Plant Food Safety and Quality Manager (Manisa, TR)

About the Role:

At Ferrero, we prioritize quality in everything we do. To ensure our consumers receive products that meet our high standards and maintain their trust, we place great emphasis on safety and traceability. We are currently looking for a Plant Food Safety and Quality Manager who will implement all the necessary Guidelines to manage the overall Food Safety & Quality within the Plant, activate and ensure all necessary levers to guarantee and monitor Food Safety & Quality for products and production processes. This Manisa based role reports managerially to the Region Industrial Manager Türkiye and professionally to the Region Food Safety & Quality Manager Türkiye. If you believe your skills and experience are a good match for this role, we encourage you to apply!

Main Responsibilities:

• Own Plant Food Safety & Quality performance, ensuring products, materials and manufacturing processes consistently meet Ferrero, legal, certification and customer requirements

• Deploy and sustain FSQ standards through the TPM approach, integrating Food Safety & Quality into daily management, standard work, autonomous controls and continuous improvement activities across the plant

• Drive a prevention-based FSQ culture, using risk assessment, HACCP, RCA/CAPA and TPM problem-solving methodologies to eliminate root causes, reduce recurring losses and prevent quality and food safety incidents

• Lead key Food Safety programs and risk controls, including hygienic zoning, environmental monitoring, cleaning and sanitation, allergen management, thermal validation, infrastructure/equipment and positive release processes

• Monitor FSQ performance and compliance through clear KPIs, audits, sampling plans, process controls and shop-floor routines, ensuring accurate data and timely corrective actions

• Own the management of FSQ non-conformities and consumer complaints, taking appropriate containment and product/material blocking decisions and ensuring effective investigation, escalation and corrective actions

• Ensure plant readiness for internal and external audits and certifications, including BRCGS, FSSC22000, ISO 9001 and other applicable Food Safety, Quality, ethical and religious requirements

• Partner with Production, Maintenance, Engineering and other plant functions to embed FSQ requirements into equipment, processes and improvement initiatives, applying TPM principles from design through daily operation

• Build FSQ capability across the organization, strengthening ownership at shop-floor level through standards, training, coaching and effective autonomous controls

• Act as the plant FSQ reference point, collaborating with Regional, Area and Group FSQ teams, authorities and receiving markets, while providing feedback to continuously improve standards and practices

• Support 3rd party operations to ensure FSQ compliance throughout the Region supply chain

About You:

• Master’s degree in Food Science or a related field (Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, etc.)

• Preferably 12+ years of experience in the food industry, ideally within manufacturing

• Strong knowledge of Food Safety & Quality systems, preferably including GFSI, HACCP and RCA/CAPA methodologies

• Solid TPM / Continuous Improvement experience, with practical knowledge of Daily Management, Standard Work, Autonomous Maintenance/Management, loss elimination and structured problem solving

• Strong problem-solving, leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive cross-functional improvement

• Proactive, strategic and shop-floor-oriented mindset with a strong focus on prevention and continuous improvement

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Turkish

What We Offer:

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About Ferrero:

Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.

DE&I at Ferrero:

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding. Find out more here.