Food Safety Laboratory Manager

Food Safety Manager

We are looking for a Food Safety Laboratory Manager who will be responsible for the strategic, technical, and operational leadership of the Food Safety Laboratory, ensuring analytical data reliability, regulatory compliance, and scientific support to business decision-making in food safety, food contact materials (FCM/MOCA), and finished product/raw material quality.
A key part of the role is the design and implementation of a new laboratory, developed according to international standards (ISO 17025), fully integrated into product development, risk management, and HACCP processes. The laboratory must adopt innovative solutions in layout, technologies, and workflows to ensure efficiency, safety, and scalability, while contributing proactively to food safety risk prevention across the value chain.

This position reports directly to the Food Safety Director within the Quality function.

Location: Settimo Torinese

📊 Your day-to-day activities:

• Define and lead the Food Safety laboratory strategy in alignment with company policies and global governance.
• Design and develop the new laboratory, including layout, technologies, and operational model aligned with ISO 17025 standards.
• Oversee analytical methods (chemical, microbiological, physical), ensuring robustness, validation, and measurement reliability.
• Ensure accreditation and compliance, maintaining ISO/IEC 17025 and adherence to food safety regulations, MOCA requirements, and GFSI standards.
• Interpret analytical results to support risk assessments, HACCP processes, and strategic decision-making.
• Integrate the laboratory into core business processes, including product development, change management, and food safety validation.
• Manage and develop the laboratory team, defining roles, skills development plans, and fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Oversee budget and resources (OPEX & CAPEX), including investments in equipment, consumables, and external services, tracking performance KPIs.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation, including digitalization (e.g., LIMS, data integrity) and adoption of advanced analytical techniques.
• Manage external stakeholders, including accreditation bodies, auditors, regulatory authorities, and external laboratories.

💡 Who we’re looking for:

• Degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Food Science, Biotechnology, or related fields; postgraduate specialization is a plus.
• Consolidated experience in food or MOCA laboratories, including proven management of ISO 17025 accredited labs.
• Strong knowledge of analytical methods (chemical & microbiological), food safety regulations, HACCP, and laboratory quality systems.
• Team leadership, strategic planning, budget management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Critical thinking, strong communication skills, technical authority, and a proactive, prevention-oriented mindset.

✨ In return we offer:

• Comprehensive welfare package including short working week during summer months
• Hybrid working policy (10 days a month remote working)
• Company restaurant service
• Access to our corporate gym
• A fast paced and dynamic international context

💬 What next? 

• Our Talent Acquisition Team will assess your application and if you have what we’re looking for, you'll be contacted for an initial interview
• If you make it to the short list, you’ll be interviewed by the Hiring Manager and if necessary, other members of the hiring panel
• In some cases, you may be required to show us your skills via technical challenge.

☕ Who we are:

Our Group was founded in Turin in 1895, has been owned by the Lavazza family for four generations. As one of the world’s most important coffee roasters, we operate in more than 140 countries through our brands, subsidiaries and distributors, with a total of over 5,500 employees.

Every day we operate in all sectors of the coffee industry, offering our products through every channel and positioning our brands as a high-quality blend.

We are a community of single origins united into a perfect blend, humans enriching one another through our mutual diversity.

Awakening a better world every morning: the commitment we make every single day.

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