Food Safety & Quality Specialist

In a nutshell

Products are the core of our business. We aim to offer the best product range, to make sure we always deliver the best quality. We are on the hunt for a Food Safety & Quality Expert with superb knowledge about food laws & regulation. You will take ownership of Picnic's food and safety quality processes and standards, ensuring 100% compliance with the latest food safety regulations. This includes creating new processes, setting internal standards and running day to day food quality operations. You will collaborate with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, including category managers, supply chain professionals, customer service teams, suppliers and third-party testing services.

Tricks of the trade

• Food safety & quality responsibility: Take ownership of Picnic's food and safety quality processes and standards, ensuring 100% compliance with the latest food safety regulations.
• Knowledge sharing: Stay updated on new food laws and regulations, and keep the category team informed of relevant developments.
• Streamline processes: Collaborate closely with our category managers to streamline the label checking process and take responsibility for ensuring that all our labels adhere to legal requirements.
• Coordinate testing process: microbiological & listeria testing, interpret and summarize results, and provide guidance to our category managers on improvement plans.
• Close collaborations: Work in close partnership with our supply chain, customer service teams, and category managers to run and improve recall processes, and have the confidence to make recall decisions based on your expertise.
• Evaluate supplier performance: Together with our category managers, oversee supplier performance to maintain high standards.
• Coordinate certification processes: For all suppliers and products.

Your superpowers

• MSc. degree in Food Safety, Food Technology, or equivalent
• At least 2 years of experience in the food safety industry, preferably in the retail industry
• A genuine passion for food safety
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills
• You enjoy working in a young, dynamic environment and you have a strong sense of responsibility
• You are full of ideas to improve current operations
• Drive to deal with day-to-day operations with swift problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and love a good challenge
• Fluent in English and Dutch

Picnic perks

🥗Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks

Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.

🚴🏼‍♂️Health insurance discount & bike plan

We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate

🏠 Relocation

If you’re moving from another country to join Picnic we make it as smooth as possible for you. We’ll cover your flight costs for you and your partner and kids, your first month's rent and moving costs (up to €2000), and help you with the 30% tax ruling setup and application.

✍🏼 Learning & development

You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.

All the rest

At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.