Global Head of Seafood

Job ID:41007
Location:Edinburgh: Lochside Way
Position Category:Assessors
Position Type:Employee Regular

The **Global Head of Seafood** is a key member of the Leadership team and a Senior Member of the Edinburgh Office. You will play an integral role within the business to support other Senior Managers in making business decisions and for inspiring and motivating the teams they manage.

This is a Global Position based out of the Edinburgh Office, being the voice of Seafood for LRQA and is a key position for the development of Seafood over the coming years.

**How will you make a difference?**
- Be the voice for the seafood globally across LRQA, and will bring a complete understanding of operations and solid commercial understanding of delivery and be accountable for managing Teams across Aquaculture & Fisheries
- Leading the teams to ensure service delivery is of a high standard and ensuring we are meeting our clients’ commitments.
- Working collaboratively with other cross functional teams to ensure we are working effectively to service our clients
- Implement a cohesive Global roadmap across Seafood that will enable commercial development of the business
- Attend client and scheme owner meetings and be available to support the Sales Team with technical queries relating to tenders for new business in the relevant sectors and also able to provide technical reviews on consultation documents

**What will you bring**
- Degree qualification in a fisheries and/or aquaculture related field.
- Trained and approved fisheries and/or aquaculture auditor against an internationally recognised standard.
- Extensive industry experience within the fisheries and/or aquaculture sectors
- IRCA approved ISO 9001: 2000 Lead Auditor course
- Industry recognised professional qualification in marine management
- Experience at managing accreditation for international certification schemes for food and beverage, including aquaculture and fisheries
- Demonstrable and up-to-date knowledge within at least one fisheries and/or aquaculture management system
- HACCP
- Awareness of food industry legislation and Codes of Practice
- Knowledge of quality assurance schemes within food supply chains
- Proven leadership experience

As one of the world’s leading global assurance providers, we’re a force for good, delivering profit for purpose with sustainability at our core. We operate in over 160 countries, are recognised by over 30 accreditation bodies worldwide, and defined by our world-class expertise in assessment, advisory, inspection and cybersecurity services. We’re here to shape a better future together, helping our clients improve their cybersecurity maturity, source responsibly, achieve product integrity, navigate the energy transition and assure their assets and management systems. And while we’re proud of our history of delivering game-changing market firsts, we’re quick to adapt to new ideas and to the people that bring them. People who are ambitious and forward
- thinking and share our passion about doing better; for our clients, the world, and each other.

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:
We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.

Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider. The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. (Group entities).