Plant Quality Senior Manager

Reporting to the Plant Senior Director, we’re looking for a Plant Quality Senior Manager to deliver Quality and Food Safety ambition to our customers and consumers by ensuring conformity in product, processes, culture and behaviors. As guardian of compliance to legal and regulatory standards, he/she will also drive productivity and efficiency initiatives in a Total Cost of Quality approach in both running business and innovation or renovation projects.

More specifically, you will be responsible to:

• Ensure Quality & Food Safety of all products delivered to market, consistently with the overall Plant performance and the Process & Finished Products specifications
• Ensure Food Safety & Quality is part of the Daily Management system and Continuous Improvement process of the Plant and develop Food Safety Culture employees.
• Establish and pilot Plant Quality & Food Safety Roadmap in collaboration with the Plant Leadership Team and QFS corporate Team in line with Danone Central & NORAM guidelines and local regulation.
• Manage QFS plant team, activities and programs linked with priorities of business from suppliers/raw material to finished goods shipped to consumers and every QFS related certification (Food Safety Index FSI, FSSC 22000, clients, Kosher, Halal, claims).
• Lead and develop QFS Plant team directly and indirectly lab technicians and sanitation professionals, represent Boucherville Factory in the NorAm and Global QFS network and animate cross-functional teams on productivity or digital initiatives around QFS topics.
• Contribute as an active member of the leadership committee, and lead various plant transformation programs.

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The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and competencies:

• Bachelor and/or master’s degree in food industry, or related field (microbiology, chemistry, cosmetics, pharmaceutical).
• Management experience in an unionized environment
• Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in quality and or operations position
• Fluent in both French and English (French is mandatory)
• Cross-functional leadership and auditing skills
• Experience in managing a big and diverse team.
• Ability to take unpopular decisions.
• Problem Solving and data driven decision process
• HACCP and allergen principles
• Autonomous and curious

• You will work for a certified B Corp company that has been named one of Canada's top 100 Employers for five consecutive years. In other words, you will be immersed in a culture that is rich and engaging, inclusive and human-centric, efficient and eco-responsible.  

• You will benefit from our benefits package including collective insurance with a core health plan 100% paid and no waiting period. We also provide flexible credits for a wellness account, a health spending account or an RRSP. Additionally, we offer a competitive group retirement savings plan in which Danone will match your contributions. Our exceptional parental leave policy supports both primary and secondary caregivers. Our employee assistance program and telemedicine service are also available to ensure your well-being. 

• You will enjoy our flexible and hybrid guidelines that let you design a work model and schedule that best suits your needs. Our innovative and flexible vacation policy allows you to take as much paid time off as you need. We also offer, among other things, a summer schedule and no-meeting Friday afternoons. Our onsite workplace features include new, dynamic and collaborative working spaces where it is good to work as a team. 

• You will have access to various training initiatives, both in-house and online because we value and prioritize your growth and development. We also offer mentoring, leadership development programs and tuition reimbursement to support your career advancement. 

• You will have the opportunity to make a difference in the community as we are a founding partner of the Breakfast Club of Canada. For 25 years, we have worked with the organization to provide children with  regular access to a nutritious breakfast in a comfortable environment, helping them reach their full potential.