QA Executive
About Vitablend (Part of Barentz)
Vitablend strives to contribute to better food and feed, for better health and lives, through developing and producing outstanding Nutritional premixes and Antioxidant systems.
The Nutritional premixes improve the life of people, for instance in infant nutrition, everyday nutrition, or specialized nutrition for the elderly.
The Antioxidant systems protect food, feed, and personal care products, supporting a good, healthy life through a better shelf life.
To achieve this, we take science as the foundation and the benchmark of what we are doing.
With scientifically proven formulations, clean-room liquid blending, dry blending, and spray drying Vitablend delivers scientifically proven results – in the products and in the final applications.
Vitablend has three states of the art production facilities: One in the Netherlands, one in the US and one in Singapore and is part of the Barentz group.
Vitablend. Science for life. For more information, visit: http://www.vitablend.nl
About the role Support the site's food safety and quality assurance operations, helping maintain and improve quality management systems in accordance with FSSC 22000and applicable requirements. The role contributes to inspections, audits, certifications, supplier and product quality activities, complaint investigations, documentation, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Compile and review environmental monitoring results, follow up on non-compliances, and monitor corrective actions.
- Conduct GMP, GWP and GLP inspections and follow up on identified non-compliances.
- Assist in Halal and Kosher certification submissions, documentation, and certificate renewals.
- Assist in the qualification and approval of suppliers and raw materials in accordance with established quality requirements.
- Assist in the review and approval of finished product changes.
- Assist in investigating customer and supplier complaints, internal quality issues, and non-conformities, including root cause analysis and follow-up on corrective actions.
- Coordinate external pest control services and follow up on pest control findings.
- Assist in planning and conducting internal audits and following up on audit findings.
- Maintain and update quality procedures, work instructions, forms, and related documentation.
- Assist in maintaining and improving the site's food safety and quality management systems in accordance with FSSC 22000 and applicable requirements.
- Assist in preparing for and coordinating external audits, customer audits, and certification audits.
- Assist in responding to customer quality questionnaires and preparing quality-related documentation.
- Assist in product traceability exercises, mock recalls, and related investigations.
- Assist in coordinating GMP, food safety, and quality-related training and maintaining training records.
- Support other quality assurance and food safety activities as assigned.
About You
- You come with a Diploma or a Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, or a related discipline, and at least 2 years of relevant working experience, preferably in the food, nutrition, or food ingredient industry.
- Knowledge of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, GMP, microbiology, Halal and Kosher requirements, and FSSC 22000 standards.