Food Quality Expert

What we do

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and, at the same time, promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.

Our Values

At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect, and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviors based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC values, please visit this

Purpose

The Food Expert is responsible for implementing food quality policy and also to ensure compliance with the policy and good practices for the quality of food purchases in the region.

Accountabilities & Functional responsibilities

• Analyzes current practices within the Supply chain (& Procurement Unit), with suppliers, laboratories and proposes areas of improvement to ensure quality of foodstuffs.
• Supports and creates food product specification in the form of Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL)
• Ensures that food Quality Control and Inspection Company’s work is performed according to standards.
• Validates and releases food inspection reports.
• Performs Quality Social and Environmental audit of food suppliers’ manufacturing sites.
• Performs Food quality training in different steps of the supply chain such as procurement, transport, and warehousing.
• Provides support in terms of monitoring compliance levels and proposes solutions in case of identification of potential risks and non-conformities.

Relationships

• Internally, interacts with Quality Controllers, Quality Officers, Quality Technicians and their assistants, Quality Managers, Buyers, Warehouse Managers, Logisticians and Nutritionists.
• Externally, interacts with suppliers and laboratories.

Professional Experience required

• Master's degree or engineering diploma related to agri-food production.

• 4 years of professional experience in the field of food quality, production management, and/or food trade.

• Proven experience in assessments/audits.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English. French is a plus.

• Advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Databases) and fluent internet user.

• Able to write clear and concise documents and assess legal aspects of supplier/manufacturer capacity.

• Precise with a keen eye for details, rigorous with a high sense of confidentiality and integrity.

• Team spirit and good communication skills with a customer-focused orientation.

• Analytical and organizational skills.

• Able to work efficiently under pressure with minimum supervision.

• Independent with a sense of responsibility and initiative.

• Staff supervision and management skills.

• Able to travel for short support missions within the region.

Additional information

• Type of role: Food Quality Expert (800876)
• Working rate: 100%
• Location: BSSC (Tresnjinog cveta 1, Belgrade)
• Job level: C1
• Length of assignment: Open-ended
• Type of position: Resident (The vacancy is open only for persons with Serbian citizenship or personal work permit in the Republic of Serbia)
• Application deadline: 08.04.2024.

If you are interested in this position, please send us your CV and Motivation letter in English.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

What we offer

• Work and progressive professional development in an exciting international environment
• An inspiring opportunity to practice your profession in a humanitarian and multicultural organization
• Stimulating benefits package