Role Purpose

nLead the Quality & Food Safety function for the export business, ensuring products manufactured across multiple plants meet international quality, food safety and regulatory standards.

nKey Responsibilities

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- Own the overall Quality & Food Safety framework for the export business across multiple plants.
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- Standardise quality policies, processes and controls for export production.
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- Ensure compliance with country-specific food safety, quality, labelling and regulatory requirements.
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- Lead international customer, regulatory and food safety audits and ensure timely closure of observations.
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- Drive compliance with FDA, European and other international export regulations.
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- Ensure export quality standards are implemented within day-to-day manufacturing operations.
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- Monitor quality performance, deviations, CAPA and continuous improvement across plants.
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- Ensure country-specific product, packaging, labelling and food safety requirements are clearly implemented at plant level.
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- Identify quality risks across the export supply chain and establish appropriate controls.
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- Build capabilities of plant quality teams through training and knowledge sharing.
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- Develop MIS and dashboards to track quality performance, audits, deviations, compliance and CAPA.
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- Continuously strengthen the export quality framework as the business expands into new international markets.
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nCandidate Profile

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- 15+ years of experience in Quality / Food Safety, preferably in a large manufacturing setup.
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- Strong experience in Food, Beverage, FMCG, Agri-processing or Processed Food manufacturing.
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- Strong international export exposure with knowledge of country-specific regulations.
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- Valuable understanding of FDA, European and other international food safety requirements.
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- Experience handling international audits and regulatory compliance.
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- Experience building and improving quality systems, beyond audit management.
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- Experience working across multiple plants / manufacturing locations.
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- Experience managing large Quality teams at a senior HOD / Corporate level.
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- Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
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nPreferred Industries

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- Food & FMCG companies with significant export operations.
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- Beverage companies with manufacturing and export exposure.
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- B2B food businesses.
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- Seafood and meat processing / packaging companies.
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- Pharmaceutical companies with strong quality and process-safety systems.
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📌 Head of Quality Assurance (Exports) | FMCG/Manufacuting/Pharma (Noida)
🏢 MetaMorph
📍 Noida