Director, QSE SQM

Job Title: Director QSE SQM

Reports to: Senior Director QSE Operations

Role Purpose: This role is responsible for the end‑to‑end definition and execution of QSE programs, ensuring operational robustness and strict compliance with European food safety, quality, environmental, occupational health & safety, and social responsibility regulations for ingredients and primary packaging suppliers. Based on the global and OU QSE strategy, set goals and roadmap for suppliers for Europe for achieving QSE excellence goals.

Responsibilities

• Define and steward the technical Quality and Food Safety (QFS) strategy, policies, commitments, initiatives and prioritisation to implement in line with the global and OU QFS agenda with suppliers.
• Influence the QFS agenda and investments at suppliers and contribute to the global networked organisation QSE Innovation pipeline.
• Lead supplier authorisation processes with the implementation of all technical operational QSE aspects that protect and enhance corporate reputation.
• Communicate and obtain supplier commitments and demonstrated compliance with supplier guiding principles.
• Define initiatives and prioritisation to implement global and OU sustainability agenda, driven by business needs and focusing on water, carbon/climate, and packaging.
• Establish and maintain discipline required to execute QSE programs with precision across suppliers and European markets.
• Work directly with bottling partners, CEPG and cross‑functional OU teams to verify that system capabilities meet company standards, regulatory requirements, and consumer expectations.
• Ensure knowledge sharing and management routines across the suppliers to achieve OU QSE goals.
• Develop and scale OU capabilities to manage quality and food safety requirements for new product categories and innovative packaging formats.
• Safeguard the organisation’s reputation by managing basic compliance for core Food Safety, Human Rights, Environment and Safety at ingredients and primary packaging suppliers.
• Monitor and analyse QSE and SGP performance data to drive a "Zero Defect" mentality and robust QFS culture through continuous improvement.
• Oversee the integration of food safety and quality standards across the full value chain, fostering a QSE culture across the enterprise.
• Own resolution of QFS incidents caused by failures at suppliers, support troubleshooting, root cause analysis and corrective action planning.

Qualifications

• +5 years of Quality, Food Safety, Occupational Health and Safety experience in Food & Beverage industry.
• Experience working with internal functions and networks like R&D, CPS, SRA, SC.
• Strong hands‑on project leadership experience and ability to manage complexity within a defined project scope.
• Strong operational problem‑solving skills, adaptable, resilient and comfortable leading through ambiguity and change.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop teams and individuals, fostering a culture of collaboration, trust, accountability and high performance.
• Cross‑functional communication: collaborate and coordinate with OU technical and supply chain teams, CEPG, corporate QSE team, bottling partners, external parties and key customers (e.g. McDonald’s, Burger King).
• Senior leadership experience in leading supplier development programmes and scale transformation programmes, change management, is a plus.
• French language skills are considered an advantage but are not essential.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business administration or a related field is required; an advanced degree is preferred.

Travel Requirements

Up to 33 % travel, subject to business needs.

Location

France – Issy Les Moulineaux

Confidentiality Notice

This job description outlines the general nature and responsibilities of the role. Duties may evolve based on business needs. All information is confidential and intended for internal hiring purposes within the Europe Operating Unit.