Quality management advisor - meat sector
AMNorman aims to become a leading, independent partner in Flanders for competence development, advice and training. We are active in quality management and product development within the (animal) food industry, the packaging industry, logistics and retail.
The Normanists
Our consultants, known as Normanists, are happy to help clients on their way. With their extensive experience in the food industry, the animal feed sector, product development, the packaging sector and quality management, they are the ideal partner to advise, support and train.
We are looking for an additional specialist for our Meat team.
Your responsibilities as a quality management advisor in the meat sector
- Working mainly in the East and West Flanders region at slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat processing companies.
- Advising clients on national and international legislation and regulations.
- Supporting or carrying out risk analyses and translating the identified hazards into a control plan in line with legislation and expectations.
- Guiding clients through their certification process for standards and schemes such as Febev+, BePork, BLK, BVI, Belbeef and BelPlume, retailer specifications and organic (BIO).
- Organising inspections and internal audits to monitor compliance with animal welfare rules.
- Maintaining implemented quality systems by carrying out internal audits, management reviews, quality meetings, inspections, HACCP reviews, validations and verifications, etc.
- Supporting re-engineering projects (reviewing existing quality systems with a view to simplifying them).
- Providing training to clients on legislation, standards and/or quality topics.
- Steering exports to third countries in the right direction by supporting export files.
- Growing into a true expert role in the meat sector.
Become a Normanist
- Bachelor's or master's degree in the food industry or a comparable field.
- Knowledge of the meat industry.
- Good knowledge of Dutch, French and English.
- Punctual and accurate, and able to turn observations into clear advice for the client.
- Fully proficient in MS Office.
- Experience in QA and/or quality management is an additional asset.
- Available full-time.
Why choose AMNorman?
- You join a dynamic team:
- Independent: guided by the planning and management, you work independently. You will not find a hierarchical structure here. You decide when and how you organise your work, as long as the client is satisfied.
- Flexible: you work in a tailored way and on site at the client. Depending on your own preferences and needs, you can work mainly with regular clients or in a very varied way.
- Broad field of interest: the more interest and expertise you bring, the better you can support the client, so lifelong learning definitely has its place with us.
- You become part of the meat team, where knowledge is shared and decisions are made together.
- Working as a Normanist comes with plenty of benefits: extensive in-house training, a competitive salary package, a company car, laptop, mobile phone, 12 compensatory rest days (based on a 40-hour week) and enjoyable team activities.
- We care about the person behind the colleague:
- Flexible hours and control over your own schedule.
- Option to work from home.
- Clients in your own region.
- Sport@work: the chance to take part in AMRunners and Gusto Sportivo.
Interested or have questions?
Apply or find out more via hr@amnorman.be.