Quality Assurance Manager – External Analysis & Risk Assessment (mfd)
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Job Location:
Frankfurt am Main - Germany
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Your tasks
The Mission
Were looking for someone who loves the intersection of food science law and logistics. At KoRo we dont have an onsite laboratory; instead we rely on a high-performing network of external partners. We also do not have our own production and rely on a large supplier base that produces top-quality products. Your job is to be the brain behind that coordination - making sure our products are safe our testing is smart and our decisions are backed by data.
Location: This role is based at our warehouse in Alzenau just outside Frankfurt.
What Youll Be Doing
1. Managing the External Analysis (Your Main Focus) (80%)
- Sample Coordination: Youll be hands-on with our products preparing and coordinating samples to be sent out to our external labs.
- Smart Testing: Youll consistently perform risk assessments to decide what we test and how often. This includes keeping up with our planned schedule and jumping into action for ad-hoc or reactive testing when the need arises. You will continuously assess the risk of our testing strategy and ensure it aligns with our philosophy of high quality and food safety.
- Insight over Data: You wont just read lab reports; youll translate those results into actual insights. Youll be the one making the risk-based call on whether a product is released or blocked.
- Food Law Authority: Youll ensure everything stays compliant with German and European food law. Youll become our local expert on DGHM values contaminants and pesticides.
- Partner Management: Youll be the main point of contact for our external labs keeping an eye on the budget and making sure were getting the best service for our spend.
2. Warehouse Support (Your Secondary Focus) Youll work closely with your local QA counterpart in Alzenau who takes the lead on day-to-day physical warehouse checks. (20%)
- Supportive Eyes: Youll assist with spot-check incoming goods and sensory tastings.
- Problem Solving: When quality deviations pop up on the floor youll help investigate the root cause.
- Keeping it Clean: Youll help manage quality documentation supplier 4D reports and our library of retain samples.
Your profile
Who You Are
- Language: You speak and write excellent German and English (C1 level). Youre comfortable navigating a complex German legal text one minute and talking to an international supplier the next.
- Education: You have a degree in Food Science Food Chemistry Oecotrophology or a related field.
- Legal Mind: You understand the logic behind food regulations and can explain why a pesticide level matters.
- Software & Data Skills: You are highly proficient in Microsoft Office or Google Workspace. You can work excellently with data in Excel and are comfortable using modern project management tools like Notion Asana or to keep your work organized.
Reliable & Independent: Youre happy working at our Alzenau hub keeping things running smoothly while staying in sync with the team in Berlin.
What you can expect from us
- Our diverse team is ready to be enriched and inspired by your ideas: help building the future of food retailing in our fast-growing start-up!
- Extensive onboardings which will prepare you for your various and challenging tasks.
- Flexible working hours and while this is a hands-on role we can discuss potential work-from-home options down the road
- A fully subsidized Deutschlandticket
- Find your way (back) to the gym thanks to fitness cooperations with Urban Sports Club or FitX.
- Optimal performance thanks to a modern MacBook.
- 20 % discount in our KoRo online store.
- Regular team events and joint activities as well as legendary company parties.
Sounds good
Then apply with your application documents (CV and letter of motivation) via the application form on our website. We are looking for real team members let us know who you are and what motivates you!
Key Skills
- Quality Assurance
- FDA Regulations
- Food Industry
- Food Safety Experience
- ISO 9001
- Quality Systems
- Food Processing
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- QA/QC
- Selenium
- HACCP
About Company
Die KoRo Handels GmbH ist ein breit aufgestelltes Lebensmittel- und Technologieunternehmen, das den Handel neu denkt.
