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Quality Manager Regional Tolling

Givaudan

Naarden
Full-time
5-10 years experience
On-site

Key Skills

Quality Management
Food Safety
Auditing
Supplier Management
Customer Complaint Resolution
Laboratory Oversight
Compliance
Stakeholder Management
Process Technology
Decision Making
Matrix Organization Management
English Proficiency
Dutch Proficiency
MS Office

Job Description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

Quality Manager Regional Tolling - Your future position?

As a Quality Manager Regional Tolling in our Naarden site (with weekly regional mobility to our partner warehouse in Lommel) you will ensure consistent product quality and compliance across toller operations through active engagement in daily processes and decision-making. You will provide hands-on oversight of laboratories, audits, and production activities to secure food safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. By driving swift and sound quality decisions, you will safeguards customer satisfaction and supply reliability. 

 

Main responsibilities

  • Make quality decisions in cases of nonconformity
  • Address and resolve customer complaints promptly to maintain satisfaction and business continuity from a quality perspective
  • Manage and resolve supplier issues and complaints to ensure supply reliability and adherence to quality standards. Maintain relationship with tollers to discuss quality aspects, food safety standards, operational procedures, and compliance requirements
  • Take lead on toller qualification
  • Collaborate with and oversee external laboratories, including pricing, contract frameworks, and service agreements
  • Organize and coordinate quality audits of tollers
  • Lead and develop quality processes
  • Oversee internal and external quality control laboratory operations to drive efficiency
  • Manage process technology decisions; train and supervise toller site technology

 

Your professional profile includes

  • BSc/MSc in Food, Quality, Microbiology disciplines or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience in quality management preferably in food/chemical industry standards 
  • Strong oral and written proficiency in the English language. Dutch would be beneficial
  • Experience in complex/matrix organizations 
  • Experience in working with diverse cultures 
  • Customer focus and management 
  • Decision quality
  • Drives results under high-stress situations
  • Balances stakeholders needs 
  • Quality operations of food/chemical plants 
  • Experience in site auditing 
  • User knowledge of MS Office tools 

 

What's in it for you?

  • Enjoy outstanding rewards a competitive salary, bonus, a monthly gross allowance of € 150 on a full-time basis towards your health insurance and a solid pension scheme.
  • 25 vacation days and 13 additional scheduled days off per year (based on full-time employment), along with flexible working hours.
  • Grow without limits through inspiring training programmes, hands-on workshops, and exciting career advancement opportunities.
  • Many health-related programs, such as free fruit and the option to purchase a bicycle with tax benefits.
  • Free shuttle bus to the site in Naarden from Naarden-Bussum train station.

 

#LI-Onsite

 

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.

Core Responsibilities

Ensure consistent product quality and compliance across toller operations through active engagement in daily processes and decision-making. Oversee laboratories, audits, and production activities to secure food safety and operational excellence.

Requirements

Requires a BSc/MSc in Food, Quality, or Microbiology with over 5 years of experience in quality management within the food or chemical industry. Must possess strong English skills and experience in site auditing and complex matrix organizations.

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Bonus
  • Health Insurance Allowance
  • Pension Scheme
  • 25 Vacation Days
  • 13 Additional Scheduled Days Off
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • Training Programmes
  • Hands-on Workshops
  • Career Advancement Opportunities
  • Health-related Programs
  • Free Fruit
  • Bicycle Purchase Tax Benefits
  • Free Shuttle Bus

About Givaudan

Industry: Chemical Manufacturing

Company size: 10,001+ employees

Givaudan is a global leader in Fragrance & Beauty and Taste & Wellbeing. We celebrate the beauty of human experience by creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature. Together with our customers we deliver food experiences, craft inspired fragrances, and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. Givaudan’s global footprint reflects our dedication to serving customers wherever they are. Our presence throughout the world enables us to combine local insight with global expertise, driving sustainable, purpose‑led growth that makes a positive impact. Givaudan: Human by nature. www.givaudan.com

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