Director QM and Regulatory Affairs

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Job Title: Director QM and Regulatory Affairs
Location: Tokyo, International/Other

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

The Job

• The QM&RA Director will manage all Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs activities in Japan & Korea and report to the APAC Sr. Regional Quality and Food Safety Manager.

• The QM&RA Director will do his/her work with two team members and must manage and educate them well.

• The QM&RA Director must have good collaboration with other related departments for their respective projects.

Your Responsibilities

• The QM&RA Director will identify and define the quality/food safety and regulatory affairs strategy and program, set goals and targets, and lead the team to achieve them.

• The QM&RA Director will manage the Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs activities together with team members.

• Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs are handled by a single department at ADM Japan, each with their own reporting line, and indirectly reporting to the President of ADM Japan.

• The QM & RA Director will work with SCM to manage the supplier and OEM audits. Support and coordinate customer audits to ensure satisfactory results.

• The QM&RA Director will facilitate organizational learning from deviations and ensure that identified deficiencies are addressed through corrective actions. Monitor and escalate issues to management as required.

• The QM&RA Director will train the team members.

• The QM&RA Director will communicate with ADM's overseas bases and participate in global projects.

• The QM&RA Director will work with other departments to deal with various issues such as customer complaints.

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Your Profile

1.Experience/knowledge of Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs for multinational company

• Working Experience in Quality Assurance or Regulatory Affairs at multinational company is essential.

• Reporting Experience to an overseas superior is essential.

• Experience working in a matrix managed organization is preferred.

• Working in a large multinational company and cross functional communication experience is important.

• High diversity experience is essential.

• Cross functional organization knowledge or experience are essential.

2.Experience/knowledge of Quality Management and/or Regulatory Affairs daily operation.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Quality Management or Regulatory Affairs area is essential.

• Minds to acquire new knowledge and create new rules are important.

• Should be a person who can take a chance to improve.

• Experience reviewing laws and regulations and resolving as necessary based on current circumstances is important.

• Experience implementing corrective actions is essential.

• Experience driving continuous improvement is essential.

• Experience conducting and being audited management systems and operations audits is important.

• Experience communicating with customers directly to resolve issues is important.

3.Management experience / skill

• People management skills and experience are essential.

• Time management / closing schedule management is important.

• Project managing skills / experience is important.

• Ability to drive initiatives and lead to change current organization / operation flow is important. Because this company is in the step of transformation.

• Communication between departments or countries is important. Must keep good relations with SCM, Sales, CD&D and others.

4.Other necessary experience/knowledge for this position.

• B to B business or Food manufacturing or Food related industry experience is important.

• Knowledge of import business is a plus.

• Knowledge of Korean laws and regulations is a plus

• Because this company controls business in Korea also.

• Knowledge of and operational experience in quality/food safety management systems is preferred.

• Experience in crisis management is preferred.

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in science, Agriculture or Engineering is preferred.

• PC/IT skill is necessary (Excel/PowerPoint, group software).

• Language skills - written and verbal in both Japanese and English for day-to-day business interface are essential. Japanese language ability to understand Japanese laws and regulations in the original text is essential.

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Job Post Date: 04/02/25