Nordic Quality Assurance Lead and Project Manager

McDonald's sets the highest possible standards for food safety and quality. We are now looking for a Nordic Quality Assurance Lead and Project Manager (“QA Lead”) whose task is to develop and ensure quality and food safety within McDonald's restaurants across the four Nordic markets (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden). The role is placed within our Restaurant Solutions Group with reporting to the Nordic Quality Assurance Manager.
We wish you to have:
The QA Lead ensures all markets have the necessary tools and knowledge for the restaurants to safely serve high quality food. This involves implementing global McDonald's standards and developing Nordic food safety and quality standards. The QA Lead coordinates our team of food safety and quality experts and supports the markets in all matters concerning restaurant food safety and quality. The QA Lead also manages projects impacting food safety and/or quality and participates as a food safety and quality expert in projects led by other functions and departments.
The work is independent but there is close and continuous contact with the team of QA experts, external partners, and members of other functions, such as Operations, Supply Chain, Product Development, IT, and Equipment, on both Nordic and local levels.
You should have relevant training in food sciences, knowledge of microbiology, and experience with HACCP-based food safety programs. You may have worked in a similar QA role or as a food safety authority for at least a few years. We would prefer you to have knowledge of food production, food legislation, sampling, nutrition as well as chemicals and cleaning programs. It is considered advantageous if you have previous experience from the McDonald’s system.
As the tasks require cooperation and coordination with other functions across several countries, both internal and external, you should be responsive, have good communication skills, and enjoy working in close collaboration with others. It is important that you can convey your knowledge in a clear and easy-to-understand manner and are good at stakeholder management.
In addition, you are:
passionate about food safety and quality
self-motivated, analytical, structured and proactive
experienced in project management
able to travel
adept at using MS Office programs
fluent in English (spoken and written)
based in one of the following countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden

We offer:
A dynamic and diverse work environment with versatile tasks
Passionate and knowledgeable colleagues
Possibility for hybrid work
Opportunity to further develop food safety and quality expertise

If you recognized yourself in the above and are interested in working with one of the world's most famous restaurant companies, you might be the person we are looking for. If you are interested, submit your application with your motivation, salary expectation, and resumé by December 25, 2022. For more information about the position, please contact RSG QA Manager Stiina Rasimus-Sahari Stiina.rasimus-sahari@fi.mcd.com.
About the company
About McDonald’s in the Nordics
McDonald’s is the largest restaurant chain in the Nordics, serving iconic products like the Big Mac® and their world-famous fries to 600.000 guests every day. McDonald’s have approximately 20.000 employees in around 430 restaurants, delivering a great restaurant experience to their guests. Most of the McDonald’s restaurants are owned and operated by local franchisees.
Food Folk Group owns the licensee rights for McDonald’s in the Nordics since 2017 and will join the journey to develop McDonald’s. The Nordic headquarter organization consists of 220 colleagues. The organization is built on a matrix structure, where about half of the employees are working locally in one of their four markets and half are working in Nordic functions.
McDonald’s have a high-performance culture and they do everything in their power to deliver a great restaurant experience to their guests, no matter working in a restaurant or at the headquarters. Right now, McDonald’s is growing and as part of this journey, McDonald’s in Nordics is looking for Nordic Quality Assurance Lead and Project Manager to improve their performance within this area.
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