Quality control specialist

Company Introduction

“WE BUILD TRUST WITH FARMERS AROUND THE WORLD BY SUPPORTING THEM TO SUSTAINABLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND FLAVOR OF THEIR PRODUCTION.”

HM.CLAUSE is a Business Unit of Limagrain, an international agricultural co-operative founded and managed by farmers. HM.CLAUSE specializes in the breeding, production, and sale of vegetable seeds. From the world market to the farmer's market, we collaborate with our customers to deliver successful solutions for the agricultural challenges of today and produce the highest quality vegetable seeds for the future. Our global team of experts and state-of-the-art research facilities enable us to work side-by-side with growers to provide the most regionally relevant and reliable vegetable seeds available.

If our mission resonates with your passion, we look forward to your application.

Job description

You will be a great fit if you have experience similar to:

As PERFORMANCE manager:

• Lead and implement the in-house ELITE operational excellence plan as Elite coordinator for all manufacturing plant departments. This includes assisting in creating and measuring KPI's, supporting in Problem solving methodology and driving 5S compliance.
• Train, develop and maintain the ELITE methodologies locally, in collaboration with our Global Elite leader
• Global contribution:
• Contribute to the development of our global Performance program (help establishing standards)
• Contribute and lead global or transversal performance or manufacturing topics (such as performance bench-marking)
• Support consolidating performance reporting and routine animation

As QUALITY manager:

• Responsible for creating a Product Quality roadmap to enable the Manufacturing plant to obtain our goal of “First time right” – quality. Foster continuous improvement on the quality topics by engaging accountable people and providing support.
• Support the Manufacturing plant to master product quality through the above roadmap set
• Review processes and determine critical control points in each process to identify and create internal standards and internal control.
• Manage all internal and external quality complaints and support the plant departments in the problem-solving process and improvement actions.

•Responsible to manage the accuracy and quality of samples taken throughout the plant by reviewing and auditing processes and ensuring calibration of equipment used and training of operators. •Act as the interface between Quality Assurance department and Manufacturing plant for any external accreditations and certifications.

• Lead the cross-functional network of QA Relay officers to ensure updated training and updated work instructions are available on the Aquarius system.

What we expect of you

To be considered, you will need:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of 2 – 6 years related experience
• Knowledge of office functions and processes, including MS Office and JDE a benefit.
• Excellent analytical and deductive reasoning skills.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Fluent in English. Spanish or French a plus
• Experience with continuous improvement programs and/or LEAN manufacturing desired.

The rewards of working here: You join an expert team of innovators and creators that collaborate with farmers around the world to sustainably enhance the taste and quality of healthy food. Our goal is to form teams that inspire and learn from each other as they work to elevate our products from seed to table. We recognize our employees as our most valued resource and work to create an atmosphere that is supportive, healthy, and progressive. We promote an environment of wellness and well-being and hybrid schedules when it is appropriate for the position. It is an important and expanding piece of our local and global mission for Diversity & Inclusion programs and support groups in the corporate world.

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