Senior Quality/Process Control Manager

Number of employees

500

Valencia, Spain, Spain

Posted on: 2022-07-01

Category: agritech

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

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About the company:

We use nature’s own technology to make fruits and vegetables last longer in order to drastically reduce food waste—from farmer to grocer to kitchen tables around the world.

JOIN OUR TEAM. Check out http://www.apeel.com/jobs for career opportunities. You’ll join a group of committed, passionate individuals who are excited about the opportunity to build and implement new technologies with a global reach.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. We hire undergraduate and graduate-level students with backgrounds in Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Materials, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, and related fields.

Apeel's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, DBL Partners, Upfront Ventures, S2G Ventures, Powerplant Ventures, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. Visit us at apeel.com to learn more.

At Apeel, we look to nature to help the global food system extend quality, prevent waste, and ensure an abundant future for our planet.

We believe that our most essential ingredient in our recipe for success is our people. We strive to cultivate an environment where everyone is welcomed, and can bring their full, authentic selves into everything they do at Apeel. Humility, Ingenuity, Leadership and Teamwork are the values that define us and how we work with each other, customers, and communities across the globe.

About This Role

Apeel Sciences is seeking a Process Engineering & Quality Control Manager to lead efforts to maintain, increase and standardize the application process of a plant-based coating to citrus fruits. This position will require oversight of the process engineering and quality control teams, and represent the department within the cross functional management team for the Business Unit. 

You will be required to provide analytical support and methodology to successfully implement processes and adapt quality control systems and metrics while working closely with the Apeel Labs and New Product Introduction teams and other key stakeholders. Fostering teamwork in alignment with company values will be a fundamental skill required for this position to cater to the growing needs of our business and evolving employee base.

What You’ll Do 

  • Lead the team whilst promoting Apeel core values.  Create accountability within the team for the defined targets, metrics of success and resource allocation. Encouraging and fostering career development for the team.
  • Define reporting requirements and communication channels for the team, with external and internal stakeholders.
  • Develop relationships with key stakeholders within the business unit, the Organization and Suppliers/Customers.
  • Define and implement reporting content and structure. Using data to influence decision making with sound quantitative, qualitative and strategic data. 
  • Manage and improve the QMS including acceptance criteria, quality and performance targets, sampling, sample retention, data management and testing program for continuous/batch production on finished products at multiple sites. 
  • Define, implement and standardize Process Control strategy, methodology  and procedures for continuous or batch production in accordance with instrumentation and laboratory equipment that meet the desired specifications
  • Define strategy  and methodology through working closely with Apeel Labs/NPI and Operations Eng. functions to ensure efficient and effective scalable launch of new products and processes.
  • Lead, define and apply problem solving methodology to resolve Quality Notifications and Off Target performance for escalated issues related to QC, process and performance. 
  • Ensure the interpretation, traceability, reporting of data (Data Management) and maintenance of records are documented and effectively implemented, including the use of statistical analysis and Statistical Process Control where appropriate,  in order to provide quantitative and qualitative data that supports Value Proposition of our products.
  • Lead both internal and external audits, by reporting on laboratories, product quality and operating standards
  • Ensuring that analytical methods for key release specifications (KRS) of finished products have gone through appropriate method developments, validations at QC lab to perform the analysis prior to manufacturing the product, seeking for standardization, repeatability and reproducibility of the processes.

What You Bring 

  • PhD/ MS / B.S. degree in Science and/or Engineering; and 7-10+ years of experience in related positions within the agro-food, food manufacturing, bio-tech and/or chemical industries .
  • 5+ year’s experience with leading and motivating highly skilled/qualified teams.
  • Experience with Quality Management Systems and Process Control within the related industries and experience with fully or semi automated processes - 
  • Great analytical, strategic, results-oriented, customer-oriented, business-driven mentality.
  • Highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced in leading dispersed teams.
  • Proactive, dynamic, emphatic and hands on work (Lead by example) attitude.
  • Broad Knowledge and experience of cGMP, and QMS for related industries.
  • Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, Experimental Design.
  • Knowledge of Formulation, Mixing, Thermodynamics processes is a plus.
  • Passion for problem-solving and developing others; excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills; and the proven capability to make timely and sound decisions.
  • Proficiency in English and Spanish is a must, other languages are highly appreciated.

Apeel believes that the scale of our impact is determined by the teams that work with us. As such, we seek to build high-performing teams of people from various experiences and backgrounds who can collectively push our company into new realms. We seek a diverse pool of applicants and consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, Veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status. If you have a special need or disability that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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