Experteer Overview
In this hands-on leadership role you champion hygiene, sanitation and quality across our Penafiel site to deliver consistently safe products. You’ll lead a dedicated Hygiene Team, collaborate with Production, Engineering and Quality, and drive improvements in food safety culture. You’ll manage sanitation programs, environmental monitoring and lab activities, translating data into corrective actions. Join Kerry to help shape safe, high‑quality products at scale within a global nutrition-focused business.

Compensaciones / Ventajas
• Lead site hygiene and sanitation activities ensuring compliance with Kerry, GFSI, customer and regulatory standards
• Manage and develop the site Hygiene Team and oversee third-party hygiene and pest control providers
• Coordinate cleaning validations, verifications, sanitation audits, and environmental monitoring programmes
• Analyse hygiene, microbiological, allergen and pest control trends, driving corrective and preventative actions
• Support HACCP, risk assessments, allergen management, and hygienic design initiatives across the site




• Provide training and coaching to promote food safety, hygiene awareness and operational excellence
• Lead the management of the site laboratory, including equipment maintenance, stock control, and related quality activities
• Manage non-conformances and investigations with timely closure and effective corrective actions
• Partner with Production, Engineering and Quality teams to continuously improve site standards and performance

Responsabilidades
• Experience in Hygiene, Quality Assurance, Food Safety or Sanitation in a food manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of HACCP, GMP, allergen management, environmental monitoring and food safety standards
• Proven leadership with ability to influence, engage and develop teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and a drive for continuous improvement
• Degree or Diploma in Food Science, Microbiology, Food Technology, Quality or related discipline

Requisitos principales
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📌 Hygiene & QA Lead (Madrid)
🏢 Kerry Group
📍 Madrid