Quality Specialist I

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Quality Specialist I

Job Purpose

Support the shop floor and Quality Control quality system and improvement programs to guide quality performance, mindset, and customer satisfaction at the site level.

Salary Range Based on Experience: $70,000 - $90,000.

Main Responsibilities

• Support local shop floor quality system and improvement projects.
• Support quality audits. Support with data analysis, spreadsheet reports.
• Support Quality Control improvement projects (flows, methods, calibration).
• Support customer complaints and non-conformance management (Z1, ZV, Z2Q, Z2P, Z3). Support troubleshooting of local issues related to their area of expertise.
• Coach QC Technicians on their daily testing and SAP use.

Academic Background

• Required: Technical or Business Administration bachelor's degree or equivalent education with track record.
• Desired: PCQI certification, Hazard certification. Spanish speaker

Professional experience

4 or 5 years in quality assurance

Technical skills

• Experience with food safety Some project management skills.
• Experience with relevant QIC, FC&A, and Ops processes (such as Ingredient life cycle Mgmt, Vendor Quality, Customer Quality requirements and Formula management, Continuous improvement, Complaint, Issue and Crisis Mgmt, Industrialization, Audit and Change Management, relevant to assigned area of activity).
• Basic knowledge of Givaudan's order fulfillment, brief management, and Regulatory processes (IDDC), relevant to assigned area of activity.
• Experience with Givaudan's manufacturing technologies and product characteristics (such as liquids, spray drying, powder blending, process Flavors, JBC, Emulsions, separations, extractions), relevant to assigned area of activity.
• Knowledge of Givaudan's main IT systems (such as Atlas, Athena, FPR, SAP, Compliance engine, PII, GSD, RMQ, QDMS, AVAP, ILM), relevant to assigned area of activity.
• Experience with Food Safety and Quality Systems (such as FSSC, AIB, ISO, GMP, GHP, HACCP) that are relevant to assigned area of activity.

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.