Key Responsibilities

Laboratory Operations Management

- Ability to set up the current laboratories and lead them
- Manage end-to-end laboratory operations for food quality and food safety testing.
- Develop standardized testing protocols for:
- Incoming materials
- In-process materials
- Finished goods
- Packaging materials
- Ensure proper calibration, maintenance, and validation of laboratory equipment.
- Drive laboratory discipline, documentation, and GLP (Good Laboratory Practices).

Sensory Evaluation Systems

- Develop structured sensory evaluation programs for:
- Taste
- Aroma
- Texture
- Appearance
- Cooking performance
- Create sensory scorecards and benchmarking standards.
- Conduct panel training and calibration for sensory teams.
- Support product approval and vendor qualification through sensory analysis.

Vendor & Factory Quality Support

- Support procurement and operations teams through scientific quality validation.
- Define sampling protocols and inspection methodologies.
- Drive incoming material quality assurance systems.
- Support vendor audits and CAPA closures through laboratory data analysis.

Lab Infrastructure & Technology

- Identify and implement suitable laboratory technologies and instruments.
- Ensure effective utilization of:
- Moisture analysers
- Colour sort validation tools
- Weighing systems
- Microbiology testing equipment
- Sieve analysis systems
- Rapid adulteration kits




- Drive digitization of laboratory records and reporting systems.

Data Management & Reporting

- Publish laboratory MIS and trend analysis reports.
- Track:
- Product deviations
- Vendor quality trends
- Batch failures
- Complaint analysis
- Shelf-life observations

Support RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and CAPA implementation. NABL & Compliance Systems

- Lead implementation and sustenance of systems aligned with:
- NABL accreditation requirements
- ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 standards
- FSSAI testing norms
- Internal QA standards
- Prepare laboratories for internal and external audits.
- Ensure method validation, traceability, documentation control, and record integrity.
- Coordinate proficiency testing and inter-lab comparison programs.

Quality Testing & Analytical Controls

- Establish testing standards for staples categories including:
- 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 critical quality parameters such as:

- Moisture

- Foreign matter

- Adulteration

- Grain size

- Broken percentage

- Ash content

- Gluten

- Microbial parameters
- Aflatoxins & contaminants
- Pesticide residues (through external labs where applicable)

📌 Lab Operations Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Dmart
📍 Mumbai