Quality & Food Safety Supplier Associate Manager

We are the second largest producers of sweets and chewing gum in the world and leaders in the Italian market. Our brands such as Vigorsol, Daygum Vivident, Big Babol, Brooklyn, Golia, Chupa Chups, Fruittella, Mentos, Goleador are in the hearts, homes and pockets of millions of consumers of every generation. We at Perfetti Van Melle put a lot of passion, competence and spirit of innovation into making them increasingly current, attractive and responsive to the needs of our consumers.

Our purpose "Innovative Treats. Better Future" puts innovation at the center of our strategy in everything we do, with a great sense of responsibility to guarantee a better future for our people, our consumers and our planet.

Our team is expanding and we are looking for a new
Quality and Food Safety Supplier Associate Manager

Main Purpose of the Role

The Global Quality and Food Safety Supplier Manager is responsible for ensuring the highest standards of quality and food safety across our global supply chain. This role involves developing, implementing, and maintaining quality assurance and food safety programs for suppliers, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

For all relevant suppliers, this role must ensure compliance with PVM quality and food safety requirements, PVM policies / procedures and relevant regulations.

This role reports to Quality & Food Safety Director.

What you will do

• Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance and food safety programs across the global supply chain;
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality and food safety across the global supply chain;
• Monitor and analyze supplier performance metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement;
• Conduct regular audits of suppliers to ensure compliance with quality and food safety standards including Group Policies;
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks related to supplier quality and food Safety; develop and implement risk management strategies;
• Provide training and support to suppliers and internal teams on quality and food safety standards and best practices;
• Maintain and further develop the Global Supplier Database;
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Procurement, Supply Chain, Regulatory and R&D, to ensure alignment on quality and food safety objectives;
• Ensure proper communication of Q&FS requirements to suppliers and internally;
• Manage complaint linked to suppliers;
• Manage requests raised by authorities linked to suppliers;
• Proactively identify and suggest improvements in established standards;
• Promote a Q&FS Culture towards suppliers.

Our Perfect Candidate

• Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or a related field;
• At least 5 years experience in quality and food safety, preferably in the food industry in a global supply chain context;
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance and food safety standards and regulations;
• Experience and strong knowledge in Supplier Quality (approval, performance evaluations, audits; agreements, Material specifications…);
• Certified auditor certificate is a plus;
• Strong leadership skills to drive quality and food safety initiatives across the organization;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills to successfully negotiate, communicate and drive the business;
• A true relationship builder with suppliers, customers, colleagues and strategic partners as well as with internal teams;
• Speak and write English fluently;
• High degree of self-organization and detail-orientation;
• Project Management skills;
• Deal well with high complexity and change;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

What we offer:

• An empowering, stimulating work environment with training and development opportunities at national and international level;
• Human resources management systems certified by Top Employer;
• A complete wellbeing and welfare system that includes smart working, health and life insurance, parenting benefits, health promotion and much more;
• An inclusive work environment that values diversity;
• Possibility to join initiatives and projects of value for the environment and society.

Here in Perfetti Van Melle there is a culture of respect and valorization of diversity.

Therefore, applications, recruiting processes and development paths in the company are opportunities open to all people without any type of discrimination.