Job Description:
1. Partnering with R&D, SRA, Commercial Buyers and Marketing in developing raw materials SQA strategies which are aligned with overall Global and Regional Business Strategies.
2. Responsible for the Quality assessment and input of quality standards, Q&FS insights, supplier performance in the selection process to define the right Sourcing strategy for the raw materials supplier base and potential new raw material suppliers for the Mars Wrigley Confectionery China region
3. Assessment and confirmation of supplier capability to meet MARS Quality standards by supplier risk assessment, SQA audit, review of analytical data, verifying supplier hazard controls are operating effectively to ensure all quality, food safety and legal risks associated with the ingredients, packaging, storage and transport are robustly managed.
To lead supplier audits, representing Mars in a professional way, motivating suppliers and building technical partnerships to deliver against the SQA quality performance measures.
Support the supplier to address gaps in Q&FS capability and suggest improvement areas to develop suppliers to meet the right Quality standards.
Develop technical expertise in the production of raw materials and keep up to date with technical developments in the industry that can set new standards and best practices for our suppliers
Resolve raw materials related technical/quality non-conformances through thorough root cause analysis and defining corrective and preventive actions with the supplier and good follow-through.
Develops an extensive X functions network that ensures sufficient routes of communication are developed to promote robust engagement with internal and external stakeholders so that suppliers’ risks are transparent to all and/or open opportunities to consolidate and leverage resources that creates value to the business
Define ambitious quality targets for the suppliers, and deliver year on year reduction in supplier non-conformance to support factory efficiency. Ensure regular supplier quality performance reviews.
Drive SQA Metric and provide periodic update to the business
Lead and/or support Value Engineering and sustainability projects to support both Commercial and R&D strategies implementation.
Support the development and implementation of new raw material in response to innovation pipeline, support delivery of COGGS related projects which require raw material developments and spec. changes
Partnership with R&D, Q&FS, SRA and/or Commercial Buying to identify and eliminate gaps from quality control effectiveness and efficiency, cost, food safety and regulatory compliance point of view.
Drive operational excellence of supplier base against MQM standard.
Drive the implementation of the MQM standard by delivering training to internal clients on MQM standard and drive MQM compliance on the supplier part.
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What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
