Quality Manager

Quality Manager at Pekan Leipä! Are you an experienced food-industry quality management professional who can handle standards, processes and practical work? We are looking for an experienced and skilled quality manager to take responsibility for quality management and food safety at our three bakeries in Heinola. We use the IFS Food and BRCGS food safety standards. Your work with us As Quality Manager, you will maintain and continually develop our quality management and food safety systems. Our varied operating environment places particular emphasis on the special production requirements of an organic and gluten-free bakery and the quality requirements of our international customers. You will work closely with the Leipomo Rosten group quality team, production, product development, management and other stakeholders. You will support daily operations with your expertise, identify areas for improvement and resolutely put solutions into practice. The work is on-site in Heinola, where our three bakeries are about one kilometre apart. Your key duties include: - Acting as Quality Manager for Pekan Leipä Oy’s three bakeries. - Maintaining and developing self-monitoring and the HACCP system, and leading the HACCP team. - Maintaining and developing quality and food safety systems in accordance with BRCGS and IFS, in cooperation with the group quality team. - Preparing, maintaining and developing group quality documentation, process descriptions and instructions, and putting working practices into practice. - Planning and conducting internal audits and coordinating external certification and customer audits. - Investigating quality deviations, analysing root causes, and ensuring that corrective actions are implemented and effective. - Responding to customers’ quality and food safety questionnaires. - Training staff and continually developing the quality and food safety culture. - Coordinating and developing corporate responsibility matters within your area of responsibility. We are looking for a strong food-industry quality and food safety professional who can independently take responsibility for a broad and demanding remit. We expect you to have: - At least a bachelor’s-level qualification in the food industry. - Strong and varied work experience in quality management and food safety in the food industry. - Thorough knowledge of BRCGS and IFS standards, and practical experience maintaining and developing quality systems and conducting audits. - Strong HACCP expertise and experience in risk assessment, process documentation and preparing HACCP plans. - Excellent spoken and written Finnish and English. - The ability to manage several areas of work at the same time and deliver development measures effectively. - An independent, systematic and solution-oriented approach, as well as good collaboration and communication skills. What we offer you - A varied and responsible expert role in three different bakery environments. - The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the development of quality management and food safety. - Support from a skilled group quality team and other professionals. - Close cooperation with production, product development and management. - A relaxed and straightforward work community that values expertise, collaboration and a hands-on attitude. The salary is negotiable based on evidence of your experience and skills. Send your CV and application, including your salary request, to rekrytointi@pekanleipa.fi by 15 November 2026. Use “Laatupäällikkö” as the email subject. The position will be filled as soon as the right person is found. The start date is by agreement, as soon as possible after the previous expert moves on to new challenges. For further information, call Production Director Mika Suvanto on weekdays between 14:00 and 16:00.