Assistant Quality Assurance Manager

What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

About the Role

Financial Outcomes

• Proactively work with Tech-Ops & Planning team to ensure minimization of Material expiry at Plant level.
• Lunch of the NPD/EPD in their respective cluster with RFT, enabling the zero loss to Business Growth.
• Effectively Manage the QA budget approved for the Cluster.

Responsibilities

Customer Service

• Regular visit of Market and ensure Product Integrity (Product Quality Index & Packaging Quality index) at Consumer Level as per Design Quality.
• Collaborate with Supply-chain team in addressing the Internal Complaints with high sense of urgency.
• Collaborate with Procurement/Planning team in resolving the Incoming Materials Challenges with stipulated timeline.
• Collaborate with TechOps in reviewing the root cause analysis of consumer complaints and Prepare mitigation plan to ensure this does not repeat.

Internal Processes

• Responsible for Implementation of the Corporate SOPs, Process and Practices across the cluster Co-Pack Units.
• Responsible for periodic assessment and Improvement plan of the Co-Pack Operation quality (GMP, RFT, FSSAI/BIS, GLP).
• Drive the Food Safety Certification for the Co-Packs units.
• Responsible for Managing the Daily Incidents and Deviations in the cluster across Supply-Chain.
• Responsible for Training Program for the respective Cluster team Members (Co-Pack, Tech Ops, Supply-Chai & Sales).

Innovation and Learning

• Responsible to drive the Statistical Process Control (SPC) Program for Continuous Improvements and Risk Assessment of the New Facility in the respective Cluster.
• Responsible for building the Process Engineering, Automation and digitalization in the respective Clusters.
• Responsible for New Plant/Line Qualification, Validation and Verification of Existing Product extension.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role?

B.Tech/M.Sc./M.Tech in Chemical Science/Chemical Engg/Food Process Engg from a reputed Institute

7+ years of relevant work experience in Liquid Beverage/Food Processing/Flavour/Alcoholic Beverage Industry  Technically sound in Water Treatment, Sanitation Program, Homogenization, Heat & Mass Transfer Technology etc

Familiar with various Filling Technology (Cold Fill, Hot Fill, Aseptic, Carbonated etc) and Engineering aspects.

Well versed with various packaging formats like PET, Cup, Tetra Pack, Glass, Pouch etc and Packing machinery.

Rich understating of Calibration, Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology and Packaging Analysis.

Good Knowledge in BIS/FSSAI regulations/FSSC/HACCP, ISO22000 and ISO 17025 in document/work Instruction preparation & Implementation.

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?

Shall be Sig Sigma Certified, well acquainted with quality improvement tools and Digital Savvy. Knowledge of ISO certification related activities; GLP and GMP guidelines.

Good verbal and written communications with ability to manage multiple stakeholders (Co-Pack, Tech Ops, Innovation, Sales).