Mead Johnson Nutrition is a long-standing multinational brand specializing in infant and child nutrition. Our company vision is to become the world’s leading provider of scientifically backed child nutrition and specialized food products and services. At Mead Johnson Nutrition, we are deeply committed to creating nutritional brands and products that give babies and children the best start in life. With over 450 employees, our Nijmegen factory produces super-premium child nutrition for the largest market in the world, Greater China. Quality, reliability, innovation, and ethics are core values at Mead Johnson. You will do your part as Supplier Quality Specialist, to achieve this goal.
Within this Supplier Quality Specialist position, you will mainly focus on our packaging, with the main task of further improving and ensuring its quality. In this broad pivotal role, you have contacts with External Parties and a helicopter view over and through the various processes. You contribute to the attainment of QA objectives by developing and maintaining external suppliers’ portfolios, ensuring compliance towards Good Manufacturing practices, external certifications, regulations, and internal requirements.
What will you do as Supplier Quality Specialist?
- Responsible of being the Quality Representative of Raw materials and/or packaging materials and/or Base Powders produced by Third Party Manufactures and/or Warehouses.
- Monitors and optimizes the set quality guidelines for investment projects, innovations, new techniques, and modifications by monitoring critical quality parameters.
- Conducts Quality Technical qualification and maintenance audit of material suppliers & coordinates Qualification requirements.
- Responsible for Quality Technical Agreements (QTA) and TPMs performance.
- Responsible for creating Specifications / technical requirements (QTA/ MASTR) and internal Sampling Plans (SPS) and aligning Internal requirements and Specifications with external stakeholders.
- Creates and or updates Systems Data Base & ensures all system set up (SAP, GLIMS, GWINS, MASTR and other related systems) are in place.
- Updates, reviews, and maintains Technical Documents (PPS, PMS, NPIS, Pre-PM-delivery inspection, etc).
- Assesses risks for the materials ensuring that information is cascaded to Operations, Quality Functions, Procurement, R&D. Monitors critical quality process parameters, prepare trend analyzes and signal deviations and ensures RCA CAPA is conducted and implemented.
- Proactively leads deviations management, in such a way that the internal and external/legal guidelines are complied with in terms of quality, safety and hygiene, so that a safe release of raw/pack materials, semi-finished products and end products is possible.
- Supports the evaluation of the feasibility of new and innovative material projects, raw/pack materials, and production processes.
- Evaluates trial results and prepares technical report and makes recommendations/adjustments based on the validations conducted.
- Monitors implementation of critical parameters, acceptance criteria and establish Certificate of Analysis (COA) forms for all inventory materials.
- Coordinates, supports, and motivates external suppliers to improve Quality Performance and Quality Culture.
- Responsible for the suppliers’ performance and development program.
- Acts as a Quality expert and Quality SPOC of materials regarding procurement, production, engineering, and Internal Quality functions.
- Ensures the implementation of internal expectations to external stakeholders.
Who are you?
- You have at least 5 years of experience within Quality functions in the nutrition industry or pharmacy.
- Academic (Bachelor or Master) in (Chemical) Engineering, Food Quality Management, Food Science and Technology or a comparable science field.
- You have a valid Dutch work permit (if applicable).
- Good communication skills, verbally and written, in English.
- Strong understanding of the global/regional business environment, customers and competition, organization structure and effective working styles.
- In-depth understanding of processing, packaging, distribution processes/systems and the impact of future changes within them.
- Hands on, targeted and able to view things from a different perspective and approach.
- Ambitious, always at an excellent level to perform.
- Motivator, able to inspire people and motivate them to constantly improve.
- Stress resistant & ability to demonstrate management Capacities.
What do we offer a Supplier Quality Specialist?
An inspiring and innovative work environment where you can develop your career and sharpen your skills in a motivated, cozy, dedicated, young and professional team. A permanent contract with excellent working conditions and a competitive salary which is based on knowledge and experience. Mead Johnson has a 38-hour working week with 25 vacation days. We also offer you a good pension plan, collective health insurance and opportunities for professional development.
Are you our newest Supplier Quality Specialist?
Then please send us your cover letter and resume now! This can be done very easily via the ‘apply’ button. For more information about the position, you can contact Dimitrios Tasioudis – dimitrios.tasioudis@mjngc.com or by phone at +31639294310.
Applying for a VOG may be part of the recruitment process.
