Supplier Quality Management Specialist
Cargill · Europe (Hybrid) · contract
About the Role
As a Supplier Quality Management Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring the safety and quality of our products by managing risks tied to suppliers and external manufacturers sourcing feed and packaging to Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health factories. You will collaborate across teams to evaluate vendors, mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards—directly contributing to the integrity of our supply chain and the trust of our customers.
We offer a one-year contract with the possibility of extension.
The place of work is any ANH location in Europe.
Hybrid system: at least 2 days of work per week in the office/production plant at a given location.
Key Accountabilities
- Follow up of Supplier Quality Management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Supplier maintenance activities, keeping supplier database updated on required documentation and information from suppliers and materials
- Audit suppliers, external manufacturers, and external warehouses or follow up on audit findings completed within the required timeframe and meeting requirements
- Coordinate supplier and external manufacturer and material evaluation process to ensure the use of approved vendors who have met the company requirements and completed the required product safety improvements
- Support new location and material setup along with completed supplier and material qualifications in the defined supplier database
- Support on maintenance of Food Safety Management System GMP+ certification and daily follow up with Global Material Supply team
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff
- Other duties as assigned by Manager
Qualifications
Minimum
- Bachelor degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Experience in product safety, quality and auditing systems
- Minimum of two years of related work experience
- English and local language
Preferred
- Knowledge of product safety management systems with the ability to objectively evaluate product safety systems and report findings
- Knowledge of European Feed and Packaging Regulation
- Knowledge establishing material and vendor risk and ensuring appropriate mitigation is defined
- Knowledge in 3rd party certifications in feed sector such as GMP+, QS, etc
- Company qualified auditor with experience conducting product safety audits
- Knowledge in Microsoft Power (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI) is a plus
- Experience conducting product safety audits
- Expertise in feed and petfood sector