Responsible for quality, food safety & regulatory compliance of all Private Label Staples – Pulses, Cereals, Dry Fruits & Flours, Spices food products.
Responsible for the quality control aspects of Raw Material Receipt to finished goods Dispatch at supplier locations (Staple processing unit) & ensuring of documentation for Raw Material, Packing Material & Finished goods.
Develop product sampling and testing plan to ensure Product quality through routine and systemic quality programs like periodic auditing, external testing etc.
Visit markets for preliminary quality checks of staples & provide necessary feedback to the Category team.
Ensure root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive measures for all deviations & customer complaints.
Conduct and document Mock recalls at defined frequency & Ensure implementation of Traceability procedure.
Drive FSMS implementation at all Supplier locations & responsible for maintaining Quality assurance, communication and own documentation as per Quality and Food safety management systems like FSSC 22000, FSSAI etc.
Responsible for Conduct pre-assessment of facilities through Quality & Food Safety Audits prior to startup of the supplier.
Travel across facilities to ensure quality processes & Product Standards. Develop, train supplier QA team continuously through awareness trainings, knowledge sharing and follow up.
Handholding of Supplier QA Team for implementation of Quality & Food Safety requirements while launching new products & new processes.
Responsible for conducting the Quality Benchmarking to understand competitors product & to identify the improvement opportunities in product quality standards & suggest required changes.
Desired key Skills:
Must have basic understanding on staples processing, quality assurance, Private labelling and vendor audits.
Capable of implementing and maintaining Environmental, Hygiene, GMP, HACCP, Quality & Food Safety systems and certifications Plans and prepare audit activities based on risk assessments
Should have Knowledge on Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PPT.
Process oriented with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrates a positive “can-do” excellent teamwork attitude with strong communication/ information sharing skills – verbal and written, ability to communicate effectively to all stake holders.
Self-motivated, able to perform role with minimal supervision.
Able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
Ability to work in a team environment to consistently achieve results & achievement.
Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with internal stake holders and suppliers to meet business Quality objectives.
Team player who can collaborate across multiple functional areas
An adaptable individual who remains focused on delivering a long-term plan
Qualifications:
BE /B.Tech/B.Sc/M.Sc –Food Technology/ Food Science/ Food Processing Engineering/ Agriculture (Any UG/PG related to Food)
Minimum of 4 years, out of which at least 2 Years direct working experience related to the Food Industry (Preferable Staples).
