Quality & Food Safety Manager, Value Chains (E&A)

Location : Barcelona Hub

City : Barcelona

State :  Barcelona (ES-B)

Country : Spain (ES)

Requisition Number : 33883 

BUNGE has an exciting opportunity available for a QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY MANAGER, VALUE CHAINS (E&A). In this role, you will be responsible for supporting all value chains including destination soybean, soft seeds, grains in Europe and Asia to ensure that all commodities that are traded or processed in Bunge plants comply with Bunge Quality, Food and Feed Safety requirements and relevant regional or local regulations.

You will work closely to support and guide all trade execution, commercial, supply chain and industrial teams to ensure quality and product safety and regulatory requirements incorporated to the commodity contracts based on present or emerging risks and regulations.

You will communicate risk assessment changes to commercial, trade execution, QFS and relevant teams to guide them about required minimum analysis for commodities to ensure visualization of issues, opportunities and actions in a proactive way.

The role covers Quality, Food and Feed Safety and Regulatory compliance leading indirectly a team of 4 people in 4 locations working with cross-functional teams in Europe, Asia as well as other origin teams globally.

“Since 1818, Bunge has been connecting farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed, and fuel to the world.  Looking to the future, our ambition is to continuously reinvent ourselves, leveraging data to be at the forefront of analytics, technology and talent to accomplish our purpose in a better, faster and simpler way.  Bunge is committed to operating and thriving in the digital world – creating world class agile teams where teammates are empowered and encouraged to collaborate and test and learn to succeed”.

Note: you are ideally located in Europe to obtain this job.

Some competencies we are looking for are:

• Able to lead others by using knowledge of Bunge’s business, structure and strategy to develop innovative solutions to improve results or eliminate problems, influence, mentor and coach.

• Build partnerships, appropriately influence to gain commitment by being collaborative and engaging.
• Drive results through high standards, focus on key priorities, organization.
• Strong strategic orientation (set the big picture) and operationally knowledgeable (understand the details).
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to understand and communicate complex concepts.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Outstanding communication skills to promote awareness and understanding of quality and safety standards.
• High reliability and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and respond appropriately to incidents.
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and energized by working with multiple countries and nationalities.
• Possesses ambition, curiosity, confidence and enthusiasm, capacity to learn faster.
• Stays updated to technical knowledge, industry trends and functional knowledge to the benefit of the business.
• Customer focus and business orientation
• Results oriented ‘’ winner’’ mentality.
• High level of personal drive and commitment, willingness for going extra mile
• Professionally mature, able to engage at all levels and good communication and stakeholder management skills.

We are looking for different skills in our ideal candidate:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Food or Chemical Engineering, Food Technology, Food Chemistry, Agricultural Sciences, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in the food, feed industry, agri-business more than 10 years in regional and global roles and thorough knowledge of applicable quality, food and feed safety standards.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in management roles
• Alternatively, a completed vocational training in international trade, procurement, or a related field with a focus on agricultural products.
• Knowledgeable about EU and local regulations for respective countries.
• Experience with GMP+ and EFISC-GTP, GFSI benchmark Food Safety certifications, including their implementation and maintenance.
• Knowledge of contaminant analysis and relevant laboratory methods.
• Fluent business English.
• Spanish language is preferred based on location in Barcelona, Spain.

At Bunge, people don’t just come here to work, they come here to grow – solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse team of thinkers and doers.

If this description reflects your profile or ambition, we’re looking forward to seeing your application and motivation in English by hitting apply!

In case of questions, please reach out to Aitor Alonso (Talent Acquisition Specialist at aitor.alonso@bunge.com).

Acquisition by agencies is not appreciated, we do not use agencies at this moment for our recruitment. Open proposals of candidates are at own risk.

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We Are Bunge

Bunge is a global agribusiness with one mission – we connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. We have unmatched global scale and deeply rooted relationships which allow us to bring innovative ingredients and knowledge to some of the world’s biggest brands – many of which are likely in your home right now. 

We know that to achieve our mission and deliver the best results to our customers, each other and the world we need to work together – so we hire talented people who are passionate, bold and driven to work as One Bunge. This dedication is deeply embedded in our culture and reflected in the way we work.

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

If this sounds like you, join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day – people who are #ProudtoBeBunge.

Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or military or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.