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Lab Lead
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Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
You lead the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) process of the site quality management system and report results to the quality section manager.
How you will contribute
You will support elements of the site’s quality system, including internal documentation and change management control including quality policies amendments and registration of internal and external documentation, internal audits, effective PDCA cycles and CAPA system management and management review. In addition, you will coordinate the eQCMS bi-annual review, handle consumer complaints from start to finish, and serve as a key contact for food regulatory agency inspection and contacts management.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Relevant experience in a laboratory.
- Working efficiently on a team
- Flexibility and adaptability to meet customer/business requirements
- Attending to detail and following written instructions
- Communicating effectively, verbally and in writing
- Project management and working on multiple activities at the same time
- MS office applications
More about this role
You lead the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) process of the site food safety management system and report results to the quality section manager as well coordinating all Lab activities related to physical, chemical and microbiological testing regarding raw material, semi-finished, finished and environmental testings according to the company, FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001:2015 requirements.
What you need to know about this position:
- Provide leadership on driving GLP and implements and maintains the laboratory quality assurance procedures and programs
- Ensures that appropriate QPEs & Mdlz Microbiological Manual is fulfilled and requirements are implemented in the lab
- Develops, implements and maintains all procedures and work instructions concerning sampling and testing of raw and packaging material, SFP and FG.
- Oversee and manage all pathogen testing programs including Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli, and other regulated pathogens across FG, SFG, raw materials, and packaging materials
- Direct non-pathogen microbiological testing programs covering indicator organisms, spoilage organisms, yeast & mold, and total viable counts
- Lead environmental monitoring (EMP/PEM) programs: design sampling plans, oversee swabbing execution, review and trend all environmental results, and drive corrective actions
- Manage chemical analysis programs including allergen testing, nutritional parameter verification, contaminant screening, and composition analysis in line with specification requirements
- Direct physical analysis programs including foreign body detection, texture and moisture measurements, water activity (Aw) determination, and packaging integrity testing
- Ensure comprehensive testing coverage and sampling plans are in place across all material streams: raw materials, packaging materials, semi-finished goods (SFG), and finished goods (FG)
- Manage and