Lead Auditor

Responsibilities As Follows

• Chair opening and closing meetings
• Assign to each team member responsibility for auditing specific processes, functions, sites, areas or
  
  

activities and reassign work as needed

• Manage external team representation during the audit process (expert, translator, Accreditation Bodies, …)
• Periodically communicate the progress of the audit and any concerns to the client and to the audit team
• Review with the client any need for changes to the audit scope which becomes apparent as on-site auditing
  
  

activities progress and report this to the back office

• Attempt to resolve any diverging opinions between the audit team and the client concerning audit evidence
  
  

or findings, and record unresolved points

• Review the audit findings, and any other appropriate information obtained during the audit, against the audit
  
  

objectives and audit criteria and classify the nonconformities

• Agree upon the audit conclusions, considering the uncertainty inherent in the audit process, any necessary
  
  

follow-up actions

• Confirm the appropriateness of the audit program or identify any modification required for future audits
  
  

(e.g., scope of certification, audit time or dates, surveillance frequency, audit team competence)

• Ensure that the audit report is prepared and shall be responsible for its content
• Recommends to the Technical Manager initial certification, maintaining of certification, recertification,
  
  

suspension, withdrawal, or reduction of the scope of certification.

Working experience: Minimum 5 to 8 years

Pre Requisite : Lead Auditor course and status of ISO 22000 as well as FSSC