Overview
Corporate Director of Quality, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs Jobs in Montreal, Canada at Yoplait Liberté Canada
Location: Montreal
Yoplait Liberté Canada is a proudly Canadian and Quebec-based company that brings together passionate teams around iconic brands, celebrated for their craftsmanship and the quality of products loved by Canadian families for decades.
What We Offer
- Flexibility: a hybrid, people‑focused and supportive work environment
- Recognition of relevant years of experience for vacation calculation
- A comprehensive group insurance plan, 100% employer‑paid, along with an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A retirement plan (RRSP and DPSP) with employer contributions — we invest in your future
- Concrete opportunities for continuous learning and skills development
- Modern offices, easily accessible by public transit, with a friendly atmosphere (breakfasts, team moments, coffee, restaurant in the same building)
- The chance to be part of an inspiring transformation: help build a company in full evolution, with a culture that is reinventing itself
- Real impact: a highly strategic role influencing key decisions
The position is based in downtown Montréal with a hybrid work model. Regular travel (at least once a week) to the St‑Hyacinthe plant will be required.
Your Role
Reporting to the Vice President, Growth & Sustainability, the Corporate Director of Quality, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs leads the corporate quality team, covering supplier quality, product and process quality, regulatory affairs, and a customer service call center.
You will lead efforts to improve product quality and food safety by providing technical support and focusing on customer requirements, continuous product quality improvement, and productivity enhancement. You will represent and advocate for Yoplait Liberté’s positions both internally and externally.
You will bridge strategy and execution, mobilize resources, ensure information flows effectively, and advise the CEO.
What You Will Do Daily
- Define, deploy, and lead a quality and food safety management system aligned with the global vision (Yoplait Liberté Canada and the SODIAAL Group) to ensure product quality and food safety.
- Ensure regulatory compliance, maintain key certifications (GFSI, Kosher), and directly contribute to consumer and customer satisfaction.
- Support key commercial initiatives and functional priorities by collaborating with R&D, marketing, sales teams, supply chain, and external partners to promote quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide central quality support to production sites, including:
- Managing the release of at‑risk products
- Validating the relevance of control plans
- Participating in customer, supplier, and certification audits
- Supporting problem‑solving (QRQC, etc.) and continuous improvement
- Mobilize and develop your teams by fostering operational excellence, skill development, and a strong quality culture.
What You Need to Join Our Team
- Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, food science, or a related field
- Minimum 10 years of experience in quality, food safety, and regulatory affairs within the agri‑food industry
- Experience in the dairy sector is an asset
- Strong microbiological and physicochemical expertise
- Bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written — daily internal and external interactions in both languages
- Strong analytical skills and expertise in food safety and quality systems for manufacturing, internal standards and policies, and relevant audit systems (mastery of quality frameworks)
- Excellent ability to assess risks, prioritize actions, and make data‑driven recommendations and decisions; ability to recognize when to mobilize additional resources
- Proven ability to lead, develop teams, and drive cultural change
- Natural ease collaborating with cross‑functional teams and external partners (including close collaboration with the quality department in France)
- Demonstrated ability to develop effective solutions and influence stakeholders
Why Join Us
At Yoplait Liberté, we offer a human, inclusive, and respectful work environment where collaboration, flexibility, and development are at the heart of our culture.
Title: Corporate Director of Quality, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs
Company: Yoplait Liberté Canada
Location: Montreal, Canada
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