About Us
We are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. At Barry Callebaut, we truly shape the future of our industry as the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products.
We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. Our purpose is to do well by doing good and reinvest in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and aim to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.
Job Description
Senior VP, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory
We are hiring for our next SVP Global Quality, responsible for ensuring the Quality, FS, and Regulatory performance of the BC business globally. This role sits on the Customer Supply & Development (CSD) leadership team and requires a dynamic change agent and visible leader to drive a high culture of quality.
This position is responsible for ensuring that our products, facilities, processes, and systems meet required company, customer, and legislative quality standards across our manufacturing sites, warehouses, distribution centers, and co-manufacturers globally.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Drive a strong culture of quality at the corporate and plant level through partnerships with key stakeholder groups including supply chain, sales, R&D, and marketing.
2. Create an environment to continuously develop people across the organization by upgrading competencies and skills.
3. Develop and implement a Global Corporate QA strategy and action plan to meet short and medium-term business objectives for Barry Callebaut.
4. Directly manage the regional Quality team who own direct QA oversight of the Barry Callebaut sites, Global Food Safety, Regulatory, Global Customer Accounts, and Center of Excellence.
5. Continually improve performance against key quality metrics such as customer complaints, quality-related costs, audit outcomes by proactively leading initiatives.
6. Development and implementation of appropriate quality management systems considering customer and market requirements and other relevant regulatory frameworks.
7. Lead the alignment of crucial quality initiatives with internal and external Barry Callebaut stakeholders.
8. Lead the global Incident/Crisis management team.
9. Drive top-down support for Barry Callebaut facilities to ensure implementation, development, and consistency of best practices for food safety systems, including HACCP and allergen program effectiveness.
Requirements
* Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, or Food Science.
* At least 25 years of professional experience in a global QA environment within the food sector both in an operational environment as well as on a senior and strategic level.
* In-depth understanding of food safety, quality engineering/management, and regulatory requirements for the food industry.
* Certification as an FDA Preventive Control Qualified Individual (PCQI).
* Extensive knowledge of HACCP, GMP, Environmental Monitoring, and Facility/Equipment Design.
* Competent decision-making that incorporates quality/regulatory requirements with other business needs and objectives.
* Ability to communicate complex quality issues and concepts in a clear and concise manner with all levels of management.
* Ability to develop a QA vision, communicate the vision, and persuade BC to support and help realize this vision.
* Managing people and projects which lead to positive, tangible business results is required.
* Passionate and lively promoter of quality in general and have the ability to influence and cooperate from others within the organization.
* Exemplary and inclusive leadership skills, with the ability to influence and inspire at all levels.
* Exceptional interpersonal skills.
* Capable of working under pressure with numerous short-term deadlines in a complex environment.