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- Permanent Full-Time
- Publicado: 16 Jul 2026
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Sobre el trabajo
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As a QFS Plant Laboratory Manager, you’ll be responsible for ensuring food safety and product quality through effective laboratory operations, compliance with Danone and regulatory standards, timely management of quality non-conformances, and the promotion of a safe working environment.
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Main Responsibilities:
- Lead laboratory quality assurance and operations in compliance with ISO 17025, Danone Analytical Excellence standards, and digital quality systems, ensuring accreditation readiness and document control.
- Oversee all testing, calibration, sampling, and product release activities for raw materials, packaging, semi-finished and finished products in line with control and monitoring plans.
- Ensure accuracy, reliability, interpretation, approval, and communication of all microbiological, chemical, process, and product analysis results.
- Manage laboratory performance through KPI tracking, data reporting, continuous improvement initiatives, audits, non-conformance management, and method optimization.
- Drive laboratory digitalization, automation, technology upgrades, and facility improvements while maintaining effective workflows and contamination control.
- Own laboratory budgets, resource planning, equipment maintenance, calibration programs, proficiency testing, and operational cost control.
- Lead supplier quality management by supporting supplier selection and evaluation, specification development, quality improvement programs, and food safety risk management.
- Manage incoming materials inspection, hold/release decisions, control plans, sampling strategies, and quality governance programs (ABC, API, iCare).
- Develop laboratory team capabilities through performance management, training, competency assessment, succession planning, and individual development plans.
- Provide technical expertise for problem-solving, crisis management, innovation, renovation, homologation projects, and manufacturing incident support.
- Coordinate laboratory activities and quality communications with internal stakeholders, external laboratories, suppliers, and regulatory authorities.
- Ensure full accountability for laboratory compliance, results integrity, reporting standards, managerial responsibilities, and support of plant quality and food safety objectives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or a related scientific field.
- 5+years of laboratory experience, including 2–3 years in a laboratory leadership or management role.
- Strong expertise in microbiological and chemical testing, quality control systems, and laboratory best practices.
- Solid knowledge of GMP, GLP, HACCP, ISO 22000/FSSC 22000, and applicable food safety and regulatory standards.
- Experience with laboratory accreditation and audit management is preferred.
- Proven people leadership, team development, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities with experience working cross-functionally.
- Proficiency in MS Office and laboratory information systems (LIMS), with good written and spoken English.
About Danone
Danone’s mission is bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power of people have to impact the world through daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food. And healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodies.
We believe everyone has talent, something which comes natural to you. Your uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energizes you.
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