Quality Manager, ING, P&B

Job Title: Quality Manager, , ING, P&B

City, Country: Kunming, China

Join us as a Quality Manager and play a pivotal role in ensuring product quality, process reliability, and compliance across our Ingredients manufacturing site. In this role, you will lead both Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities while partnering closely with operations to drive continuous improvement and a strong quality culture. You will have the opportunity to combine technical expertise, people leadership, and strategic quality management to make a meaningful impact on site performance. If you are passionate about quality, collaboration, and building high-performing teams, we would love to hear from you.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site quality team, supporting capability building across laboratory operations and quality systems.
• Manage the Quality Control laboratory, ensuring accurate, reliable, and timely analytical and sensory testing, while driving laboratory excellence and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the effective implementation and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System, including internal, customer, and regulatory audits.
• Monitor quality performance, lead investigations of deviations and complaints, and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with production, engineering, planning, maintenance, customers, and suppliers to strengthen quality performance and operational effectiveness.
• Promote a proactive quality culture while ensuring compliance with safety, health, environmental, and security requirements.

We offer

• A collaborative and inclusive workplace where quality, innovation, and continuous learning are valued every day.
• Opportunities to influence site performance and contribute to regional and global quality initiatives.
• Exposure to cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, customers, and suppliers.
• Ongoing development opportunities, including training, mentorship, and career growth across our global organization.
• A culture that encourages accountability, continuous improvement, and sharing of knowledge and best practices.
• The opportunity to help shape the future of quality excellence while making a positive impact on people, products, and customers.

You Bring

• A bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, or a related field; an advanced degree is an advantage.
• At least five years of experience in chemical analysis, quality management, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on knowledge of analytical laboratory techniques, including chromatography, physicochemical analysis, and method troubleshooting.
• Experience with quality management systems, audits, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across functions and build strong relationships.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, along with a commitment to safety, compliance, and operational excellence.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations –we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions –every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

Our application process

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our career portal (www.dsm-firmenich.com/careers).

Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work –and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds —no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help –just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.