Quality Assurance & Food Safety Manager (Flavor)

We invite you to join Takasago, where you can be innovative and contribute to society through technology. The management of Takasago aims to create a company where each employee can experience a sense of fulfillment and happiness at a high level. Specifically, we strive to establish an environment where people from diverse backgrounds can work with joy and a sense of purpose, create a system that supports individual growth, and above all, implement management practices that enable employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Takasago is a major global leader and producer of flavors and fragrances providing innovative solutions in flavors, fragrances, aroma ingredients, and fine chemicals. Takasago is headquartered in Japan and operates in over 27 countries, with manufacturing facilities, research and development centers, and sales offices worldwide. Takasago ranked 8th overall and 1st in Asia on the Global Top Food Flavors and Fragrances Companies

Essential Job Functions:

• ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 (FSMS) Leader.
• Develop, implement, and manage QA policies and procedures
• Overseas QA team, providing leadership, training and support.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations and testing to maintain high quality products.
• Investigate and resolve quality issues, implementing corrective and preventive action.
• Collaborates with cross functional teams (i.e. Production, engineering, maintenance) to improve quality.
• Maintain quality documentation, reports, and records for regulatory compliance.
• Monitor key quality metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Responsible for documenting food safety and quality management systems; draft, write and manage quality, food safety and sanitation procedures, work instructions - Quality and FS Documents Coordinator
• CAPA's/NCR's; investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues
• Evaluate audit findings, and develop and recommend corrective and preventive actions
• Lead GMP audit program
• Perform cleaning/SSOP validations
• Coordinate environmental swabbing program (micro, ATP, allergens)
• Support on-site audits conducted by external providers
• Prepare reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities
• Proactively work with the Quality Manager to resolve Quality/Analytical related issues effecting production processes, customer satisfaction, and process improvements
• Identify training needs and coordinate training with HR and department managers to meet quality standards

Educational Qualifications:

Minimum bachelor's degree in quality, food science, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, or related discipline.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years' experience as Quality Assurance leader or Technologist in flavor, fragrance, chemical, food or pharmaceutical industry.

Strong background in quality systems management, ISO, GFSI/FSSC 22000, HACCP, food safety, auditing, GMP's, SOP's/documentation.

Strong background in varied batch and automated manufacturing systems.

Strong background in microbiology and analytical chemistry, including instrumentation.

Takasago's Employee Benefits and Perks:

Takasago offers flexible work arrangements, tuition assistance, health benefits, employee discounts to various services and products, and life insurance 1.5 times your salary. When we think about employee success and financial security, we think long-term. Takasago provides robust retirement savings plans, as well as an employee assistance program. We hope you will join us and achieve professional growth and enrichment.

EEO Statement:

Takasago provides equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race or ethnicity, sex/gender (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, civil union status, familial status, religion, national origin or citizenship, military service status, or any other category protected by law.