Senior Quality Analyst

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Job Summary: Senior Quality Analyst to implement and sustain Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and IWS systems, ensuring compliance and leading continuous improvement. Key Highlights: 1. Lead complex audits and analyses 2. Serve as the technical reference in the quality area 3. Contribute to plant sustainability and efficiency About the job Our Quality team is seeking a Senior Quality Analyst to work onsite in Poços de Caldas \- MG at our dairy factory. Your main responsibilities will be: * Implement, sustain, and evolve 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, and 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 the technical reference, analyzing data to anticipate risks, define strategies, and lead continuous improvement projects, with a focus 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 QSA Management and maintain the production process change management system. * Conduct evaluations of consumer/client 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 CIP United (cleaning, sterilization, and sanitization), including operational times, sanitary status, performance indicators, audits, and corrective actions, reporting results and execution plans. * Conduct evaluations of non-conformities and potentially unsafe products, validating correction and disposition (stock retention/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. * 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 routine, with strong organization and priority management (priority 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 for every life stage: 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 **Learn more at:** Official careers page: Careers at Danone \| Danone Instagram: @danone\_brasil