Quality Director

Quality Director

A large vertically integrated agricultural holding (full cycle: crop production → feed production → pig farming → meat processing → distribution).

This role is for an experienced top manager who views quality as a tool for competitive advantage: from "grain" to the client, with a strong export block and a focus on key B2B/B2C and HoReCa partners.

• Develop a unified quality and traceability system across all holding assets: feed production, animal husbandry, meat processing, distribution
• Unify quality standards and digitalize QMS: data collection, analytics, non-conformity management
• Ensure readiness for export audits and inspections (China / GACC, Middle East, EAEU, etc.)
• Build interaction with regulators (Rosselkhoznadzor, Ministry of Agriculture, foreign agencies, trade attachés)
• Develop the laboratory complex (ISO 17025), optimize costs, implement new control methods
• Manage the quality of suppliers' work: accreditation, audits, KPIs, corrective actions (SCAR)
• Centralize claims management: reduce the number of complaints and returns, shorten the time for deviation localization
• Support audits of retail chains, B2B clients, HoReCa, and export partners

• 7+ years in quality management/veterinary services in the agro-industrial complex, at least 3 years at the top management level (holding/division)
• Successful experience with export audits (China / GACC is mandatory; Middle East, EAEU - as a plus), experience registering enterprises in systems like CIFER
• Experience in building a quality supplier management system (especially agricultural suppliers, feed mills)
• Practice in supporting audits of federal retail chains and B2B clients, systemic management of complaints and returns
• Management of accredited laboratories (ISO 17025), knowledge of modern control methods (PCR, ELISA, mycotoxins)
• Relevant higher education (veterinary medicine, food biotechnology, sanitation); an MBA or academic degree will be an advantage

• Location: Central Federal District with travel to assets in the Russian Federation and international business trips (inspections, audits)
• Compensation level to be discussed with finalists
• Employment: Labor Code of the Russian Federation, full social package, voluntary medical insurance (including dentistry), insurance