Supplier Assurance Manager

BE - Ardo Headquarters
Quality & Food Safety
Permanent contract

Ardo supplies its continuously growing markets around the world with high quality frozen vegetables, herbs, and fruit with 4000 employees and 17 production sites in 8 countries. The family business sells in more than 100 countries and has a turnover of more than 1.4 billion euros. Ardo's mission is to preserve the gift of nature as pure as possible. Ardo achieves this goal thanks to an integrated network of growing areas, production units, freezing units, packaging equipment, appropriate logistics and thorough quality control. The group's know-how and flexible structure ensure that it can respond quickly to new trends and that innovative products can be brought onto the market quickly. More info on www.ardo.com.

Your Scope

As a Supplier Assurance Manager, Europe you are responsible for the development and implementation of Ardo’s Vendor Assurance strategy and will lead the Supplier Assurance Team. 

In this role, you will work in a close collaboration with the Procurement team to ensure the compliance of externally purchased products as per Ardo’s quality & food safety standards. You will be leading a team of Supplier Assurance Officers based across different geographical regions to support the development of Ardo’s strategic suppliers and mitigate risks across our global supply chain by devising policies on supplier approval flow and supplier management processes.  

  • As a Supplier Assurance Manager, you will develop Quality, Food Safety, Sustainability & Ethical compliance strategy for external purchased products for Ardo Group (Europe and North America)
  • Execute the Supplier Assurance strategy by defining objectives, targets and implementation roadmap in collaboration with Group Procurement team
  • Harmonisation of Supplier Assurance procedures across all sites including Ardo North America
  • Create, maintain and roll out the supplier code of conduct
  • Lead and manage the Supplier Assurance Department by defining regional and category targets and supporting the supplier assurance officer and Lead buyers to achieve the supplier improvement objectives
  • Drive the supplier classification and consolidation together with the Group Lead Buyers
  • Manger serious complaints and incidences of purchased products
  • Carry out supplier audits across various sourcing regions
  • Implement KPI’s on purchased products and guide the results improvement across regions and categories
  • Ensure control measures are in place such as pre-shipment screening in COO and reception control sampling plans.
  • Train the Supplier assurance Team on Ardo continuous improvement projects to support strategic supplier development.

Your profile

  • You have a Masters or an engineering degree in Food Science, Food processing Technology, Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Agriculture or similar Agri- Food related qualification.
  • You have a strong knowledge of fresh or frozen vegetable/fruit sector
  • You have a strong verbal and written fluency in English – other languages are a plus
  • You have at least five years of working experience in quality/food safety department 
  • You have experience of conducting internal audits and external supplier audits
  • You have a strong commercial awareness of food sector
  • You have knowledge and understanding of HACCP, GFSI schemes and EU regulations
  • You are a problem solver with a capacity to find agreement
  • You are a good communicator who enjoys working with people
  • You have strong organizational, planning and analytical skills
  • You can work with a high degree of autonomy but also in a supporting role
  • You are open to regular and extensive travel
  • You have strong computer skills, including MS Office (word, PowerPoint and Excel spreadsheet software), Internet, and e-mail.

We offer

We offer you the opportunity to be part of an authentic and sustainable international company, with real growth opportunities and the freedom to actively participate in shaping the business and the opportunity to develop professionally. You will receive a full remuneration package in line with the level of this position. We care for our people and create family-friendly surroundings by offering you the flexibility to work 2 days/week from home.

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Why work for Ardo?

Global Impact, Local Touch

With 17 units across 8 countries, a turnover of 1.4 billion, and products exported to over 100 countries, your work at Ardo impacts people worldwide. Be a part of an international team that retains a close-knit, local feel.

Career Growth in a Thriving Industry

In our team of around 4000 employees, every individual matters. We offer various opportunities for career growth and skill enhancement in a robust and thriving industry, ensuring you evolve as we grow.

Diverse and Inclusive

Embrace the opportunity to work with diverse teams from around the globe. At Ardo, we celebrate different cultures, ideas, and innovations brought in by our international family of employees.