Quality & Food Safety Manager – Mars Bengaluru Karnataka

About the Job – Quality & Food Safety Manager – Mars Bengaluru Karnataka

Job Description:

Job Title- Quality & Food Safety-Bangalore

Job Grade- P1

Business Unit- Wrigley India

LM- India Head Q& FS

Job Purpose:

The Site Q&FS Manager leads all initiatives to develop, approve, implement & validate all food safety, quality and legal standards. It is his/her responsibility to ensure all processes, control, systems and tools are in place to support the quality mission. The jobholder is further the custodian of all Site KQA’s, Food Safety CCPs, SOPs and Quality systems. Where no other R&D functions are present he/she is the ambassador for all R&D functions with local & external partners.

Job Responsibilities:

Deploy and Maintain Quality culture Drive Quality Transformation
Deployment on site Set and aligns with Supply chain, manufacturing and commercial the quality agenda and focus areas for the site and deployment across the site defining Q&FS priorities, objectives and accountabilities
Develop, implement and maintain robust Quality systems and ensure internal and external verification
Implement Mars Quality and Food Safety standards Manage Q&FS function on site Manage lab operations (Internal/External)
Accountable for Q&FS incident on site and manage external lab relationship
Accountable for Hold/Release management and management of PRIMP in collaboration with the Site management team; representing R&D in site incident mgmt team.
Support Flawless Execution of all technical changes on the Site which potentially impacts KQAs, Food Safety and Legal Product parameters.
Support Implementation of new Products, Recipes and processes up to achieving Self-Sufficiency.
Responsible for the Site continuous improvement Plan.
Represent R&D on site as permanent member of the factory management team.
Lead, organize and prepare Quality reviews (e.g. SQM).
Manage all product and primes Q&FS non conformities incl. handling all technical aspects of consumer complaints.
Accountability for the change management process & Quality Continuous improvement program Overseas the approval of raw and packaging material vendors, plant line operations, warehouse and transportation systems, and other contractual business relationships on a site level Assure all products produced in the site are processed and packed according to specified requirements and agreed product designs.
Manages raw material, primes and product conformance, quality holds, product recalls / retrievals, determines the disposition of non-conforming products with the Regional / country Q&FS leads. Recommends & oversees the implementation of corrective actions and the site continuous improvement process Manages Q&FS’s team development, succession planning and acts as administrative leader for the function.

Job Specifications

Education: Graduate or Post Graduate Degree in (Food science, Food technology, or Science).

10+ years of experience. Solid understanding of Quality, Food Safety Standards, Food processing and manufacturing knowledge.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.