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Grenade
Quality Assurance Manager - Grenade
R-179947 | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Job Description
Are You Ready to Make An Impact at Grenade?
Grenade is an international active nutrition and lifestyle brand, which has grown rapidly since its launch in 2010. Driven by its strong branding, distinctive products, and highly innovative approach, Grenade has made an explosive impact in the FMCG Industry! Today, Grenade’s Protein Bar is the UK’s best-selling, and we continue to innovate with our leading range of Shakes, and performance nutrition.
Joining Grenade’s high-performing team, during this exciting period of growth and brand expansion, promises to offer a unique and motivating working environment, with highly rewarding opportunities for personal and professional development.
How you will contribute
- Complete management of supply chain quality and compliance agenda [implementation/management/maintenance]
- Full ownership of complaint process from supplier to consumer
- Focused on the continual improvement of quality process; work with Mondelez Quality Team to harmonise ways of working
- Work with SSMT leads as the key quality point of contact for Grenade Special situations
- Ongoing technical support for new and existing business
- Ensuring NPD launches are meeting Quality Policy criteria
- Ownership of nutritional testing schedule and reporting database
- Ownership and administration of internal Quality Management Policies
- Develop and maintain strong working relationship with suppliers to ensure compliance to Mondelez and Grenade Quality Policies Ensuring high quality and consistency of the Grenade® product range
- Own Informed Sports Testing process and relationship
- Work as part of wider Supply Chain & Operations team to drive service & growth whilst maintaining quality standards
- Manage and review KPI reporting; ensuring RCA in place and results are shared and acknowledged across the business
- Act as Supply Chain lead for PPWR governance
- Coach and lead one direct report
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Food manufacturing quality assurance experience is essential
- Internal Auditing Experience
- Degree level educated, science or food technology
- Food Safety and HACCP qualifications desirable
- Microbiology Knowledge, training would be an advantage
- Ability to complete/conduct audits, checks and quality analysis
- Data collection and report writing
- IT literate - use of Word, Excel, Database systems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are a must
- High levels of accuracy in work and a methodical approach
- Ability to develop and lead one direct report
The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland.
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz International, Inc. empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the world. We are leading the future of snacking with mouth-watering iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita, LU and Ritz biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Green & Blacks, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Philadelphia and Dairyl