Senior Quality Analyst

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Job Summary: The Senior Quality Analyst will implement, maintain, and enhance Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and IWS policies and systems, ensuring compliance and operational excellence. Key Highlights: 1. On-site work at the dairy factory in Poços de Caldas - MG. 2. Leading complex audits and data analysis for continuous improvement. 3. Contributing to plant sustainability and efficiency goals. About the job Our Quality team is seeking a Senior Quality Analyst to work on-site in Poços de Caldas \- MG at our dairy factory. Your main responsibilities will be: * Implement, maintain, and enhance Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and IWS policies, systems, and tools in partnership with Production, Utilities, and support areas. * Ensure compliance with internal requirements and applicable Brazilian legislation, guaranteeing product integrity and quality, as well as consumer safety. * Lead complex audits and analyses, validating critical processes (e.g., cleaning, storage, pasteurization, and sanitary conditions) and ensuring adherence to established standards. * Serve as a technical reference, analyzing data to anticipate risks, define strategies, and lead continuous improvement projects, focusing on contamination prevention and operational excellence. * Audit and validate processes and equipment according to quality, cleaning, sanitization, and food safety standards; report conformity indices to the QSA Management and maintain the production process change management system. * Conduct evaluations of customer/consumer complaints and technical defects, performing root cause analysis (IPS/UPS) and tracking action plan progress and targets. * Ensure maintenance and updating of the Quality Management System and the Food Safety Management System (Inspection/Testing Plans, HACCP, Centerline, Jidoka, and Prerequisite Programs), auditing records and evidence of compliance. * Ensure application, validation, and monitoring of United CIP (cleaning, sterilization, and sanitization), including operational times, sanitary status, performance indicators, audits, and corrective actions, reporting results and execution plans. * Evaluate non-conformities and potentially unsafe products, validating correction and disposition (quarantine/inventory write-off) and corrective actions per management systems. * Contribute to the Environmental Management System by proposing improvements to reduce water, chemical, energy, and steam consumption, aligned with plant sustainability and efficiency goals. About you * Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering or related fields. * Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills. * Process auditing and compliance verification. * Data interpretation (reports, RCs, spreadsheets). * Cleaning and sanitization programs. * Group procedures and requirements related to the Quality Management System and Food Safety. * Negotiation techniques. * Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, with strong organizational and priority management skills (prioritization vs. importance vs. urgency). About us At Danone, we are committed to bringing health and nutrition to as many people as possible. And that’s not all—we want our mission to benefit people of all ages, across all social and cultural environments, and around the world. Today, the company operates in over 120 countries, acting agilely and simply. In Brazil, we recently unified our business units to operate synergistically, offering a portfolio covering all life stages: dairy and plant-based products, and specialized nutrition. If you identify with an activist, optimistic, pioneering, and genuine personality, join us and become part of a diverse, purpose-driven company. Danone values and promotes diversity and considers People with Disabilities for all opportunities! Come make it happen with our team! \#LI\-Onsite **Discover more at:** Official careers page: Careers at Danone \| Danone Instagram: @danone\_brasil