Central Quality Manager

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet 

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.  

You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together. 

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.  

• Develop and maintain Quality Management System (QMS) for all the three sites.
• Control and Reduce Quality issues.
• Address quality issues to the satisfaction of Internal and external stakeholders.
• Evaluate customers specification and validate the same prior to development and production of required material.
• Produce and Maintain the validity records for Shade cards
• Standardize SOPs and quality processes across plants.
• Conduct internal audits and coordinate external audits.
• Monitor compliance with ISO, FSC, BRC, and customer requirements.
• Review and approve Quality Agreements with customers and suppliers.
• Ensure proper NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) signing for confidentiality.
• Handle major customer complaints and ensure root cause analysis.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Lead continuous improvement projects to reduce defects and improve efficiency.
• Track and report quality KPIs (complaints, rejection rates, audit scores).
• Manage supplier quality and conduct vendor audits.
• Provide training to site quality teams on standards and best practices.
• Ensure all sites maintain required certifications.
• Handle SMETA (Sedex) audit compliance and ensure ethical trade standards
• Conduct weekly and monthly reviews with team and management to monitor progress and resolve issues.