• Department: Quality & Food Safety, Standards and Risk Management
• Reports to:  Director QFS Standards & Risk Management, General Population Product Categories
• Scope: General Population Product Categories; EU Dairy Region
• Level 7
• Hybrid working

Under the responsibility of the VP, Quality & Food Safety, Standards and Risk Management, the Mission is to leverage scientific, regulatory & technical expertise to drive QFS governance and compliance, delivering our promise to consumers and customers.  ​This is achieved through risk identification, assessment and end to end management, underpinned by a global QMS. ​

The strategic imperatives of QFS, Standards and Risk Management are:

• We safeguard Danone’s license to operate and reputation via a three-pronged strategy of Detect, Defend, and Drive.
• We are a team of experts in quality and food safety driving the design and delivery of Danone’s QMS and global policies and standards, providing a rigorous governance framework.
• We are covering the end-to-end value chain with risk identification, assessment, communication, mitigation, and escalation.
• To be at the forefront of QFS, scientific and regulatory thought leadership, we create and leverage robust networks of external partners, institutions, and associations.
• We drive the development and delivery of QFS training and practical onsite support through SME leadership, enabling business and animating the wider technical communities. 

The missions of General Population Product Categories team within QFS, Standards and Risk Management are to:

Serve as the center of QFS expertise for the General Population product categories, defining Standards that are fit for purpose and are designed to protect consumers and Danone’s reputation. We support the business and our stakeholders in the end-to-end value chain with a risk-based focus and build QFS capabilities with tools and training.

To enable innovation and growth by ensuring Quality & Food Safety in the end-to-end value chain for all General Population products and processes. 

• Provide Dairy product and process technical expertise and ensure the link between Quality & Food Safety scientific knowledge and the business.
• Develop and maintain QFS Standards, Policies, Procedures and Tools.  Support network implementation
• Develop and deliver content to build QFS capabilities across the network
• Deliver risk analysis and management support to the regional and local business
• Deliver subject matter expertise on Pre-requisite programs, GMPs and Food Defense
• Engage in QFS networks supporting the region
• Lead as QFS key point of contact for technically complex and/or strategic programs and projects
• Drive collaboration across divisions and with internal stakeholders (Operations, Engineering, R&I, Quality in Design, Quality in Sourcing…)
• Deliver technical expertise and support to both the internal and external networks in regard to product and process

• Actively mentor and transfer knowledge across team
• In collaboration with Region and Local teams provide support to troubleshoot problems; ensure root cause / corrective actions are appropriate and are fully implemented

• QFS SRM: DFSC Microbiology, Chemical Safety, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, QFS Compliance and Emerging Risk, Crisis/Incidents team, Quality Management Systems
• QFS: Regional and Local QFS teams, QFS in Sourcing, QFS in Design
• Other Danone: R&I, Operations. Global Engineering, C&I GS, FS Audit
• EXTERNAL: Industry Associations, External laboratories, Scientific and Regulatory communities