- V M BAKERY PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED
- Just Breads™ | Healthies™
- - - MANAGER – QUALITY ASSURANCE & QUALITY CONTROL (HOD)
- - - Packaged Bakery Manufacturing Vijayawada
- - - Function Quality Assurance & Quality Control (Head of Department)
- - - Location Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
- - - Reporting to Managing Director / Executive Director
- - - Team 7–8 members — QC Chemists, Analysts, Line QA Inspectors, Microbiologists
- - - Experience 5–8 years in food QA/QC, including HOD-level and FSSC 22000 ownership
- - - Qualification Degree in any Food Science discipline (Food Tech / Microbiology / Food Science)
- - - Industry Bakery / Packaged Foods (bakery experience mandatory)
- - - Employment type Full time, permanent
- - - CTC Up to 8 LPA
- - - - THE ROLE
- We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance & Quality Control Manager to head the quality function and own food safety end to end — from raw material to dispatch, and across all regulatory requirements.
- As Head of the QA/QC department, you will lead a team of 7–8 and act as the Food Safety Team Leader, owning the FSSC 22000 system in its entirety — implementation, maintenance, internal audits and certification. You will report directly to the Managing Director and Executive Director, and will hold the authority — exercised in coordination with them — to stop the line, and to hold or release product on quality grounds.
- This is a senior, high-trust role for a quality professional who takes personal ownership of what leaves the plant.
- - - KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Food Safety System — FSSC 22000
- Own the FSSC 22000 system end to end as Food Safety Team Leader — implementation, documentation, maintenance and continual improvement.
- Develop, review and maintain the HACCP plan, prerequisite programmes (PRPs) and CCP monitoring across the plant.
- Plan and lead internal audits; host and face certification, regulatory and customer audits, and close out non-conformances.
- Maintain audit readiness at all times and drive a culture of food safety across production.
- Incoming & Raw Material Quality




- Establish and enforce quality specifications and acceptance criteria for all raw materials — flour, fats, additives, ingredients — and for packaging.
- Manage incoming inspection, vendor quality, and supplier corrective action.
- In-Process & Line QA
- Own in-process quality control — CCP monitoring, product weights, bake parameters, and process controls across all lines.
- Drive GMP, hygiene and sanitation standards on the shop floor through the line QA team.
- Investigate process deviations and implement corrective and preventive action.
- Finished Goods, Laboratory & Micro
- Own finished-goods quality, shelf-life validation, microbiological testing and product release.
- Manage the QC laboratory — instruments, calibration, test methods, retention samples and records.
- Exercise hold-and-release authority on finished goods, and stop-the-line authority on quality grounds, in coordination with the Directors.
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Ensure full compliance with FSSAI requirements — licensing, labelling, statutory testing and record-keeping.
- Serve as the quality point of contact for regulatory authorities and for institutional customer quality audits.
- Manage complaints handling, root-cause analysis and closure.
- New Product Development & Team
- Provide quality sign-off on current products, reformulations and packaging changes.
- Lead, roster, train and develop the QA/QC team of 7–8 — QC Chemists, Analysts, Line QA Inspectors and Microbiologists.
- Set KRAs, review performance and build technical capability within the team.
- - - DESIRED CANDIDATE PROFILE
- Essential
- 5–8 years in food manufacturing QA/QC, including experience at HOD / department-head level leading a team.
- Hands-on ownership of FSSC 22000 — having implemented, maintained and faced certification audits,



ideally as Food Safety Team Leader / Management Representative.
- Bakery industry experience is mandatory — direct experience with bakery products, processes and quality parameters (bread, buns, rusks, cakes).
- Strong working knowledge of HACCP, GMP, GHP and food safety management systems.
- Sound knowledge of FSSAI regulations, labelling and statutory testing requirements.
- Practical laboratory competence — physico-chemical and microbiological testing, calibration and method control.
- Degree in a Food Science discipline — Food Technology, Microbiology, Food Science or related. Strong relevant experience will be given due weight.
- Preferred
- Certified FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor.
- Experience of institutional / B2B customer quality audits.
- Experience managing quality across both short shelf life and long shelf life bakery products.
- - - Attributes
- Personal integrity and the conviction to hold or reject product under production pressure.
- Strong team leadership and the ability to build food-safety discipline across the plant.
- Systematic, documentation-disciplined and audit-ready by habit.
- Fluent Telugu; working English. Based in or willing to relocate to Vijayawada.
- - - WHAT WE OFFER
- CTC up to 8 LPA, commensurate with experience.
- A senior, high-ownership role reporting directly to the Board, with genuine quality authority.
- A stable, quality-focused manufacturing organisation with established market credentials.
- HOW TO APPLY
- Interested candidates may send their CV to [email protected] quoting reference QAQC-MGR-VJA in the subject line.
- Please include in your application: your bakery QA/QC experience, your role in FSSC 22000 certification (and whether you were the Food Safety Team Leader / MR), team size managed, current and expected CTC, and notice period.
- V M Bakery Products Private Limited is an equal prospect employer. Applications will be treated in confidence.
- V M Bakery Products Private Limited
- Industrial Estate, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh [email protected]
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📌 Quality Manager (Vijayawada)
🏢 V M BAKERY PRODUCTS
📍 Vijayawada