Assistant Manager | SC Quality control|Food Safety|

Overview

Main Purpose –
• Drive Food Safety Agenda in plant ensuring compliance to FSSAI requirements applicable to industry.
• Ensuring that the product is dispatched as per the quality norms by administering hold clear process in plant 3P thereby complying to KC 14.
• Support driving Quality Food safety systems in plant NPD and other RD trials.

Responsibilities

Accountabilities –
• Lead internal / external audits (AIB, FSSC, Personal Hygiene, Process audit, Food Safety) at Plant.
• Driving food safety agenda by doing monthly food safety audits ensuring CAPA closure.
• Ensuring hygiene and sanitation standards are maintained in the plant.
• Conduct quarterly internal Food Safety audits along with QA manager and conduct management review meeting with Food Safety team to strengthen the systems.
• Ensuring compliance to FSSAI licensing, Schedule IV requirements as per PWC checklist
• Maintaining records of customer/consumer complaints. Build awareness around it to all, making action plans closure of the same.
• Lead IPM and coordinate with pest control operator to ensure pest free plant
• Partner HR in imparting training to plant population on food safety, safety, personal hygiene, product packaging quality as per training calendar
• Lead identification and execution of CAPEX for QFS requirements
• Lead assigned TPM circle drive agenda as per plan. Participating in TPM activities for increased involvement in the functioning of the plant.
• Conducting regular audits of 3P/CFA to ensure FS and handling process compliances.
• Management Information system - Compilation and tracking of key quality performance indicators on daily, weekly and monthly basis
• Supporting the Quality manager in implementing best quality systems for the plant
• Contributing towards developing a quality focused culture
• Contributing towards effectiveness of Quality team by providing data points.
• Implementing of change initiatives and supporting continuous improvement in department
• Support Agro manager in Potato management process thru daily analysis of potato availability as per specs potato planning for production and monthly audits of potato 3P to ensure storage testing as per PepsiCo standards
• Coordinate with manufacturing for IPS audits support for closure of actin points.

Job Dimensions – what is the scope of the role – volume, net revenue, budget, geography, number of customers, number of sites etc. for THIS role?
• Volume, NE TE as per Pune COSO AOP
• Budget – QC AOP for Pune, CAPEX for QFS
• Total Manpower: Operatives contractual
• Geography: Pune snacks plant, 3P WH, CFA
• AIB, Personal Hygiene, IPM audit, Food Safety

Qualifications

Key Skills/Experience Required –
• Experience of working in Quality Control/Assurance in food manufacturing units.
• Experience of preparing and implementing HACCP, FSSC, AIB in food processing facility.
• Tech in Food Tech/ENGG, Postgraduate in Food tech, MSc Microbiology, B. Tech in Dairy

Main interactions within outside organization / External Internal Environmental Factors – Key job roles both internally and externally that the jobholder interacts with on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. What is the nature of the interaction? What are the complexities of the environment in which this position exists?
• Interacting with cross functional team covering HR, Production, Agro, Maintenance, Commercial at different intervals basis function requirement at plant level
• Interacting with Purchase, CQA, RD at corporate level
• Interacting with Incoming material vendors.
• Pest control agency
• Certification Body
• FSSAI officials Read more