Manage product specifications, ensure labelling compliance and coordinate quality checks in a food production setting. The role is based in Broek op Langedijk and offers 36–40 hours per week.
The role
As a QA officer in a central quality department, you provide customers with accurate product information, including through customer portals. You manage specifications for raw materials, packaging materials, finished products and purchased products, and contribute to the development of new packaging. You ensure that customer requirements and legal requirements are met.
You work with production, sales, research and development, suppliers, customers and colleagues in quality.
- Assess and approve new raw materials and suppliers.
- Ensure labelling complies with EU legislation and customer-specific requirements.
- Keep up to date with changes in food safety legislation and standards.
- Arrange quality checks and analyses, report results and provide feedback.
- Assess the impact of recipe changes on finished-product specifications.
- Prepare, manage and update specifications, and develop relevant quality systems.
- Respond promptly to internal and external quality-related questions.
Hours and location
The position is based in Broek op Langedijk, North Holland, and is for 36–40 hours per week. Availability for 36 hours per week is required; an early start is preferred.
What you bring
- A professional working and thinking level comparable to Dutch higher professional education (HBO).
- Education in food technology or a comparable field.
- Preferably 2–5 years of relevant experience.
- A good command of Dutch, both spoken and written. English is required; German and/or French are an advantage.
- Knowledge of legislation and regulations concerning labelling.
- An enthusiastic, sociable and results-oriented approach, and the ability to work well in a hands-on environment.
What is offered
- A challenging role in a pleasant, down-to-earth and informal working environment.
- Market-aligned pay and employment conditions under the applicable collective agreement for the confectionery sector.
- The possibility of a permanent position.
- A dynamic, growing production environment where initiative is valued, with an independent role and room for personal input and development.