Plant Food Safety and Quality Manager

About the role

Ferrero is looking for a Plant Food Safety and Quality Manager to lead the implementation of food safety and quality guidelines at its Manisa plant, ensuring products meet high standards and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Own plant food safety and quality performance, ensuring compliance with Ferrero, legal, certification and customer requirements.
• Deploy and sustain FSQ standards through TPM, integrating safety into daily management, standard work and continuous improvement.
• Lead prevention‑based FSQ culture using risk assessment, HACCP, RCA/CAPA and TPM problem‑solving.
• Manage key programs such as hygienic zoning, environmental monitoring, cleaning & sanitation, allergen management and thermal validation.
• Monitor FSQ performance via KPIs, audits, sampling plans and shop‑floor routines, ensuring timely corrective actions.
• Handle non‑conformities and consumer complaints, making containment decisions and driving investigations.
• Prepare the plant for internal and external audits (BRCGS, FSSC22000, ISO 9001, etc.).
• Partner with production, maintenance and engineering to embed FSQ requirements into equipment and processes.
• Build FSQ capability across the organization through training, coaching and autonomous controls.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology or related field.
• Preferably 12+ years of experience in the food industry, ideally in manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and quality systems (GFSI, HACCP, RCA/CAPA).
• Solid TPM/continuous improvement experience with daily management and structured problem solving.
• Excellent problem‑solving, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, strategic and shop‑floor oriented mindset.
• Fluent written and verbal communication in English and Turkish.

Required skills

• HACCP
• RCA/CAPA
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
• GFSI standards
• BRCGS certification
• FSSC22000 certification
• ISO 9001
• Risk assessment
• Allergen management
• Environmental monitoring
• Cleaning and sanitation procedures
• Thermal validation