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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Quality Analyst

Inspection & TestPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Currently be in the final year of study or hold a completed degree in Food Engineering, Production Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Chemistry.
  • Have an active CRQ professional registration.
  • Knowledge of the PDCA cycle and ISO/IEC 17025 is a differentiator.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure raw materials meet specifications upon receipt by performing physicochemical sample analyses, accurately recording data, assigning status, and managing material disposition in established systems.
  • Communicate raw-material nonconformities and initiate nonconformance records in relevant systems.
  • Supervise microbiological analyses of raw materials and finished products sent to external laboratories, and perform the daily positive-release procedure for finished products according to the H&R workflow.
  • Send samples to external laboratories for analysis in accordance with the current testing plan.
  • Manage laboratory equipment, reagents, and solutions, as well as those used in the production unit when applicable, ensuring compliance with laboratory-standard requirements.
  • Conduct team training and support the development of new methodologies.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the PDCA cycle and ISO/IEC 17025.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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