Italy Food Voluntary Certification Decision Maker

**Posting Date**:4 Aug 2025

**City**:Palermo

**Location**:Palermo, IT, 90139Genova, IT, 16128Rozzano, IT, 20089Vibo Valentia, IT, 89900

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Division**:Mediterranean & Africa Certification

**Level of experience**:Senior
- RINA is currently recruiting for a **Italy Food Voluntary Certification Decision Maker** to join its office in Palermo, Rozzano or Genoa (Italy) within the **Mediterranean & Africa Certification** Division.

**Mission**
- This role plays a crucial part in ensuring that Food voluntary Certification Standards are met through diligent decision-making processes. As the Final Reviewer, you will deliver client certificates promptly, ensuring alignment with RINA's robust policies and procedures, thereby contributing to the integrity of our certification system. #LI-MR1**Key Accountabilities**
- Audit Adequacy Assessment:
Establish whether the audit activity adequately covers all relevant RINA management system aspects and processes, including technical documentation reviews.
Team Competence Evaluation:
Ensure that the audit activity is conducted by a team with appropriate competence, and that the certification recommendation aligns with documented audit findings.
Technical Review Management:
Manage technical review activities, ensuring their satisfactory completion before making a final decision on certificate issuance.
Prompt Certificate Delivery:
Deliver client certificates promptly while maintaining the integrity of policies and procedures.
Final Reviewer Role:
Act as the final reviewer to ensure the business complies with processes for maintaining robust certification decisions in line with accreditation requirements.
Provide effective specialist advice in a timely manner.
Reporting and Interaction:
Provide accurate reporting and maintain a high profile for the unit through effective interaction with other parts of the business.
Continuous Knowledge Update:
Keep up-to-date on certifications, accreditation, and regulatory requirements.
Provide a rapid and responsive service to both internal and external clients, ensuring customer satisfaction is a top priority.**Education**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture/Agronomy/Food Technology**Qualifications**
- DM (Decision Maker) qualification for voluntary certification standards: IFS Food / BRCGS / Globalg.a.p.
- In-depth knowledge of RINA management systems, certification processes, and relevant industry standards.
- Expertise in evaluating audit adequacy and ensuring the competence of audit teams.
- Strong ability to manage technical review activities and make certification decisions based on thorough analysis of audit findings.
- Excellent understanding of accreditation requirements and the ability to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
- Skilled in delivering client certificates promptly, while maintaining a focus on accuracy and integrity.
- Strong communication skills for reporting, interacting with stakeholders, and providing specialist advice.
- Continuous learning mindset, staying updated on certifications, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Proven ability to provide rapid, responsive services to ensure customer satisfaction and support business objectives.

**Competencies**
- ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
- BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
- CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
- EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
- MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
- MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
- PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
- PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
- THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future
- RINA is a multinational company providing a wide range of services in the energy, marine, certification, infrastructure & mobility, industry, research & development sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion.
- At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99._