FSQR SPECIALIST CENTRAL EUROPE

FSQR/QA Specialist Central Europe

Join Boortmalt and help drive food safety, quality, and regulatory excellence across our Central European operations.

Reporting to the Cluster Quality Manager CE, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving food safety, quality, and regulatory systems across the region. Working closely with production teams, quality managers, laboratories, and other stakeholders, you will ensure that our raw materials, production processes, and finished products meet customer expectations and comply with both international and local regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Cluster Quality Manager in ensuring site compliance with Group Quality, Food Safety, and Feed Safety policies and standards.
• Assist in managing documentation associated with certification standards.
• Support quality-related activities concerning barley intake, malt production, and blending operations.
• Provide support during external audits and follow up on corrective actions to ensure timely closure.
• Prepare and manage internal audit and inspection plans for assigned sites.
• Support the investigation and resolution of customer complaints and ensure corrective actions are effectively implemented.
• Assist sites with management reviews and traceability exercises.
• Manage product specifications (BOS) and related master data within the ERP system.
• Support the implementation of corrective actions to achieve zero food safety incidents.
• Coordinate sample management, including pre-shipment samples, external laboratory testing, and customer-requested analyses.
• Support plant hygiene and pest control programs, identifying non-conformities and assisting sites in maintaining required standards.
• Deliver training and guidance on quality, food safety, and hygiene topics.
• Coordinate local laboratories to ensure effective quality control of barley and malt.
• Monitor and report key quality performance indicators in a timely manner.
• Contribute to reducing the cost of poor quality across the region.
• Ensure effective and timely customer complaint responses.
• Travel to sites within the region as required.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in food science, bioscience, chemistry or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience with a technical educational background. This position is also open to young graduates with a first professional experience.
• Proven lab experience in a similar Quality, Food Safety, or Regulatory role within the food, beverage, or related industry.
• Understanding of manufacturing and factory operations.
• Knowledge of malting and/or brewing processes is considered an advantage.
• Experience with HACCP, Food Safety, and Quality Management Systems, preferably FSSC 22000.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent organizational and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication and training capabilities.
• Fluent in English, other knowledge of languages are a plus
• Willingness to travel within the Central European region.

• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for international career development within a global organization.
• A flexible, inclusive, and collaborative working environment.
• A strong focus on health, wellbeing, and employee development.
• The opportunity to work for a company that puts people at the heart of everything it does.

As Masters of Malt, we live by our values:

“Strive” - our ambition is to be the best maltster that's why every day we commit to challenge ourselves to achieve the highest level. 

“Care” - our strength is magnificent when we care for our earth, our colleagues and our business partners. We encourage trust, respect and treat each other with respect. We believe that Diversity makes us stronger. 

“Inspire” - We adopt a long-term orientation delivering sustainable performance through innovation and digitization, becoming praised Masters of Malt. 

“Explore” – thinking out of the box and embracing pioneer ideas to become a source of motivation, we like challenging the status quo to develop full potential.