Global Quality and Food Safety Specialist H F X

**Job Description:** **Global Quality and Food Safety Specialist (H/F/X)** Location: Aimargues (near Montpellier) Type of contract: Permanent (CDI) _Join Royal Canin as a Global Quality and Food Safety ! Drive excellence in distribution quality and traceability across our global network. In this role, you’ll lead compliance initiatives, standardize processes, and enhance end-to-end traceability capabilities—ensuring our products meet the highest standards from plant to pet._ **What are we looking for?** * B.S. or M.S. in Food Science, Quality, or Supply Chain. * 5-10 years of experience in Quality and Food Safety Management or Supply Chain, with strong knowledge of distribution quality and traceability standards. * Familiarity with ISO 9001, ISO 22000/FSSC, or BRC Storage & Distribution standards. * Proficiency in IT systems such as WMS, Agnostic, and SAP. * Excellent communication skills (oral and written). * Proven ability to lead and influence across regions and functions. * Strong understanding of business processes, systems, and change management. * Excellent networking skills and ability to deliver projects through others remotely. **What will be your key responsibilities?** * Act as the global Quality &Food Safety Specialist for standards and procedures related to Distribution Quality Management, Traceability, Hold & Release, and Product Disposal. * Lead global compliance roadmaps for these standards across the distribution network and manufacturing sites where applicable. * Ensure calibration and efficiency of gap assessments and define concession needs. * Facilitate the RC QiD/QiM Community of Practice (COP), driving collaboration, knowledge sharing, training, and continuous improvement. * Provide functional expertise in market traceability IT systems (e.g., Agnostic Corp system) and support global deployment. * Offer technical guidance for risk assessments, development, evaluation, and validation of new requirements and capabilities. * Serve as the key liaison with Petcare and corporate teams on distribution quality and traceability matters. * Maintain regular communication with VCO and R&D/QFS leadership teams and manage escalations when necessary. **What can you expect from Mars?** * You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group. * Flexible working opportunities. * Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. * Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. #LI-KD1 #mars #royalcanin #bettertogether