Supply Chain Quality Manager

Overview

The opportunity is open to eligible candidates across the Europe region, including BCCA and Turkey. Relocation is not required, as the successful candidate may remain based in their current country. Please note that relocation support is not applicable for this role.

 

At PepsiCo Northern Europe, we’re more than just iconic brands — we’re a team of 2,000+ passionate people across 11 countries, working together to deliver great-tasting products that consumers enjoy every day.With over 70 years in the region, we operate from 7 key locations — including 4 headquarters and 4 production sites — and offer a portfolio of 16 brands, from global icons like Pepsi and Lay’s to local favorites like Duyvis and Schwip Schwap. We’re committed to sustainability, innovation, and community impact. If you’re looking to grow your career with purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

 

We are looking for an experienced professional with a strong Quality & Food Safety, operational or technical background, a good understanding of manufacturing environments, and hands-on experience gained in beverage production, to drive the Q&FS agenda across PepsiCo’s European franchise beverage manufacturing network, covering 45+ bottling sites.

This is a highly autonomous and diverse role, offering the opportunity to make a real impact across a broad European manufacturing network. You will work closely with senior leaders, experience different markets and manufacturing environments, and travel internationally while building a strong cross-functional network across PepsiCo and its franchise partners.

To be successful in this role, candidates should demonstrate:

• Extensive experience in Quality, Food Safety, Manufacturing, Technical Services within beverage manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of GMP, HACCP, Food Safety Management Systems, AIB and audit programs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into practical business solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and geographies.
• Capability to conduct audits, lead corrective action programs and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to manufacturing sites and franchise partners (25%-50%) across BCCA and Europe

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Quality & Food Safety programs across Europe FOBO, covering 45+ franchise beverage manufacturing sites.
• Drive compliance with PepsiCo Q&FS standards, GMP, HACCP, QAS, AIB and GFSI requirements, including timely CAPA closure.
• Lead QAS audits and drive risk-based follow-up and continuous improvement.
• Monitor Quality & Food Safety KPIs, identify key risks and drive performance improvement across sites.
• Lead and support qualification, validation and commissioning of new plants, lines, equipment and processes.
• Provide technical support, troubleshooting and capability building to franchise sites.
• Support product incidents, root cause analysis and risk mitigation.
• Partner with R&D, FSQA, PGCS, Technical Services, Operations and Manufacturing on commercialization, validation and Q&FS initiatives.
• Support and advise bottlers on productivity initiatives and improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science, Technology or Biotechnology, Production/Process Engineering, or another relevant technical or scientific field.
• Strong experience in Quality, Food Safety and Manufacturing within beverages industry
• Sound knowledge of GMP, HACCP, Food Safety Systems and auditing.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence, lead change and work effectively across multiple sites and functions.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong knowledge of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective & Preventive Action (CAPA) methodologies.
• Expertise in problem-solving tools including 5 Why, Ishikawa (Fishbone), Pareto Analysis