QA Officer role in Numansdorp, supporting and improving quality and food safety in food-supplement production. The work includes FSSC 22000, audits, supplier assessments and improvement projects. Full-time, 40 hours per week.
The role
At our client company in Numansdorp, you will help safeguard and continuously improve quality and food safety in the manufacture of food supplements. You will maintain and improve the FSSC 22000-certified quality and food safety management system, translating standard requirements into practical ways of working.
What you will do
- Maintain and update the quality manual.
- Conduct internal audits in line with the annual plan.
- Identify and follow up on improvement actions and opportunities.
- Prepare and coordinate the annual validation plan with Operations and QC colleagues.
- Monitor legislation and regulations and advise on quality requirements for raw materials, packaging materials and suppliers.
- Advise colleagues and answer questions about raw-material quality.
- Review supplier specifications and coordinate with product development and production.
- Manage specifications and raw-material documentation and implement them in the systems.
- Take part in raw-material risk reviews and advise on processing and stability.
- Conduct supplier assessments and audits.
- Contribute actively to FSSC team meetings and improvement projects.
What you bring
- A completed higher professional education qualification (Dutch HBO level), preferably in food technology, HLO chemistry or a similar field.
- Relevant experience in the food-supplement or pharmaceutical industry.
- Four to six years of experience with quality systems, such as ISO 9001, and quality standards such as FSSC 22000.
- Experience with methods such as LEAN and Six Sigma, as well as technical knowledge of production and business processes.
- Good spoken and written Dutch and English.
- An interest in food and health. You are structured, practical, proactive, analytical and solution-oriented, and can translate standard requirements into practical applications.
- Availability for a full-time role of 40 hours per week.
What is offered
You will take on a challenging role in a close-knit, driven organisation with short lines of communication and room to develop and progress. The working environment is inspiring, respectful and reliable.
- 30 days of annual leave, based on a 40-hour working week.
- A pension scheme, with the employer and employee each paying 50% of the contribution.
- A discount on food supplements.
- Company fitness and/or a company bicycle.
- The option to work partly from home, with an ergonomic home-working starter set and a work-from-home allowance.