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Quality Business Partner

Hybrid in Lieshout·Full-time·Added 22 days ago (last checked 23 Oct)

Royal Swinkels

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Our summary

Work mode: Hybrid, Lieshout
Contract: Permanent contract, full-time hours
Languages: Dutch
Experience: Senior level

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

You have a HBO or WO degree in Food, Food Technology, Food Law, or a comparable field.
You have extensive experience with food legislation, labeling, and product compliance within an international FMCG or food environment.
You are strong in interpreting complex laws and regulations, know how to translate them practically to the business, and can carefully weigh risks against commercial interests.
You are a recognized substantive expert who coaches, advises, and brings colleagues along with new developments.
You communicate persuasively in both Dutch and English and know how to engage people at different levels.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

In addition to a lot of fun and occasionally tasting a delicious beer with your colleagues, you can also count on us for:

A good salary including a 13th month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% bonus on your annual salary.
30 days of leave, travel expense allowance, and remote work allowance.
A good pension scheme and a discount on supplementary health insurance premiums.
Discounts on exercising in our fitness room or at more than 600 sports locations in the Netherlands.
A significant discount on our products in the “Dare to Drink Different” staff shop.
Always opportunities to develop yourself. In addition to learning "on the job," we have a Swinkels Academy, where you can follow all kinds of training and courses.

The role

Within our brewing family, everything revolves around craftsmanship, quality, and a passion for beer. Our brewery is constantly in motion with product innovations, market introductions, and changing laws and regulations. As a Senior Quality Business Partner, you are the substantive conscience of the organization when it comes to food legislation, labeling, and compliance. You identify changes in legislation, translate these into the impact for our brands, products, and processes, and advise the business. Additionally, you are an important sparring partner for the other Quality Business Partners and play a central role in safeguarding knowledge within the team.

What you'll do

You deliver the right information at the right time - so that quality is never up for debate.

What will you do?

You monitor national and international laws and regulations and translate developments into concrete impact and actions for the business.
You are the substantive point of contact for complex issues regarding labeling, claims, product specifications, and compliance.
You perform impact analyses and advise management and stakeholders on risks, opportunities, and the implementation of new legislation.
You act as a knowledge leader within the Quality team and support other Quality Business Partners with your expertise.
You develop and maintain the internal knowledge base in the areas of legislation, labeling, and compliance.
You are responsible for the compliance of all our new product innovations.