Key Responsibilities
Vendor Quality Audits
- Plan and execute periodic vendor audits for loose and packaged grocery suppliers.
- Evaluate vendors on:
- Quality systems
- Food safety practices
- Hygiene standards
- Infrastructure adequacy
- Process controls
- Packaging standards
- Traceability systems
- Storage and dispatch practices
- Develop audit scorecards and vendor grading mechanisms.
Compliance & Food Safety
- Ensure vendor compliance with:
- FSSAI requirements
- Legal metrology norms
- Internal quality standards
- Packaging and labelling regulations
- HACCP / GMP / GHP practices
- Monitor corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) post audits.
Vendor Development
- Work closely with procurement, sourcing, and operations teams to improve vendor capability.
- Conduct vendor training and awareness programs on quality standards and food safety.
- Support onboarding and qualification of current vendors.
Product Quality Governance
- Drive quality consistency across:
- Cereals, Breakfast cereals and Grains
- Pulses and Dals
- Sugar and Sweeteners
- Floors and Milling Products
- Dry fruits and Nuts
- Spices and Masalas/Branded Masalas
- Powder Spices
- Salt and Seasonings
- Regional Staple
- Packaged grocery categories
- Monitor product specifications, sampling standards, and rejection trends.
Risk Management
- Identify high-risk vendors and implement improvement roadmaps.
- Reduce customer complaints, quality deviations, and supply inconsistencies.
- Support recall management and root cause investigations where required.
Reporting & Analytics
- Prepare audit MIS, vendor performance dashboards, and quality trend analysis.
- Present audit findings and improvement recommendations to management.
- Track vendor quality KPIs and closure timelines.
Cross Functional Coordination
- Coordinate with:
- Sourcing
- Supply Chain
- Warehousing
- Repacking Units
- Quality Labs
- Ensure alignment of vendor quality objectives with business goals.
📌 Vendor Audit (Staples / Grocery Quality) Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Dmart
📍 Mumbai