External Manufacturing Quality Assurance

Job Description

Job Description:

Are you passionate about Quality as our first principle? Do you like to bring Innovation to life? Would you like to work in mutual relationships with our External Manufacturers? If so, come and join the Mars Wrigley External Manufacturing Quality Assurance team in an exciting role to translate and embed the Mars principles and requirements at our External Manufacturers.

BACKGROUND

To complement the External Manufacturing Quality AssuranceTeam, we are recruiting for this position. This role reports to the Sr. External Manufacturing Quality Manager Cindy Moons. This role sits within our Regional Mars Wrigley Quality & Food Safety and R&D team.

THE JOB

The purpose of the job is to work proactively with Mars Wrigley External Manufacturers (both Co-packers & Co-manufacturers) to ensure consistent delivery of Quality products and compliance to MARS’ Quality & Food Safety Standards. A Key aspect of this job is to ensure that the External Manufacturers in your portfolio are compliant to the MARS External Manufacturing Quality Management (EMQM) Standard for all services and products provided. This role plays an important role in activating new product & packaging initiatives at External Manufacturers and will support the business to deliver products which meet MARS Q&FS and legal requirements. To achieve this, you will work in close cooperation with internal stakeholders including Product Innovation, Packaging Development, SRA, Site & Regional Q&FS, Activity Management, Commercial and IE.

KEY OUTPUTS

In this role you will:

• Deliver MARS EMQM Standard compliance and drive other Mars Quality initiatives in the External Manufacturer network. This includes External Manufacturer approval, product risk assessment, product verification & audits.

• Lead performance management and Continuous Improvement initiatives with External Manufacturers.

• Support implementation of new products and packaging/ seasonal projects at External Manufacturers.

• Create technical documentation for our externally manufactured products and the communication and approval of this with MWC’s External Manufacturers.

• Managing any non-conformities at External Manufacturers and, where necessary, lead the PRIMP process.

QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

• Academic education in food science/ technology or related subject.

• Experience in working in a Quality or Food Safety role in food industry or related industries.

• Experience in auditing. Preferably Lead auditor qualified

• Strong communicator & relationship builder with good commercial awareness and supplier management skills
  Proven and effective project management & organising experience.

• Visible passion, leadership and behaviours in line with Mars’ first principle – Quality.

• Key Skills include:

  • HACCP, ISO, and quality & food safety management systems

  • PRIMP

  • Risk assessment & management

  • Basic Food microbiology, analytical chemistry and sensory methods

  • Knowledge on chocolate processes preferred

• Mars Leadership Capabilities: Standing alone, Peer relationships, Managing & Measuring work, Perspective, Dealing with Ambiguity.

• Can travel EU wide for team, supplier and internal meetings- est. 20% travel.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.