Quality Manager (m/f/d)

Stuttgart, Stuttgart-Vaihingen
Administration, Hospitality, Tourism
Full-time
Active since: 22.08.2026

We support the more than 56,500 students in the Stuttgart higher education region in their daily student life with services such as meals, housing, childcare, BAföG, and counseling. And we’ve been doing so for more than 100 years!
At 18 university-affiliated dining halls and cafeterias, we offer our guests balanced meals at affordable prices—around 7,000 meals are freshly prepared here every day. Join our dedicated team of 380 employees!

Why we need your support:

You monitor compliance with hygiene requirements at the facilities and work with facility management to ensure their implementation.
You conduct internal audits and assist with external audits and inspections by regulatory authorities. You work with the facilities to implement the resulting action plans and monitor their effectiveness.
You will further develop the complaint management system, continuously evaluate it, and initiate improvement measures. In this context, you will also manage our feedback portal and provide the department with the analyzed results.
You will coordinate and support change initiatives, particularly within the framework of projects, while taking into account the strategic direction and the culinary concept.
In addition, you will shape and steer our forward-looking initiatives in the area of culinary sustainability and continuously drive them forward.

What sets you apart:

You have a college degree in a field related to the food service industry, such as nutritional science or food and hospitality management, with a focus on food service management, quality management, HACCP, or a comparable field.
Alternatively, you have a degree in quality management and relevant professional experience in the food service industry, ideally in institutional food service. Or you have completed a 3-year culinary apprenticeship with advanced training in process or quality management, such as Certified Master Chef, State-Certified Food Technologist, or Hospitality Business Administrator or Specialist.
In addition, you have several years of relevant professional experience in quality management or as a hygiene officer, preferably from a service industry company.
You possess in-depth expertise in HACCP, auditing, certifications, and project management.
You are characterized by a clear process-oriented approach combined with a strong sense of quality and responsibility, as well as the ability to work independently.
You have very good MS Office skills and, in addition, some basic knowledge of process modeling.
In addition, you have very good written and spoken German skills at least at the C1 level.
A passion for communicating with government agencies, public authorities, and certification bodies, as well as a confident and friendly demeanor, round out your profile.

Benefits

Diverse Responsibilities: Exciting and varied work with room for your ideas at an employer committed to social responsibility
Security and Career Prospects: Compensation based on the state collective bargaining agreement (TV-L) at pay grade 10 (54,796.41 EUR to 69,912.50 EUR per year, depending on prior experience), including an annual bonus
Company pension plan: Employer contribution to the VBL based on salary range (3,008 EUR to 3,838 EUR per year)
Flexibility: A good work-life balance—flexible working hours Monday through Friday—supplemented by flex time and remote work. You’ll be able to effectively balance your personal responsibilities with your professional duties.
Career development: We support your growth through our excellent continuing education and professional development programs.
Supportive work environment: You can expect respectful and collegial interactions, as well as a pleasant work atmosphere.
Convenient transportation links: Our modern offices in Stuttgart are centrally located and easily accessible by public transportation.
Job Ticket: Take advantage of a monthly subsidy of 25 EUR for the Deutschland-JobTicket.
You can find additional attractive opportunities on our careers website under Careers | Studierendenwerk Stuttgart

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Additional job locations
Stuttgart, Stuttgart-Vaihingen
Entry date
immediately
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