Global Manager Quality Assurance

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Global Manager Quality Assurance

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of quality management? As Global Manager Quality Assurance at Enza Zaden, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the highest product quality and compliance with all internal and external standards. Ensuring that every step in the entire chain of vegetable seed production leads to delivering quality to the many growers we serve worldwide. Interested? Read on to discover why this position could be perfect for you!

This is why you want to join us at Enza Zaden as Global Manager Quality Assurance:

• Responsibility for developing and implementing a global quality assurance strategy

• Opportunities to demonstrate your leadership in a dynamic team of passionate professionals

• Direct impact on sustainability, safety and continuity within a leading international company

Make a difference as Global Manager Quality Assurance

As Global Manager Quality Assurance, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with quality standards and processes within Enza Zaden. You will develop the Quality Management System (QMS) and ensure that our company continuously meets all certification requirements, so that our product and process quality is always guaranteed. Some of your tasks include:

• Lead and motivate a growing team of 8 (in)direct colleagues

• Develop a strategic QMS with departments such as Research and Development (R&D) and Seed Operations to effectively manage risks

• Establish and maintain global quality standards and protocols, focusing on the best quality for our product, vegetable seeds, as well as chemical and biological safety

• Ensure the organisation and supervision of internal and external audits and coordinate with authorities and auditors

• Manage and promote improvement programmes for Lean and Continuous Improvement for more than 600 colleagues

You will work closely with various departments, including Global Facilities and HR, and play an active role in relevant management teams and external networks within the seed industry.

What you bring as a future colleague

• University degree (Master) in quality or process management or a relevant scientific direction such as microbiology, food science or plant sciences

• At least 12 years of relevant work experience, with at least 8 years in a managerial role

• In-depth knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and standards, preferably with ISO certification and certifications in the horticultural sector (e.g. Naktuinbouw Authorised Laboratories (NAL), Good Seeds and Plant Practices (GSPP), organic certification (including SKAL and Control Union))

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience with Lean and Continuous Improvement techniques (5S, Lean Six Sigma)

• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English in addition to (fluent in) Dutch

Enza Zaden as your employer  

With more than 2,800 passionate team members across the world, we're on a daily mission to develop the finest vegetable varieties. Our goal? To deliver seeds with that special something: vegetables with better taste, better yields, and better resistance. On our mission to feed the world, we challenge ourselves to gain deeper insights and find the next breakthrough. We grow and innovate together, and everyone’s contribution are valued. Throughout our 85 years, our family values, passion, independence and or focus on innovation have truly set us apart. Over 480 million people are eating our vegetables every day, something we are very proud of! Our passion isn't just a trademark; it's our driving force, propelling our rapid growth. If you're ready to explore your potential and thrive in a supportive environment, we welcome you to develop your talents with us. The combination of entrepreneurship, initiative and a healthy dose of determination has made Enza Zaden great and brought us where we are today. Enza Zaden is and always will be in motion: in the past, present and future.

What you can expect from us

As a family-owned company, we support you to thrive in all areas of life, so that you can be successful inside and outside of work. We offer: 

• Flexible work arrangements

• 25 paid vacation days (employees have the option to buy extra vacation days equivalent to two times their weekly working hours) 

• 1 paid vitality day for all, plus extra days as your age increases

• Contribution for overnight stays if you live further away from Enza Zaden

• Lease car, laptop and smartphone

We aspire to be a good employer that cares for our employees, both during and after their careers at Enza Zaden. Our most important benefits include: 

• Active partnership in your professional development (personal growth)

• Tailor made leadership development programs and global e-learning platform 

• Employer sponsored retirement benefits 

Join us for a career that grows with you! Are you curious to know more about Enza Zaden click on this link to our website. 

Get in touch

Apply now using the application button (no later than December 2nd, 2024). You will receive an automatic confirmation of your application within minutes, and we will respond to your application within 10 working days.  

Do you have any questions about our application process? Please feel free to reach out to Sijmen Jansen, Recruiter, at si.jansen@enzazaden.nl.

Good to know 

• An assessment is part of the application process 

• This position cannot be filled on an interim basis

• Enza Zaden is an equal opportunity employer and don’t discriminate based on background, identity or personal characteristics 

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.