O5 QAQC Africa Regional Team Lead Manager

Role Overview

The Regional QA/QC Manager oversees the quality assurance and quality control programs across sourcing countries in Africa. This role involves managing dedicated local teams and collaborating with international leadership to ensure product integrity and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Management: Lead the regional QA/QC program in close coordination with international directors and global production teams.
• Team Leadership: Recruit train and manage QA/QC teams (approximately 1015 total staff) across key sourcing countries.
• Process Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to established quality processes reporting standards and communication protocols.
• Performance Tracking: Report on monthly KPIs to reflect program activity and team performance.
• Operational Support: Assist in improving program manuals and operational documents.
• Stakeholder Relations: Build and maintain strong relationships with local vendors factories and agents while protecting the companys interests.
• Financial Oversight: Ensure accuracy in data for the monthly invoicing process based on deliverables and contract agreements.

Position Details

• Location: Kenya Ethiopia or Egypt (must have strong international travel connections).
• Travel: Approximately 4050% annual travel required including international trips.
• Reports To: International QA Director (based in Hong Kong).
• Direct Reports: 15 direct reports; total team of 1015.

Qualifications :

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelors or advanced degree in Quality Business or a related field.
• Experience: At least 10 years of experience in manufacturing (Apparel Softlines or Footwear) for a multinational brand or retailer.
• Leadership: Minimum 10 years of experience managing business operations or large QA/QC teams including remote management of regional networks.
• Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of Quality Assurance Lean Management and Quality Control systems.

Essential Skills

• Communication: Fluent in written and spoken English with strong presentation and public speaking abilities.
• Mindset: Result-oriented self-motivated and capable of working independently in a collaborative global environment.
• Integrity: Strict adherence to Zero Tolerance policies regarding compliance and ethics.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in business software (spreadsheets project management and resource planning tools).

Additional Information :

We support your development! Do you feel you dont match 100% of the requirements Dont hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression race nationality age religion sexual orientation disability and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

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Find out more in our career page:  description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries to make life and our environment safer healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the water you drink to the medicines you rely on Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food environment pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology forensics advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics discovery pharmacology forensics advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes France to 61000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety identity composition authenticity origin traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022 Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time