We have an excellent opportunity available for you to grow your career and make a difference at Nomad Foods! Joining us as the Head of Sourcing Unit – Quality, you’ll be responsible for a number of Clusters and ensure all Food Safety and Quality standards are up to scratch through strategic leadership.
Responsibilities
* Provides cluster and SU leadership, advice, and expertise across all elements of Food Safety and Quality.
* Ensures that Nomad Foods produces high quality, safe products with minimal environmental impact in a healthy, safe workplace.
* Supports delivery of the strategy, plans, standards, and systems across the Nomad Foods Group.
* Acts as a change agent, working collaboratively with key stakeholders and influencing others on organisational quality and food safety.
* Drives maturity & compliance across the entire business.
* Supports in developing and implementing the vision and strategy for Food Safety and Quality Culture at Nomad Foods.
* Implements Nomad Food’s Quality Management systems.
* Develops, updates, and maintains policies, standards, Safe Systems, Safe Assets, Safe Behaviours, and Safe Procedures.
* Works collaboratively with key stakeholders to build and implement executable plans, systems, and ways of working to ensure high standards of food safety and quality assurance.
* Coaches and develops both direct and indirect teams to ensure consistency across the group.
Qualifications
* Experienced food safety and Quality specialist who delivers results and changes behaviours by inspiring, influencing, and coaching others.
* Ability to manage ambiguity and build clarity around complex situations.
* Aligns others around the Nomad Foods purpose and values to build and embed our One Nomad culture.
* Passionate about food, people, our products, the environment, and safety.
* Proactively engages with external bodies at National & European level.
* Track record of driving Food Safety and Quality cultural maturity.
* Food manufacturing experience is ESSENTIAL.
* Comprehensive understanding and exposure to International Food Safety and Quality Legislation and standards.
* Experience of working collaboratively in a matrix organisation.
* Extensive crisis management and product recall experience gained within a multi-national food business.
* Education or working experience in Quality Assurance Management desired.
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