Become our new Quality Lead!

Ready to help shape a culture of food safety, quality, and continuous improvement? Do you thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where quality excellence is at the heart of everything we do? Then you might be our new Quality Lead at C&D Foods (Denmark) A/S!

About the position

As Quality Lead, you will become part of the Quality Department at C&D Foods Denmark and play a key role in supporting and maintaining the site's Food Safety and Quality Management Systems. You will work closely with teams such as Production, Engineering, R&D, Warehouse and Quality teams to ensure compliance with customer, legal and company standards while driving continuous improvement across the site.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality professional who enjoys leading quality initiatives, supporting audits, improving processes, and promoting a strong food safety culture.

Your key areas of responsibility:

Food Safety Culture & Training

Audits, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

Cleaning, Hygiene & Pest Control Management

Quality Assurance & Traceability

Examples of tasks could include:

Support and continuously improve the site’s Food Safety and Quality Management System (FSQMS), including HACCP and GMP

Participate in customer, regulatory and certification audits, as well as internal audit activities

Investigate non-conformances, customer complaints and quality issues, driving corrective actions

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve food safety and quality challenges

Manage traceability systems, product testing programmes and external laboratory relationships

Lead site cleaning, hygiene and pest control programmes, ensuring compliance with relevant standards

Act as the key contact for cleaning chemical suppliers and support effective hygiene practices

Promote food safety culture, food defence initiatives and employee awareness programmes

Support Quality Supervisors and Quality Controllers while contributing to KPI performance and HACCP, traceability and audit teams

Candidate profile

Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Biotechnology, Quality Management, or a related discipline

Experience in food quality, food safety or quality assurance within a manufacturing environment

Strong working knowledge of HACCP, food safety legislation and GFSI standards, including BRCGS

Experience with root cause analysis, risk assessments and continuous improvement tools

Internal Audit training

Proficient in Microsoft Office and quality management systems

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

We offer

You will become part of the C&D Foods family, an international company with a multicultural environment, across nationalities and cross-functional teams, where collaboration, diversity, and inclusion are part of everyday life. We prioritize employee well-being, work-life balance, and personal development.

We also offer health and dental insurance to all employees and value a workplace culture built on respect, openness, and genuine care, and just as importantly, we have a fun and informal atmosphere, with great energy and a good sense of humour across the entire site.

How to apply

Please send your CV along with a motivated application describing your interest in the position.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact:

Weronika Jasinski, HR Graduate

E-mail: Weronika.Jasinski@cdfoods.com

We kindly ask that all applications be submitted through our website only. Applications received by email will not be considered and will be permanently deleted upon receipt in accordance with GDPR requirements and our data protection procedures.

About C&D Foods

C&D Foods is one of Europe’s leading producers of private label pet food, manufacturing a wide range of both wet and dry food. The company’s headquarters are located in Mullingar, County Westmeath.

As part of ABP Food Group, C&D Foods has grown to become one of the industry’s leading pet food manufacturers.

C&D Foods currently operates 9 production facilities across 7 countries (Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Austria, Spain, and the Netherlands) as well as 2 sales offices in Manchester and Italy.