Global QEHS Specialist, Supplier Quality Management

8 hours ago


Aarhus, Denmark Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH Full time
Global QEHS Specialist, Supplier Quality Management - Aarhus

Location: Viby J, DK

Do you have proven quality assurance and stakeholder management skills? And do you have experience within Supplier Quality Management? Then you could be just the right person for the job as Global QEHS Specialist in Arla Foods Ingredients, where you will become our specialist for raw materials, ingredients and packaging material across an international organization.

We invite you to join Arla Foods Ingredients – an independent company within the Arla Foods Group and a global leader in natural whey ingredients for many different categories including infant, sport nutrition, bakery, beverages and dairy.

Become the link between suppliers and supply chain

You will become part of Global QEHS in Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) and join the Supplier Quality Management and Compliance (SQM&C) team of 10 colleagues. SQM&C covers two main responsibilities, supplier quality management and quality compliance globally in AFI. All with an important role in the close work together with suppliers, manufacturing sites, customers as well as our commercial and R&D organisations.

Provide QEHS Support on Sourcing

In the Supplier Quality Management group, you will take on the role of Global QEHS Specialist as responsible for auditing and approving new suppliers as well as reviewing performance of existing suppliers. Some of your more specific tasks with suppliers of ingredients, packaging material, warehousing and transport are:

  1. Perform supplier approval audits and continuous performance audits
  2. Responsible for quality approval of raw materials in sourcing projects
  3. Support AFI colleagues on supplier related requests
  4. Support on supplier and customer complaints
  5. Ensure continuous quality and legal compliance for ingredients and packaging
  6. Participate in relevant Arla Foods Quality Networks
  7. Support crisis management
  8. Documentation and maintenance of master data in various systems e.g. SAP and PLM 3DX

*This is a Maternity cover. Starting ASAP until 01.06.2026.

Self-driven, analytic and strong management stakeholder skills

To succeed in this position, you need to possess good communication and stakeholder management skills. The position encourages you to be self-driven and take initiatives within the supplier quality management area. You will get to use your profound analytical skills and sense of detail as you maneuver in a busy and international environment. You will have a large surface of contact and interaction with colleagues and stakeholders from various organizational levels and cultural backgrounds.

Your qualifications:

  1. You hold a degree in Food Science, Dairy Science or similar relevant technical education
  2. You have experience within auditing preferably supplier audits
  3. You have experience working in the food manufacturing business, preferably in a quality function
  4. Knowledge of quality assurance, food safety and production would be ideal
  5. You are a competent user of IT systems
  6. Fluent in Danish and English

Application and contact

If you want to seize this exciting opportunity, please apply before the 10th of February 2025. For additional information, please contact Global Senior QA Manager Maria Weber on +45 91 31 97 31.

Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) is an independent company within the Arla Foods Group, consisting of a little over 2000 colleagues globally. Our headquarters is located in Aarhus, Denmark. However, we have a global presence with subsidiaries and regional sales offices spanning South America, Asia, Europe, and Northern America.

We are the global leader in improving premium nutrition and our purpose is clear: Together we discover and deliver powerful nutrition for a stronger tomorrow. Together with our customers, research partners, suppliers, NGOs, and others, we discover and deliver ingredients and products that can advance lifelong nutrition for the benefit of consumers around the world.

By joining us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to shape your own development in a company that has achieved double-digit growth every year for a quarter of a century. While our factories may be packed with shiny steel vats, our labs look like something from the space program and our offices are awash in spreadsheets, we are a fundamentally human company with a genuine commitment to sustainability.

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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