Quality Specialist

Join Oterra in making natural food and beverages easy, for a sustainable and healthy world
Headquartered in Denmark, with production sites in Europe, Latin America, and the US, we’re a passionate team of over 1400 team members of 48 nationalities in 27 countries worldwide, serving 120 markets globally. As the leading worldwide provider of natural colors, we offer food and beverage manufacturers an alternative to artificial colors. Food and health are at the heart of everything we do and every day over 400 million people eat a product with our colors in it. We believe that nature got it right the first time.

Meet your new team!
You will join the Quality Control (QC) team which consists of 14 dedicated colleagues working day, evening, and night shifts. We all step in when and where needed, we have a flat structure but high standards and we take a pragmatic and operational approach to achieving our goals. We value humour, are driven by a passion for learning, and genuinely find our purpose in continuously improving our organization. Our team is located at our production site in Avedøre.

What would your role look like?
As a Quality Specialist, you will join our quality department and work closely together with the laboratory, production, application, QA, and product management. We will provide a thorough onboarding to ensure you have a great start to the job.

Duties and responsibilities:
• Handling complaints regarding quality issues
• Working with nonconforming products/productions in association with our production team to secure conformity
• Handling products out of specification
• Cooperate with lab technicians, production, and product specialists to optimize our setup concerning changes of instructions, changes of analyses, etc.
• Handling different requests from customers
• Follow up on nonconforming raw materials
• Support to release

Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate has a positive mindset, a proactive attitude, and is motivated to collaborate closely with the production teams to support smooth operations. You enjoy working in a very dynamic and fast-paced work environment. What matters most to us is that you fit in - not that you meet all qualifications.

Experience and skills required:
• Strong Excel skills are required
• Data-driven
• Familiar with lab and production equipment and systems
• A hands-on mindset
• A can-do attitude and a positive view on change, recognizing that even small adjustments can make a lasting impact
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Danish
• Relevant educational background, such as food engineer, chemist, engineer or similar
• Experience with SAP is an advantage, but not required

What can we offer?
We offer an exciting opportunity in an ambitious organization where commitment is strong, and where we work to improve our processes and results. We have an informal tone and put a high value on teamwork. We offer:
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• A social workplace with Friday breakfast and social events
• A good canteen
• Continuous opportunities for learning and career progression
• Free onsite parking
• Employee discounts on various attractions and products

Further information and application
We would love to know more about you and your motivation for this job! Please send us a CV in English, no later than December 1st, 2024.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact hiring manager Anja Lindholm at [email protected].

Please note that we will be working with a continuous selection process, which means we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. So do not hesitate to apply!

Start: As soon as possible, with regards of the notice period.

Application Deadline: Job ID: 2334 Location: Hvidovre, DK, 2650

Job Posting Function: Quality / Control / Health & Safety