The Global Quality Management System (QMS) Associate Manager is responsible for defining, implementing, and continuously improving the company's End-to End Quality Management System framework across all regions, manufacturing and commercial sites, and functions. This role ensures that quality and food safety processes, governance, standards, and performance management systems are consistently deployed and embedded throughout the organization.
The Global QMS Associate Manager establishes the global operating model for quality management, including governance routines, management review processes, performance monitoring, risk management, compliance, and continuous improvement mechanism in close collaboration with its QFS global peers.
The role serves as the key integrator across Quality, Food Safety, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, R&D and Regulatory, ensuring that the Quality Management System effectively supports risk management, business growth, operational excellence, and product superiority.
Through strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration, the Global QMS Associate Manager drives harmonization, simplification, and digital transformation, enabling a culture of quality excellence and consumer focus across the enterprise.
The position offers a gross annual salary between 60,000€ and 70,000€. Additional compensation and company benefits may also apply and will be discussed and defined during the selection process and on an individual basis.
Here in Perfetti Van Melle there is a culture of respect and valorization of diversity.
Therefore, applications, recruiting processes and development paths in the company are opportunities open to all people without any type of discrimination.
Perfetti Van Melle is a privately owned company, producing and distributing candies and chewing gums in more than 150 countries worldwide.
Employing over 17.000 people and operating 37 companies throughout the world, Perfetti Van Melle has a true global reach: it is present in the Asia Pacific Region, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas
The industrial adventure of Perfetti Van Melle began many years ago, but it was in March 2001 that the current Group was set up through the merger of Perfetti Spa and Van Melle N.V. In July 2006 the Group acquired the Spanish company Chupa Chups S.A., famous all over the world for its lollypops.
Our brands convey the passion we have for our products. We continuously explore new ways of doing things and innovative ideas that will inspire and delight our consumers worldwide. Our global brands Mentos, Chupa Chups, Alpenliebe gratify, refresh, inspire consumers of all ages around the globe. Other brands are extremely popular in regional markets with innovative tastes that match local preferences.
