Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

As Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Manager, reporting to the Haubourdin site (production of starches and their derivatives), you are responsible for the planning, deployment and continuous improvement of Quality and Food Safety Management Systems that meet regulatory requirements, customer expectations in the industrial, food and pharmaceutical sectors, and Group-developed standards.
This includes improving food safety and quality culture across all employees and developing the FSQR team.

Key Accountabilities

• Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance: Ensure regulatory compliance of our operations and products. Act as the primary point of contact with local regulatory authorities.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure the maintenance of the quality system to meet Cargill requirements, customer expectations, and applicable standards. Manage customer and third‑party audits. Proactively identify risks and implement appropriate control measures.
• Continuous Improvement: Develop and deploy continuous improvement programs in areas such as in‑process quality control, laboratory processes, Root Cause Analysis, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). Act as a key partner to the Plant Manager for the implementation and monitoring of quality and GMP budgets.
• Performance: Be a member of the plant leadership team. Implement the Food Safety, Regulatory and Quality strategy defined by the Group. Actively participate as a member of the European Group Quality team.
• Team Management: Ensure the development of quality teams and organization. Manage and control the departmental budget. Oversee recruitment, training and performance management of the entire team.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Higher education in Quality Assurance or Quality Control

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Control, preferably in the chemical or agri‑food industry

• Recognized expertise in Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 22000, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with HACCP and product quality controls

• Ability to propose practical and effective solutions to enhance food safety, regulatory compliance and product quality

• Working languages: French and English (50% / 50%)

Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today: Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargill

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