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Quality Assurance Specialist – Fix Term Contract

To assess and ensure the level of Quality and Good Manufacturing Practices across external vendors, guaranteeing compliance with Coty Quality standards, supporting product quality, and driving effective QA processes, compliance, and continuous improvement across TPMs in Europe.

THE ROLE

OPTIMIZE, ENABLE, INNOVATE!

As our EXO QA Specialist, you play a critical role in ensuring quality compliance across external vendors, acting as the QA point of contact, driving audits, supporting new product launches, and leading quality processes to deliver products aligned with Coty standards and business needs.

You will be reporting to QA Manager, and you will manage:

1. Vendor Quality Management:

• Act as QA Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for TPMs across Europe
• Ensure Coty product compliance with specifications and quality protocols
• Deploy quality procedures and policies to vendors
• Coordinate with TPMs (no daily factory presence required)
• Guarantee TPMs meet Coty quality requirements

2. Audits & Compliance:

• Plan and execute audits
• Maintain oversight on quality processes and compliance
• Lead vendors’ QA qualification, onboarding, and certification processes
• Identify and communicate audit findings and risks
• Support capability building and compliance improvements

3. Quality Operations & Continuous Improvement:

• Manage complaints, investigations, and root cause analysis
• Oversee quality control and inspection activities
• Support quality activities linked to new product launches
• Manage new product initiatives (monthly launches in Color)
• Analyze KPIs, incidents, and performance to drive improvements

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

As a quality assurance professional, you thrive in a fast-paced and diverse environment. You are collaborative, accountable, and comfortable working in ambiguous environments while managing international stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in technical field (Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, etc.)
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a Quality role with knowledge of Quality Systems, GMPs and Quality Control
• Background in cosmetic industry or similar (food, FMCG, pharma, etc.)
• Skilled in working with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Proficiency in working with Power BI
• Proficient in English
• Experience in manufacturing or with TPM preferred
• Experience with SAP (preferred)

At Coty, we value data savvy people. As part of the Coty curated strategic program, we are transforming into a data centric organization powered by AI. If you have data engineering skills or experience developing dashboards in Power BI, this is considered a strong advantage.

If you’re ready to support and shape the future of beauty, we want you on our team!

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a unique role with a genuine opportunity to make an impact. You’ll get to work in a diverse environment with a team of professionals who are passionate about the work they do and know how to have some fun along the way.

This position is offered on a fixed-term contract.

Coty’s global omni-working policy provides the option to work up to 50% of your month remotely.

We believe that a more flexible philosophy of remote working will give everyone the freedom to choose what works for their individual circumstances and empower them to always perform at their best.

ABOUT US

Our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing the boldest ideas to life every day. If you’re the kind of person who refuses to settle, if you want to think bigger, learn faster and go further than you ever thought possible – we’d love to hear from you.

Coty is deeply committed to Changing the Conversation around Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to create a more open, inclusive, and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self.