Senior Executive QHSE

Senior Quality Executive Staples (Pulses, Cereals, Dry Fruits & Flours, Spices food products)

Location : Chennai

Roles & Responsibilities:

• 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).

Perks and Benefits:

- Monthly incentives.

- Medical benefits.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates can share their CV at sandhya.tiwari1_ch@external.swiggy.in