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Join us as Quality Specialist in Novonesis Quality Operations Europe
Do words like coordination and support to production departments regarding Quality, food and feed safety, management systems, audit and GMP catch your attention? Do you see challenges as opportunities? And do you focus on possibilities and solutions? Then you may be our new colleague.
Welcome to Quality Operations Europe
We are a dynamic team of Quality specialists supporting large scale enzyme production in Novonesis EU (Bagsværd, Fuglebakken, Kalundborg) and small scale application labs (Lyngby). We work closely together as a team and are highly depending on each other’s competence to unlock our collective strengths.
In our everyday work we handle many ad-hoc situations when production needs support on quality issues and we continuously need to prioritize our tasks and must be flexible and adapt to the circumstances.
We also work closely together with colleagues at all levels throughout the organization and it is therefore of outmost importance that you have strong personal and collaboration skills to bridge between stakeholders in production, global quality and other functions across Novonesis.
In this role you’ll make an impact by:
Being first-line support to manufacturing departments and labs regarding quality and food-/feed safety; and together find solutions for how to operate in accordance with given requirements.
Provide quality and food-/feed safety training to foster a culture where all employees actively feel engaged and responsible.
Communication, follow-up and trending within quality and food-/feed safety.
Plan, participate and support during audits (internal, customer, 3rd party and authorities).
Management and implementation of requirements to ensure compliance with legislation, internal requirements, FSSC22000, FAMI-QS, ISO9001 and customer needs.
Continuously improve way-of-working and embrace future opportunities.
To succeed you must
In this role it is vital that you thrive in a dynamic working environment with multiple priorities and that you enjoy working in a team with a complex array of stakeholders. Hence, networking, building relationship, teamwork, and stakeholder management are key skills to succeed in this role. Further, you must be able to influence and lead colleagues, even when a direct reporting relationship does not exist.
In this position you need to:
Hold a Master or Bachelor degree in food science, dairy science, chemistry-engineering or similar.
Have knowledge of Management Systems, GMP, HACCP and food/feed safety programs.
Be structured, detail-oriented – while keeping the big picture in mind.
Be highly self-motivated in your way of working.
Excellent networking and problem-solving skills.
Fluent communication in Danish and English (oral and written)
Location: This position is located Greater Copenhagen area.
Application deadline: August 15th 2025
Contact details: If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Lisa Ter-Borch, Sr. manager for Quality Operations FUG/BAG on [email protected]
Could our purpose be yours? Then apply today!
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