Implement and maintain best practices in quality and food safety across Coca-Cola HBC Ireland by ensuring compliance with legislation, TCCC requirements, and the internal standards of the Coca-Cola HBC Group. Ensure, monitor, and lead quality and food safety activities in such a way that the objectives set in the Coca-Cola HBC IOI business plan are achieved.
Contributions and Areas of Responsibility
- Ensure the implementation of a quality and food safety management system and processes in CCHBC in compliance with the TCCC methodology, EU and local legislation (including quality assurance control and finished product control)
- Informs the management team of CC HBC IOI about changes that arise and makes proposals for implementation (where applicable).
- Drive customers, contractors and sales force awareness and accountability for quality KBIs (TAM, product safe handling/ storage requirements
- Develops and supports the integration of the Marketplace Specialist role to include product age in the warehouses and market, consumer complaint management, toll filler assessment, dispensed beverage management.
- Verifies, evaluates, and provides QA support to Plant QFS Manager and 3rd parties where appropriate
- Collaborates with Plant QFS Manager and other department heads on quality and food safety aspects.
- Reports quality indicators and proposes performance evaluation indicators and improvement measures.
- Knows and implements the Company's policies and procedures.
- Ensures analysis and reporting necessary for the performance of the Quality Department and achievement of quality standards.
- Monitors costs and resources to remain within the approved budget and is concerned with reducing waste.
- May issue documents and forms in line with empowerment/authority documents issued by the Company (Chart of Authority)
- Participates in capability-building and training programs for QFS
- Participates as an auditor in internal and external audits in the field of product quality and food safety.
- Coordinates the HACCP validation process at plant level and all related validation protocols.
- Ensures the relationship with TCCC and other institutions regarding quality and safety compliance of CCHBC products with current legislation.
- Supports the IMCR team with technical expertise.
- Collaborates with various institutions, laboratories, and internal/external suppliers regarding laboratory analyses, equipment/methods/testing reagents.
- Participates in projects (as a leader or team member) aimed at improving quality performance and strengthening consumer safety.
- Ensures compliance with procedures, the code of conduct, and any other internal documents adopted in accordance with internal rules.
- Carries out any other tasks assigned by line management, according to legal provisions and the specifics of the activity
- University degree in Chemistry or Microbiology or similar related degree
- Experience with highly automated production processes
- Experience in coordinating projects and teams
- Minimum 3 years of previous managerial experience in the field of Quality Assurance
- Organizational and planning skills; team leadership
- Communication
- Customer orientation
- Results focus
- Very good knowledge of legal requirements and TCCC requirements applicable to quality and food safety for products bottled/sold by CC HBC
- Leading mindset
- Focus and ability to prioritize objectives
- Data analysis skills
- Change management
- Capability development for oneself and the team
- Responsibilities related to Quality and Food Safety Management Systems
- Applies the requirements of quality and food safety management systems to ensure the continuous improvement of the department's activity
- Knows and applies Root Cause Analysis tools
- Correct use of technical equipment (company car, computer, etc.)
- Participates in periodic training sessions required by current legislation and company policies for each specific system
- Complies with legal provisions, the Internal Regulation, the Company Code of Conduct, and Company policies and procedures within the area of responsibility