
Project Coordinator Feed Safety
Do you believe that safe food should be accessible to everyone? Don’t wait any longer to add GMP+ International to your career. Safe feed for animals, people, and our planet starts with you!
About GMP+ International
GMP+ International is the world’s largest scheme for safe and sustainable animal feed. GMP+’s mission is to enable every company in the feed chain to take responsibility for working in a safe and sustainable way. In 1992, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) was established by the Dutch animal feed industry as a certification scheme for feed safety after contaminated feed caused several serious incidents. Today, GMP+ International is a not-for-profit organization with more than 19,000 GMP+ certified companies in 90 countries. The strength of the scheme lies in its unique chain approach. The GMP+ standards cover the entire animal feed chain, from production and trade to transshipment and transport, processing, and storage.
As a Project Coordinator Feed Safety, you will combine strategic oversight with practical expertise, applying lean thinking to improve the usability and impact of the scheme. At the same time, you will delve into essential topics, such as transport, to strengthen the control of critical points in the feed chain. Through smart scheme development and innovation, you will contribute to strengthening feed safety globally.
From their office in Rijswijk, a small, close-knit team works every day on the international safety of animal feed. Communication lines are short, and projects are dynamic.
We are looking for a Project Coordinator Feed Safety to join the team in Rijswijk.
Job description
Contribute to safer and more sustainable feed worldwide through smart development, operational excellence, and innovation.
- You understand the complexity of the feed chain and successfully translate this into certification requirements as well as practical tools and solutions, for example, in education and training.
- Maintain and improve the certification scheme to ensure it remains reliable, valuable, and future-proof.
- You bring strategic overview and hands-on expertise, apply lean thinking, use smart tools, and explore the potential of AI.
- Develop in-depth knowledge (e.g., in transport) to guide others and ensure compliance with standards.
- Actively engage with industry stakeholders, allowing you to understand current topics and needs. In close dialogue with various stakeholders, you enhance feed safety products to increase their impact.
- Understand what team members and clients need to effectively contribute to a safe and responsible feed chain. You collaborate, facilitate, and ensure everyone has the right information and resources.
Profile
Empowering every company in the feed chain to work safely and sustainably.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree, for example through a degree from HAS or WUR in food technology, animal science, agri-food technology, livestock farming, agribusiness, etc.
- Several years of experience in a similar role in quality, sustainability, or food/feed safety within a certification organization or a raw materials or production company in the feed or food sector.
- Knowledge of ISO 14001, international feed or food chains, and quality management is a plus.
- Experience with lean methodologies and process optimization.
- Curiosity or experience with AI in process design or data use.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Dutch and English.
Competences
- Strong analytical skills.
- Well-developed organizational sensitivity, you know how to engage both internal and external stakeholders.
- Creative thinker who can translate ideas into practical products.
- Proactive and self-starting attitude.
- A strong discussion partner for industry stakeholders, clients, and colleagues.
- You thrive in a team where people inspire, challenge, and motivate each other.
Offer
GMP+ International offers an inspiring working environment where trust, initiative, and collaboration are key. You’ll have the opportunity to develop and implement ideas with direct impact on the global feed sector. GMP+ works in a hybrid setup: partly from home, partly at the office in Rijswijk. We also invest in your development and offer an attractive compensation package that matches the responsibilities of the role.
Apply
GMP+ International has exclusively outsourced the recruitment and selection for the Project Coordinator Feed Safety vacancy to CeresRecruitment. For more information, please contact Saskia Bierma-Maassen, available by phone at +31 (0)6 52 774 019. A personality questionnaire will be part of the procedure. More information about the organization can be found at www.gmpplus.org.

