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Job Title: Assistant Manager – Quality Assurance (Pet Food)

Job Summary The Assistant Manager – Quality Assurance will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with food safety standards, supporting new product commercialization, managing documentation, and coordinating with R&D;, manufacturing, and third-party manufacturers to ensure consistent product quality and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

- Implement, maintain, and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS) across manufacturing operations.
- Prepare, review, and control quality-related documentation, including SOPs, specifications, work instructions, formats, and records.
- Develop and implement SOPs for manufacturing processes and coordinate quality activities with third-party manufacturing partners.
- Plan and conduct internal quality audits and supplier audits for pet food manufacturing facilities and ensure timely closure of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Prepare and maintain HACCP plans, conduct hazard analysis, risk assessments, and implement preventive controls throughout the manufacturing process.
- Ensure compliance with food safety and quality management standards, including, ISO 9001 , ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, GMP, HACCP, AAFCO, FEDIAF, Regulatory requirements applicable to pet food.
- Possess a strong understanding of laboratory testing, including Proximate analysis, Mycotoxin analysis, Microbiological testing, Shelf-life studies Contaminant testing, Product validation
- Prepare and maintain raw material, packaging material, semi-finished, and finished product specifications in collaboration with the R&D; team.




- Work closely with R&D; to support current product development and commercialization by preparing all quality-related documentation required for commercial production.
- Prepare, review, and implement manufacturing documentation, including:
- Batch Manufacturing Record (BMR)
- Batch Packing Record (BPR)
- Master Formula Record (MFR)
- Product specifications
- Quality control plans
- Ensure smooth implementation of quality documentation and manufacturing procedures at commercial production plants.
- Coordinate with production, procurement, warehouse, R&D;, and third-party manufacturers to resolve quality issues and ensure continuous improvement.
- Handle customer complaints, non-conformance investigations, root cause analysis (RCA), CAPA, deviations, and change control.
- Monitor in-process quality checks and finished product release in accordance with established quality standards.
- Support regulatory inspections, customer audits, and certification audits by maintaining audit readiness at all times.
- Maintain complete traceability of raw materials and finished products and ensure accurate documentation and record retention.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's or master’s degree in food technology, Food Science, Biotechnology, or a related field.
- 5–8 years of experience in Quality Assurance within the pet food, food, animal nutrition industry or FMCG
- Experience working with third-party manufacturing facilities is preferred.

Required Skills

- Quality Management Systems (QMS)
- HACCP Implementation
- FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 / ISO 9001
- GMP & GHP
- Internal Auditing
- Documentation Control
- Risk Assessment
- CAPA & Root Cause Analysis
- Laboratory Testing Knowledge
- Product Specifications
- Commercialization Support
- Supplier Quality Management
- Strong communication and coordination skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

📌 Assistant Manager- Quality Assurance (Pet Food), Bangalore (Bengaluru)
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📍 Bengaluru