Job Description :
About us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to create a career worth celebrating.
About the Function
Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.
Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.
About the role
We are looking for Laboratory Specialist to join our team at our Alasehir Factory. The ideal candidate will ensure the creation of warehouses for quality control, reporting, and records of raw materials, packaging materials, auxiliary features, semi-finished products, and finished products in accordance with company rules, legal requirements, local and global standards and quality plans. Maintaining the control and continuity of the Quality Food Safety management system in the factory where the company works.
Role Responsibilities
- Perform analyses of all types of materials and substances, such as raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products, etc., according to experimental instructions and technical specifications.
- Inform the supervisor and initiate corrective actions when nonconformities are detected in the analysis results of samples analyzed in the laboratory, and follow up on the process.
- Check the compliance of all parameters affecting product quality.
- Handle customer complaints, analyze and control non-compliant products, participate in root cause analysis studies, and conduct product, defect, and statistical studies.
- Perform statistical analysis and error analysis related to the analyses and controls conducted.
- Participate in necessary activities for establishing the HACCP Food Safety System in the factory and perform required checks to ensure the continuity of the system.
- Conduct periodic GMP field inspections (e.g., GMP audits, FSSC 22000 field audits), initiate corrective actions for identified nonconformities, and follow up on the process.
- Participate in projects related to quality, food safety, and other topics.
Experience / skills required
- Associate degree (2-year) in Chemistry, Food Technology, Laboratory, or a related field
- Preferably 0-3 years of experience in laboratory analysis or quality control
- Basic knowledge of laboratory equipment and analytical methods
- Familiarity with quality and food safety systems such as HACCP and GMP is an asset
- Experience in handling non-conforming products and supporting corrective actions is a plus
- Basic understanding of data recording, reporting, and simple statistical analysis
- Attention to detail and strong sense of responsibility in following procedures and instructions
- Ability to work in a structured environment in compliance with technical specifications
- Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Open to learning, proactive, and disciplined working approach
- Basic level of English is preferred
Diversity statement
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
