Plant Quality Manager

Company: Danone Vacancies

Job Overview
The Plant Quality Manager is responsible for delivering Danone’s value promise to customers and consumers by ensuring full conformity of products, processes, and behaviours. This role leads quality and food safety excellence within the plant, driving compliance, continuous improvement, and a strong quality culture across all operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure consistent delivery of safe, high-quality products that meet customer and consumer expectations

• Lead and manage plant quality, food safety, and laboratory operations

• Drive compliance with quality and food safety systems, standards, and regulatory requirements

• Oversee quality control, quality assurance, auditing, and continuous improvement activities

• Promote a strong quality mindset and adherence to GMP, HACCP, and food safety practices

• Partner with cross-functional teams to embed quality and food safety across all processes

• Lead, develop, and engage quality teams to achieve operational excellence

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or a relevant related qualification

Experience and Skills

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in quality and food safety within an FMCG environment

• At least 5 years’ experience in a leadership or management role

• Proven experience in food processing and manufacturing environments, including laboratory management

• Strong expertise in quality control, quality assurance, and auditing practices

• In-depth knowledge and practical application of ISO standards, FSSC 22000, PRPs, HACCP, GMP, and related systems

• Proficiency in MS Office applications

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and writing skills

• Strong stakeholder management capability

• Demonstrated leadership and people management skills