Job Description:

Location : Aimargues ; Cambrai

Segment : Royal Canin

Type of contract : Permanent

The Commercial organization (Procurement) is a crucial link in our value chain, ensuring the quality of raw materials and packaging—the foundation of product value creation. Managing a diverse range of nutrient sources, functional ingredients, and packaging materials requires a high level of expertise to maintain supplier quality.

The Europe SQA (Supplier Quality Assurance) Team holds a unique position. While serving clients in the region, it also supplies raw materials and packaging to other regions. This adds complexity, involving market and supply challenges, and requires significant contributions from the SQA function to support the Innovation pipeline in close collaboration with Global R&D Teams

As a Supplier Quality Assurance Coordinator at Mars you will assure compliance to our supplier management and risk assessment standards/plans. You will lead supplier audits, while acting as the subject matter expert regarding the ingredient or material for which you are leading. Your goal will be to mitigate any recall risk, and assure that we are delivery the best quality products possible to our customers

What are we looking for?

You hold an engineering degree in a technical field such as purchasing, quality assurance, laboratory sciences, or food engineering.

You have gained experience, whether through a first job, internship, or apprenticeship, in a similar or related position within the food industry, pharmaceuticals, or a similar sector.

You are fluent in both English and French.

If you're a certified auditor (IRCA), that is a strong asset.

You are eager to develop yourself and thrive as a team player.

You have a strong affinity for IT tools such as Power BI and are eager to leverage them to transform data into valuable insights.

What will be your key responsibilities?

Ensure the quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance of a portfolio of low- and medium-risk raw materials supplied to manufacturing sites by implementing the MQM (Material Quality Management) Standard.

Shape and maintain a data environment that allows for accurate measurement and reporting of key metrics for raw materials and standards in Europe, demonstrating the efficiency of actions taken, providing visibility into the SQA team's contributions to the business, and ensuring compliance with Corporate Standards.

Assess and validate supplier capabilities to meet Mars and Royal Canin Standards and specifications through risk assessments, supplier evaluations, audits, and qualification plan deployments, including organizing trials with relevant factories.

Support business continuity, continuous improvement, and "do it best" initiatives for the portfolio by collaborating closely with regional sourcing, operations, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.

Proactively anticipate and effectively manage quality exceptions and non-conformances to minimize business impact.

Serve as the key user for raw material quality systems. Coordinate regulatory projects for the Europe SQA Team.

What can you expect from Mars?

The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars.

At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.

As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.

A unique and ideal work environment to become the leader in health through nutrition for cats and dogs!

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.