Food Safety Expert

Job Description

As Food Safety Expert for Mars, you are responsible for ensuring food safety at the four European Mars sites of the Food business and within the Food R&D departments, location Oud-Beijerland (The Netherlands).

 

Company

Mars (www.mars.com) is one of the world’s largest family owned companies with 40.000 associates. In the Netherlands they operate from two sites. From Veghel confectionery and pet food are sold throughout The Netherlands. Mars Incorporated’s largest chocolate factory is also located in Veghel. In Oud-Beijerland main meal products such as Oriental and Mediterranean sauces and soups are produced. Both sites play an important part in Mars Europe. Not only as a manufacturing site, but also as innovation centre of new products, marketing strategies and techniques. In The Netherlands about 1450 passionate people daily contribute to the success of this world renowned company.

 

Position

·         Responsible for ensuring food safety at the four European Mars sites of the Food business and within the Food R&D departments

·         Contributing to the implementation of innovation projects, as representative of the Quality & Food Safety team

·         Delivering food safety expertise during incident/crisis management, to support HACCP implementation and for continuous improvements

·         Delivering basic level food safety competency to the European Food sites

·         Participating in and leading various internal and external quality projects, in order to improve the overall quality

·         Building and maintaining a range of internal and external networks and recognition to ensure up-to-date understanding of expertise

·         Member of the QA team and reporting to the Quality and Food Safety Manager Food Group

 

Profile

·         Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science or Technology, with specialisation in Food Safety

·         Relevant work experience, preferably within a QA or R&D environment

·         Strong quality mindset and good knowledge about HACCP and microbiological risk assessment

·         Challenged by working in a professional, dynamic and international organisation 

·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

·         Fit with Mars culture and the specific job competences: pro-active, problem solving, decision quality, standing alone, priority setting, learning agility and perseverance

 

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