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Downstream & COMAN Manager
As a Downstream & COMAN Manager, you will ensure endtoend product quality across the cold chain by leading audits, securing compliance in storage and transport, managing nonconformities, and driving continuous improvement of Quality KPIs and procedures. I also oversee comanufacturer quality systems, handle deviations, support audits, strengthen capabilities, and manage the qualification of new comanufacturers according to Danone standards.
As a Downstream & COMAN Manager, you will be doing the following activities
- Managing and leading external audits for the cold chain (Danone Distribution Centers and trucks), with crossfunctional coordination across Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and Industrial teams when needed.
- Ensuring product storage conditions are maintained according to standards throughout the supply chain (DCs and trucks) up to the point of sale.
- Ensuring supply chain processes comply with Danone requirements for storage, transportation, and handling.
- Managing quality within supplychain connection points, including nonconformities, leading investigations, and following up on corrective action plans.
- Monitoring performance against Quality requirements in the supply chain to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
- Reviewing and updating Quality SOPs, processes, and systems at the supplychain level.
- Leading validation and verification activities for new projects impacting QFS within the supply chain.
- Establishing Quality KPIs at the supply chain and market levels in line with Danone standards and following up improvement action plans.
Accountable for CoManufacturing Quality Management System
- Maintaining product compliance at comanufacturing sites according to Danone standards.
- Handling process deviations or violations at/from comanufacturers (e.g., contamination cases).
- Supporting and participating in Danone audit teams for comanufacturer audits (FSI global Danone audits).
- Driving comanufacturer development plans, including training and process verification programs.
- Leading the qualification and introduction of new comanufacturers according to approval procedures in collaboration with FS, C&P, and R&I teams.
About you
Education Food science & Technology, Pharmacy or Agriculture
minimum 4 years of experience in FMCG
About Us
About us
Danone's mission is bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power of people have to impact the world through daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food. And healthy food needs a healthy planet and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodies.
What we offer
We believe everyone has talent, something which comes natural to you. Your uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energizes you.
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I ensure endtoend product quality across the cold chain by leading audits, securing compliance in storage and transport, managing nonconformities, and driving continuous improvement of Quality KPIs and procedures. I also oversee comanufacturer quality systems, handle deviations, support audits, strengthen capabilities, and manage the qualification of new comanufacturers according to Danone standards.
