Role & responsibilities

. Quality Assurance and Process Control

- Monitor and ensure compliance with quality standards at all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage, and dispatch.
- Conduct in-process inspections and verify that products meet approved specifications and quality parameters.
- Review batch manufacturing records, production documents, and quality control reports.
- Ensure proper identification, segregation, and disposition of non-conforming products.
- Coordinate with Production, Quality Control (QC), Warehouse, and other departments to resolve quality-related issues.

B. Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance

- Ensure compliance with applicable FSSAI requirements, food safety regulations, and internal quality standards.
- Implement and monitor food safety systems, including HACCP, GMP, GHP, and relevant prerequisite programs.
- Monitor hygiene, sanitation, pest control, personnel practices, and housekeeping standards across the facility.
- Support implementation and maintenance of applicable certifications and standards, such as ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or other relevant food safety management systems.
- Ensure traceability of raw materials, packaging materials, work-in-progress, and finished products.

C. Audits and Documentation

- Conduct routine plant inspections, internal quality audits, and GMP/GHP audits.
- Support customer audits, certification audits, and regulatory inspections.
- Maintain and review SOPs, quality records, inspection reports, checklists, and food safety documentation.
- Track audit observations, coordinate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and verify their effectiveness.
- Ensure proper document control and compliance with approved procedures.

D. Non-Conformance and Continuous Improvement

- Investigate customer complaints, product deviations, process non-conformities, and quality incidents.
- Perform root cause analysis using appropriate problem-solving tools and recommend corrective and preventive actions.




- Monitor product rejection, rework, deviation, and complaint trends and recommend improvement measures.
- Participate in risk assessments and food safety hazard analysis.
- Support product recall and mock recall exercises to verify traceability and recall preparedness.

E. Supplier and Material Quality

- Coordinate with Purchase, QC, and Warehouse teams to ensure compliance with approved raw material and packaging specifications.
- Support supplier evaluations, quality assessments, and supplier corrective action follow-up.
- Verify incoming material inspection records and ensure materials are released or rejected based on approved acceptance criteria.

F. Training and Team Coordination

- Conduct or coordinate training on food safety, hygiene, GMP, GHP, SOPs, and quality awareness.
- Promote a strong quality and food safety culture among employees and contract workers.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely resolution of quality issues and effective implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

Preferred candidate profile

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, or a related discipline.
- Additional qualifications or certifications in Food Safety, HACCP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or Quality Management Systems will be an advantage.

- 45 years of relevant experience in Quality Assurance in a food manufacturing or food processing organization.
- Practical knowledge of FSSAI regulations and applicable food safety requirements.
- Working knowledge of HACCP, GMP, GHP, SOPs, CAPA, root cause analysis, and risk assessment.
- Experience in internal audits, customer audits, certification audits, and quality documentation.
- Understanding of raw material inspection, in-process quality control, finished product release procedures, and traceability systems.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, quality reporting, data analysis, and preparation of audit documentation.

- Positive communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.

📌 QA Executive / Senior QA Executive (Bengaluru)
🏢 P D Navkar Bio Chem
📍 Bengaluru