory audits, in an environment where quality and food safety standards are particularly high.

4. Continuous Improvement and Site Transformation:

• Drive the site's Q&FS operations towards a more proactive, structured, and continuous improvement approach, to strengthen anticipation, risk management, and the robustness of practices.

• You will work in a Royal Canin factory, in unique and ideal working conditions to become the leader in animal health through nutrition!
• You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production factory that will challenge you every day.

The CSR commitments of Royal Canin, to build a better world for tomorrow:

• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are certified ISO 14001 from design to the entry of the factories.
• Since 2017, Royal Canin has supported the K-DOG program of the Curie Institute, which trains dogs to detect breast cancer through scent.