Regional Vendor

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances, and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Reporting to our Regional Quality Head, located in either Munro (Argentina) or Cuernavaca (Mexico), your key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead vendor qualification activities (on-site, paper-based) throughout the region with nominated lead auditors.
• Lead auditors perform a proper audit follow-up.
• Schedule vendor audits together with Supplier Relationship Managers and assure timely work-off of the annual audit program.
• Perform vendor audits according to the Global Vendor Quality principles.
• Monitor the vendor's audit follow-up and work-off of corrective action lists.
• Support the development of the vendor auditor pool and conduct training.
• Review vendor performance indicators and suggest development activities.
• Lead improvement projects designed to enhance the vendor's overall performance in terms of quality system reliability and delivery performance.
• Support local sites in case of raw material non-conformance.

Vendor and Ingredient Qualification

• Review documentation and suitability of vendors as part of the vendor/ingredient qualification process, executing review of alternative Vendors data and New Ingredient Introduction (AVAP/NII).
• Assure service lead time of workflow related to alternative Vendors data and New Ingredient Introduction.

Knowledge and Training

• Provide support and facilitate training specific to internal standards for sites and auditors.
• Establish and review training material at the regional level.

Audit and Risk Management

• Support the coordination of the internal Audit Programs.
• Support external certification processes and contracts.

Document Management

• Responsible for the Document Management process. Support local and regional functions in managing regulated documents, and coordinate, maintain, and improve the framework for a quality document management system.
• Anticipate and review required program and process changes based on established policy and propose improvement initiatives.
• Define and update the procedures, instructions, and tools required to operate in a factory.

Your Academic Background:

• University graduate or equivalent in Food Science or related field of study.
• Master's degree in Quality Management.
• Business fluent in Spanish and English; Portuguese will be a differential.

Your Professional Profile Includes:

• Extensive and recognized technical expertise in quality management, including ISO9001, ISO17025, ISO10002, FSSC22000.
• Experience in Pasteurization, Food Microbiology, Validation of Lethality Steps.
• At least 5 years of experience, with a minimum of 3 years in an equivalent position.
• Demonstrated competence in Quality Management Systems.
• Experience in successfully implementing Quality management programs by leading change or participating in project teams, audits, and/or improvement projects.
• Good understanding of manufacturing technologies and product characteristics; understanding of the Flavours Industry will be a differential.

Key Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with a proven capacity to influence and negotiate to drive high standards of performance and quality.
• Driven and results-oriented.
• Capable of handling multi-faceted projects.
• Excellent attention to detail and organized.
• Able to work independently, taking ownership and initiative.
• Requires approximately 40% travel.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate, and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions, and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers, and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.