QA/QC Specialist

QA/QC Specialist

Gebze (Kocaeli), Turkey

Onsite, Temporary for 16 months

Join our Quality team as a QC/QA Specialist, where you will play a critical role in safeguarding product quality across our value chain. In this role, you will combine hands‑on analytical laboratory work with Quality Assurance activities, supporting production, supply chain, and customers while ensuring compliance with international quality standards. This is a challenging and rewarding position offering exposure to advanced analytical techniques and quality systems in a global manufacturing environment.

Your key responsibilities

• Perform or implement complex analytical testing methods using advanced techniques (e.g. GC/MS, HPLC/MS, NMR, IR) and routine quality control analyses
• Ensure accurate documentation, review of test results, and reporting against specifications
• Support qualification, calibration, and validation of laboratory equipment and analytical methods
• Participate in deviation investigations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities
• Support Quality Assurance processes including audits, SOP preparation, training (GMP, SOPs), and product release activities
• Contribute to maintaining and improving ISO, HACCP, GMP, GLP, and FAMI‑QS compliant quality systems
• Follow up of yearly analysis plan, check of supplier documents as a part of raw material QC monitoring plan

We offer

• A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers
• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset
• A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally
• The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose;
• A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things
• An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future;

You bring

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, analytical chemistry, or a related engineering/science field
• 3–5 years of experience in Quality Control and/or Quality Assurance within a manufacturing or laboratory environment
• Strong knowledge of analytical techniques and best laboratory practices (GLP)
• Good understanding of quality management systems and standards (ISO, GMP, HACCP, Feed/Food/Pharma)
• Strong problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work with complex data

Our application process

Interested in this role? Then please apply online only via our career portal.

Recruiter: Aylin Toy

About ANH

ANH, in the process of separating from dsm-firmenich, is a global leader in animal nutrition and health, as well as vitamins, carotenoids, and aroma ingredients - driven by its strong purpose: feeding the planet without costing the earth. Together, we make it possible. www.dsm-firmenich.com/ANH

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.