FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSISTANT. This role is based in The Hague in the Netherlands. If you speak a little bit of DUTCH & fluent ENGLISH and have 1-3 years QA experience within Food services, then this is a lovely opportunity to take a next step in your career and join a fast-growth specialist food business that imports into the UK, EU and Holland globally. You will support the delightful QA Manager who will look after you and help you grow and learn ( she is wonderful!). The role requires that you have a good foundation in food hygiene and regulations that impact all food manufacturing. There are excellent career opportunities for the right person in this role and your direct boss is a wonderful person…this is a role where you can be happy and also thrive professionally!
Title: Assistant QA Manager ( FOOD)
Location : The Hague, The Netherlands
Languages required : Basic Dutch and Fluent English
Salary : up to Eu3,500 per month over 14 months
( depends on experience)
(total salary is Eu 49.000 per annum + bens )
Work style: This is a fully office-based role
Start date : asap
Essential background: Food manufacturing and catering services industry
Company details: This is a well-established food import/export business that specialises in importing specialist high quality food products globally, and supplies supermarkets and restaurants directly. The company has gone through a recent explosion in growth because of the increased interest in home-cooking that started during Covid and has continued to grow at a fast pace. Restaurants and patrons are now experimenting with new flavours and new dishes, following chefs on Instagram etc and as a result of this, the company has been able to expand strongly in order to accommodate increasingly sophisticated international dishes .
DUTIES: Supporting the QA Manager and with the aim of ensuring labelling compliance to protect brand reputation and consumer safety
Labelling & Food safety :
* Liaise with suppliers to manage product specifications, labelling requirements, and quality documentation
* Ensure compliance with HACCP, hygiene codes, Dutch food safety regulations, and BRCGS standards. xsngvjr
* Translate and update product label texts across the full product range
Supplier Documentation
* Monitor and manage supplier documentation folders,
* Support internal audits and external food safety inspections,
Customer /Supplier care.
* Handle customer and supplier communication ( customers include supermarkets/restaurants etc )
* Investigate food issues
REQUIREMENTS
* Basic Dutch ( ideally )
* Fluent English
* Relevant degree in Nutrition or food-tech
* 1 year + within Food QA sector experience
* Understanding of food hygiene legislation /labelling requirements etc