Quality & Safety Manager
Join us in building a safe and high-quality logistics organization. At Heppner, we believe that quality and safety are the foundation of excellent logistics services. That’s why we’re looking for a driven Quality & Safety Manager to help us maintain and continuously improve our high standards. Are you analytical, decisive, and energized by audits, certifications, and process optimization? Then we’d love to meet you.
What will you be doing?
As a Quality & Safety Manager, you'll be in charge of keeping our quality and safety management system up-to-date, improving it, and taking it to the next level. You'll make sure our company meets all relevant laws, regulations, and certification standards. Plus, you'll be a key sounding board for management and colleagues on quality, safety, and compliance issues. You do this for both branches in North Brabant (Gilze and Oosterhout).
Your tasks will include things like:
• Managing and continuously improving the quality and safety management system.
• Preparing, coordinating, and guiding internal and external audits.
• Maintaining and obtaining certifications such as ISO, TAPA, FSSC 22000, SQAS, and Ecovadis.
• Conducting internal audits, safety inspections, and risk inventories (RI&E).
• Analyzing incidents, near-misses, and KPIs, and initiating improvement measures.
• Developing and implementing procedures, work instructions, and safety standards.
• Advising management on risks, compliance, and process improvements.
• Providing training and increasing safety and quality awareness within the organization.
• Preparing reports for management, directors, and clients.
What do you bring?
You are an independent professional who easily switches between the shop floor and management. You know how to get people on board with changes and combine a practical mindset with strong analytical skills.
In addition, you have:
• A completed higher professional education, preferably in Quality, Safety, Logistics, or similar.
• Experience in quality and/or safety management, preferably in a logistics environment.
• Knowledge of ISO standards, TAPA, FSSC 22000, SQAS, and relevant laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of Microsoft/ Excel.
• Experience with audits, certifications, and risk management.
• Experience with KPI analysis and management reporting.
• Good communication skills in both Dutch and English.
• A structured, accurate, and proactive way of working.
What do we offer?
At Heppner, you will join an international logistics organization where quality, teamwork, and entrepreneurship are at the heart of everything.
You can expect:
• A challenging and responsible role with a lot of independence.
• Opportunities to improve processes and the organization further.
• Collaboration with enthusiastic colleagues in an international work environment.
• A competitive salary that matches your experience.
Why Heppner?
Heppner is an international logistics service provider with a strong focus on quality, reliability, and customer orientation. Together, we work every day on smart logistics solutions for our customers. Safety, sustainability, and continuous improvement are always at the center of everything we do.
Interested?
Are you the Quality & Safety Manager who can help our organization get better and safer every day? Then we would love to receive your application.
Apply today and become part of Heppner.
If you have any questions, you can email hr.nl@heppner-group.com