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About Cremo

Join us and give meaning and flavour to your career!

At Cremo, we are experts in dairy products in Switzerland and are committed to quality, healthy and tasty food. Joining us means practising a meaningful profession in a human-sized company where everyone proudly contributes to better nutrition.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Define, lead and develop the Group Quality strategy, ensuring the compliance of integrated management systems with regulatory, normative, customer and label requirements across all sites
• Represent the company with certification bodies, authorities, customers and external partners, ensuring the success of audits and the implementation of associated improvement plans
• Ensure control of quality and food safety risks by supervising HACCP, VACCP and TACCP approaches, and arbitrating decisions related to non-conformities, product blocks and withdrawal/recall procedures
• Manage, develop and unite multi-site Quality teams, strengthening a quality culture focused on the field, responsibility, continuous improvement and performance
• Support the company’s strategic projects, including new product launches, process developments and quality commitments to customers
• Drive the Group’s quality performance through monitoring key indicators, controlling non-quality costs, risk analysis and reporting to General Management
• Define the roadmap for internal laboratories and ensure the reliability of analyses, supporting their development towards the best reference standards, including ISO 17025 certification

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Higher education (university Master’s, HES or equivalent) in agri-food, life sciences, food technology or quality engineering; a quality auditor, HACCP or Lean Six Sigma certification is an asset
• Proven experience of at least 8 to 10 years in a quality management role within the agri-food industry or a highly regulated industrial environment, including team management
• Recognised expertise in quality and food safety management systems (ISO 9001, FSSC 22000, ISO 17025, IFS/BRC), as well as HACCP, VACCP and TACCP methodologies
• Demonstrated experience in conducting certification audits, customer audits and regulatory inspections, as well as managing critical situations such as major non-conformities or product withdrawals/recalls
• Strong understanding of Swiss and European regulatory requirements, complemented by mastery of quality performance management tools and associated digital systems (ERP, LIMS, DMS, e-QMS)
• Fluent in French and German; English is an asset
• Recognised leadership, strong decision-making ability and great autonomy
• Ability to unite and communicate with multidisciplinary teams, lead change, arbitrate in complex situations and promote a demanding, pragmatic and results-oriented quality culture

WHAT WE OFFER YOU:

• An evolving environment and a pleasant working atmosphere
• Opportunities for training and internal development
• Various discounts with over 150 partners via the Swibeco platform
• Attractive social benefits (supplementary health and accident insurance, family allowance top-ups)

4 REASONS TO JOIN CREMO:

• You will actively participate in Cremo’s transformation
• You will contribute to projects at the heart of a historic Swiss agri-food company
• You will have a direct impact on the company’s performance to achieve our ambitious goals
• You will engage in a sustainable and responsible activity

We look forward to receiving your application!