Area Quality Manager

Job description of Procurement QA Personnel

1) Procurement- Area Quality Manager

1) Responsible for procurement milk quality at chilling centers and its efficient operations including driving CSR activities and new testing implementations, creating clean milk awareness at producer level.
2) Monitoring the operations at all, including collaborating with maintenance and quality departments as required.
3) Ensuring the quality of milk procurement across months, by effectively maintaining the quality lean and flush periods and preparing the weekly and monthly quality reports. Building good will with farmers and agents through CSR activities like farmer meetings, veterinary camps, Antibiotic control awareness etc.
4) Monitoring route vehicle timings and ensure optimization of routes to develop quality.
5) Managing establishments of new chilling centers at potential operating areas. Visiting all CCs in the division at frequent schedule for monitoring the functioning of the CC.
6) Ensuring chilling centers are compliant with safety and statutory norms.
7) Establishing necessary controls and random audits to inspect and minimize any malpractices across chilling centers.
8) Preparing annual budget for CIP chemicals and Consumables and analyzing monthly performance against budget.
9) Analyzing and reporting performance across CCs on procurement quality.
10) Managing the procurement team across division through continuous development and performance feedback.

11) Have a tab on competitor activity on quality and administration

12) Responsible to maintain the supply chain of the lab material & CIP chemicals.-JIT

13) Analyze the procurement quality trends as daily, weekly & Monthly

14) Responsible to ensure the equipment & Analyzer calibration and usage.

15) Monitoring and maintain the mass balance of the chilling centers.

16) Responsible to do the frequent training of chilling center QA persons.

17) Responsible to assess schedule and supervision of Area QA

18) Ensure the documentations and record maintenance.

19) Ensure that control of inspection, measuring and test equipment

20) Ensure the quality of raw materials and ensure that they meet specification laid down.

21) Ensure cleaning and hygiene standards on the shop floor and in and around the premises.

22) Ensure maintenance of Quality records and generation of MIS.

23) Control inventory of chemical and glass apparatus and keep records to that extent.

2) Procurement- Area QA

1. Verify operational activities with respect to adherence to SOP (Unloading, Milk reception & Sampling, Milk & Water Chilling temp, Milk Cooling temp, milk storage and Dispatch)

2. Verify the milk recording process & compare the data available in the system with the date of previous visit. (Sudden changes in Qty., Fat/SNF). To maintain the mass balance of the chilling centers

3. Verify the testing procedures with TMPL CC/ BMC

4. Verify Record maintenance and frequency of testing with quality plan.

5. Comparing the CC abstract with dairy tanker acknowledgment & Daily Reporting.

6. Assure the milk analyzer cleaning-monthly cleaning, maintenance and pass word integrity

7. Verify the CC staff knowledge especially the CC Chemist on SOP, TMPL CC/BMC, GLP, Cleaning & Hygiene procedures.

8. Verify the inventory level of CC consumables and lab materials & check on re-order systems

9. Monitoring the Lab equipment calibration due details and Validity of chemicals.

10. Validate the CC cleaning hygiene procedures & pest control measures.

11. Verify the Food safety & Quality management System Requirements. If any deviations are observed during above JD. Identify the root cause with corrective actions and train (if required)/instruct the CC lab staff to implement the corrective actions. Report all the deviations and corrective actions taken at CC to Regional, QA Manager.

12. Verify the sample no and sample sequence in the tray are as per the Quality Plan

3) Procurement- Lab QA

1. Regular follow up of operational activities with respect to adherence to SOP (Unloading, Milk Reception , Sampling, Water Chilling temp, Milk Cooling temp, milk storage and Dispatch)

2. Regular follow up of milk recording process, compare the data available in the system with the date of previous visit.( Sudden changes in Fat/SNF)

3. Routine follow up of testing procedures with TMPL CC/ BMC

4. Record maintenance and frequency of testing with quality plan.

5. Comparing the CC abstract with dairy tanker acknowledgment and prepare STO

6. Assure the milk analyzer cleaning, maintenance.-Both Ekomilk and YAMA.

7. Assure GMP, GLP, Clean Milk collection & Hygiene procedures.

8. Monitor & Record inventory level of CC consumables and lab materials. Check on re-order level systems

9. Regular maintenance of the Lab equipment calibration due details.

10. Verify the Food safety & Quality management System Requirements.

11. Regular follows up of sample no. and sample sequence in the tray is as per the Quality Plan.