Supplier & Co-Manufacturer Quality Manager EMEA
Gruppo Campari
Wine, Sparkling Wine, Spirits
Sesto San Giovanni - Italien
Director
Experteer Overview
In this role you will manage supplier and external manufacturer quality for ingredients, packaging, and product categories across the EMEA region. You’ll drive the supplier quality program, partner with regional factories and cross-functional teams, and lead improvement initiatives to ensure safe, compliant materials. You’ll influence vendors and internal stakeholders to support cost, quality, and new product development objectives. This position offers impact on quality culture, supplier reliability, and regulatory compliance at Campari Group.
Responsibilities
- Lead global vendor management strategy to ensure safe, compliant materials
- Oversee supplier selection, qualification, and ensuring regulatory and quality requirements are met
- Manage performance with suppliers and external manufacturers and implement improvement plans
- Support cost reduction and new product development while safeguarding quality from design to first deliveries
- Audit vendors to verify compliance with Campari Group quality standards
- Provide ingredient and packaging expertise and analytical support for supplier readiness which informs category plans
- Resolve raw material and vendor issues with manufacturing units
- Mitigate supply chain risks related to suppliers to improve reliability
- Oversee supplier-related systems (change control, NC/CAPA, quality agreements, specifications)
- Guide project teams and affiliates on outsourced activities and roll out the new Vendors SAQ platform in EMEA
- Track key quality indicators and oversee CAPA, deviations, complaints, and supplier QA activities
- Collaborate with quality, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, regulatory, and vendors to ensure product and material compliance
- Support R&D in production trials across supplier facilities
- Coordinate with global SAQ team and EMEA Quality Director on activities
- Perform other duties as assigned by Global SAQ team and EMEA Quality Director
Key requirements
- 3+ years of relevant food industry supplier quality experience
- Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills
- GFSI Lead auditor certification
- Knowledge of HACCP, risk management, sanitation in food manufacturing
- Experience managing multi-country vendors
- Fluent in English; additional European languages beneficial
- Bachelor degree in Food Science or equivalent Applied Science
- Advanced knowledge of beverage and spirits product category, quality systems, and food safety principles
- Experience in quality assurance in regulated food & beverage environments
- Project management and cross-functional collaboration experience
Description
In this role you will manage supplier and external manufacturer quality for ingredients, packaging, and product categories across the EMEA r…
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