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About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

You'll be a champion for quality within our organization. You'll play a critical role in optimizing processes across all operational stages, ensuring everything runs smoothly and meets our rigorous quality standards.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and administer policies to ensure Process Quality Team is working towards company policy and department's objectives / KPI / Quality Improvement Programs.
• Administer company activities i.e. (food safety/quality) management systems (e.g., GMP, HACCP, FSSC), RSPO, Halal, EHS (Environment, Health and Safety), etc. to ensure compliance to relevant standards, policies, statutory / regulatory and customers’ requirements.
• Plan, organize and coordinate jobs to ensure safe, reliable and efficient operations in Process Quality Team.
• Oversee laboratory condition, functionality of equipment and testing.
• Plan, develop, update, and maintain overall quality inspection plans for raw materials, in-process and finished products.
• Ensure the raw materials and finished products quality is within specification and released in accordance with the relevant procedure.
• Ensure non-conforming raw/primary packaging materials and/or finished products are handled in accordance with relevant procedures.
• Support in analyzing and troubleshooting of non-conformances (CARs / customer complaint) and coordinating Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action Plan.
• Administer (on-job) training and training need analysis.
• Prepare and/or review daily, monthly and/or yearly reports / trending analysis in key process for continual improvement.
• Ensure prompt communication with superior on any food safety and quality issues / abnormality observed during production / testing / inspection.
• Perform other tasks and assignment as and when required by top management from time to time.

Qualifications and skills

• Candidate must possess at least a university degree in Food Science & Technology, Chemistry, or other Science disciplines.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in food manufacturing industry supervisory role with sound technical knowledge in setting up and executing GLP, GMP, HACCP, FSSC, Halal, etc. requirements and process control procedures.
• Strong background in food chemistry, sensory, microbiology, food packaging systems and food engineering is an added advantage.
• Strong leadership with excellent interpersonal / communication, coaching and conflict management skills and able to work with cross-functional teams at multi-levels within the organization.
• Self-motivated, able to drive continuous improvement and change management initiatives.