Teamlead Quality Management Systems

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

We are currently looking for a Product Manager for our Business Unit Natural Performance Ingredients and Ingredient Systems. The ideal candidate is an analytical team player who will be responsible for leading a team of high performing individuals who own the entire product lifecycle from strategy to evaluation. You will also work cross-functionally to complete product roadmaps and discover new opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the plant quality team in developing and upholding robust quality and food safety management systems specific to the plant's operations.
• Collaborate with production and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of quality management principles.
• Monitor and analyze plant-specific quality metrics, driving continuous improvement and addressing deviations.
• Mentor, train, and support the plant quality team, fostering a culture of excellence and adherence to best practices.
• Coordinate quality audits, both internal and external, ensuring compliance and implementing corrective actions.
• Liaise with plant management and stakeholders to communicate quality performance and areas of concern.
• Stay updated on industry-specific quality and food safety management standards and best practices, ensuring plant alignment.
• Implement and maintain documentation processes for all quality management activities within the plant.
• Drive cross-functional quality initiatives, fostering collaboration and unified quality objectives across the plant.
• Champion the principles of quality excellence within the plant, driving a culture of continuous improvement and high standards.
• Guide the plant quality team in implementing and upholding quality excellence methodologies.
• Monitor and evaluate plant performance against quality excellence benchmarks, identifying areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate quality excellence strategies throughout production and operations.
• Lead training sessions and workshops on quality excellence methodologies and best practices for plant staff.
• Defining, implementing and ensuring in-house and statutory specifications and guidelines on hygiene, HACCP, food safety, occupational safety and environmental protection. Ensuring that these are implemented in subordinate organisational units.
• Ensuring and implementing preventative and responsive complaints and deviation management.
• Planning and supporting certification audits, documenting the results and tracking measures from audit reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree of Food Technology, Science or a relevant discipline.
• Not less than 5 years of Experience in Quality and Food safety role.
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing background is a must.
• Understanding of Lean six Sigma, HACCP Principles and Food safety knowledge.
• Excellent in English language.
• SAP knowledge is a plus.
• Strong Leadership skills.

If interested, Kindly send your updated resume to:

HR.Egypt@doehler.com

Specifying the job title in the subject line.