Company Description Tastel Fine Food Pvt. Ltd. is a growing food company focused on delivering high-quality, safe, and compliant products to customers. The organization emphasizes robust systems, strong quality standards, and continuous improvement across its operations. Team members collaborate closely across production, compliance, and customer-facing functions to maintain consistent product excellence. The company values integrity, accountability, and a proactive approach to food safety and regulatory adherence, creating an environment where quality professionals can significantly influence outcomes. Q: Are you willing to work in office in Karad full-time, including shift coverage when needed? Q: Have you maintained BRCGS, IFS or FSSC 22000 or Any other GFSI and faced certification audits? Q: Are you a certified Lead Auditor BRC issue 9? Q: Have you worked with Acidified Hot-Fill sauces category in your previous organizations? Q: Are you considered a 'process authority' in any of your previous stints? Q: Have you worked abroad? Q: Have you dealt with international customer communications directly? Q: Have you worked in the export oriented Food Processing space? QA Manager – Systems, Compliance & Customer Quality Tastel Fine Food makes ready meals, sauces and meal kits for international retail and food-service customers in Australia, the UK, Europe, the Middle East and the USA. Our Karad plant is certified to global food-safety standards and is audited regularly by customers. We are looking for a QA Manager who will own our quality systems, customer complaints, RCA/CAPA and audit readiness. You will make sure no product leaves the plant without a real,



documented hold-and-release decision. Food safety system and audits Maintain HACCP and the food-safety system to BRCGS, IFS and FSSC 22000 standards. Lead preparation for certification, customer, kosher, halal and regulatory audits; close findings on time with evidence. Run internal audits and Gemba walks, and keep a single NC tracker accurate and current, with owners, target dates and verified closure Be a part of execution & hands on approach to problem solving Training, team and governance Train QA, QC and production staff, and measure whether the training works: tests, line audits, defect rates. Lead and develop the QA team. Follow company processes for hiring, onboarding, approvals and spending. RCA/CAPA Own every NCR from first response to verified closure. Send a preliminary response within 24 hours with a structured RCA plan, the data to be collected, and any questions. Lead RCA with proper tools (5-Why, fishbone, 8D) and evidence: test data, photos, batch records, line and shift details. Write CAPAs that are specific, measurable and dated, with an owner and a check that they worked. Track complaint trends. Pest control, hygiene and vendors Manage pest control and fumigation contractors: written agreements, approved POs and vendor effectiveness checks.



Approve and audit suppliers; raise supplier NCRs when the root cause is incoming material. Export compliance and suppliers Manage container inspection, stuffing checks and fumigation (MBR/ALP) to each destination's rules, with ISPM-compliant certificates. Approve and audit suppliers of ingredients and flexible packaging based on Export destination compliance standard Good to have BRCGS, IFS or FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor certification; a Better Process Control School or thermal-process validation course. Experience handling US, UK, EU or Australian supermarket customers. Knowledge of export

requirements:
container fumigation, ETO-free spices, EU pesticide limits, Spices Board and EIC documentation. Exposure to kosher or halal certification and allergen validation. Must have B.
Tech/M.
Sc in Food Technology, Food Science or Microbiology. 10–14 years in food QA, with 4+ years managing QA for export or international retail customers.
• Hands-on experience with shelf-stable pouch products (hot-fill/pasteurised or retort), including thermal process records, seal integrity and incubation testing.
• A proven record of structured RCA/CAPA (8D, 5-Why, fishbone) that customers accepted.
• Experience running positive release, AQL sampling and finished-product inspection.
• Experience maintaining BRCGS or IFS and leading the plant through certification and customer audits.
• Strong written English for customer communication; working knowledge of Marathi and Hindi.
• Organised, with strong Excel/tracker skills; you follow through to closure without reminders.
• ERP/ SAP proficiency.

📌 QA Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Tastel Fine Food P
📍 Mumbai