SQA Program Lead – Schreiber Foods Baramati India

About the Job – SQA Program Lead – Schreiber Foods Baramati India

Job Category:

Quality

Job Family:

Enterprise Quality and Food Safety

Job Description:

Responsible for leadership, development, compliance, problem solving, best practices and general technical support in the assigned area(s) of Supplier Quality. Work with Supply Chain, Operations, Product Lifecycle & Strategies, and Suppliers to ensure products meet internal and external customer requirements and specifications.

What you’ll do:

Review the supplier quality assurance program for SDDPL in line with business need and best practices considering material, vendor and business risk.
Create a process to conduct audit as per annual audit plan, review the closure of gaps with vendor and enduring continuous improvement of SQA.
Conduct of supplier quality audit as per audit plan – Raw materials, Packaging materials and service providers like (laboratory, laundry, pest control, cleaning, etc.) , Also Distribution and WHs / logistics, directly sourced by SDDPL and also audit the customer assured supplier as and when need arises in case of issue specific.
Ensuring compliance need for regulatory / Food Safety: Allergen, Vegetarian, Halal, Vegan and packaging, Safety, Social, Environmental, etc.
Develop KPI for measuring SQA performance, plan review for SQA process and compliances and KPI status.
Conduct Supplier Meet to improve supplier quality process and partnership with supplier for long term sustainable growth.
Support Planning, conduct and review the internal audit for the SDDPL plants and WHs and distribution for compliances of the systems and improvement of process.

What you need to succeed:

Bachelor’s Degree in Food/Dairy Science, Microbiology or related field
10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Dairy/Food Manufacturing
Mid-level understanding of food manufacturing, excellent written and oral communication skills, technical knowledge of assigned supplier focus, excellent computer and process excellence tools.
Subject-matter expertise
- HACCP and Food safety risk assessment with respect to physical, chemical, microbiological and allergen.
- Performance skills (accuracy with detail, planning and organizing, efficiency, business acumen)
- Good understanding of processes and interest to learn new process.
- Good understanding of risk pertaining to product and process
Leadership
- Leadership skills in collaborating with different stake holders.
- Interpersonal skills (relationship building, teamwork, interpersonal insight, conflict resolution, customer orientation).