About the role

SDC is hiring a Head – Quality to build the quality and food safety system of a fast-scaling ingredient manufacturer, not to maintain one that already exists.

Spray Drying and Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (SDC) manufactures food and nutraceutical ingredients at Saykha Industrial Estate, Bharuch, Gujarat. We are FSSC 22000, Halal and Kosher certified, US FDA registered, and export to the US and EU. The plant runs 24x7, and current production lines are being added.

Growth has outrun our systems. Documentation, batch records, specifications and audit readiness exist, but they are not yet lived on the shop floor every shift. The gap is cultural as much as technical. This role exists to close it.

You will report directly to the Directors, own the Quality Assurance and Quality Control functions end to end, and have the mandate to change how the plant works. This is a leadership seat with a board-level voice, not a documentation role. Building systems and building culture are the two things that matter most in this role; everything else follows from them.

Role at a glance

• Reports to:



Directors
• Direct reports: QA and QC teams (team leads, executives, analysts)
• Base: Surat Head Office, with presence at the Saykha (Bharuch) plant at least 3 days a week and whenever the plant needs it
• Key interfaces: Production, Engineering, Projects, Warehouse, R&D;, Purchase, Sales, customers, auditors, certification bodies, FSSAI
• Scope: Full accountability for food safety, quality systems, QC laboratory, compliance, customer quality and quality culture across the site

What you will own

You are accountable for outcomes, delivered through your team. Culture and systems are the priority; they are where the role will be judged first.

1. Quality culture and leadership

• Make food safety and quality a shop-floor habit on every shift, not a QA-department activity.
• Build a culture where operators stop a line, raise a deviation and record it honestly without fear.
• Lead, stru

📌 Head – Quality (Surat)
🏢 Spray Drying and Chemicals
📍 Surat