About POPO Global POPO Global, also operating as POPO Ventures, is a Bengaluru-based restaurant and food platform operating multiple dining concepts, including The Pizza Bakery, known for its artisanal wood-fired sourdough pizzas; Paris Panini, offering French-style sandwiches and grilled wraps; and Smash Guys, focused on smash burgers. As we continue to expand our operations, we are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Quality Assurance professional who can help maintain consistent food quality, hygiene and food safety standards across our restaurant outlets and central kitchens.

About the Role
We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Quality Assurance Executive with a minimum of 1 year of experience in the Food & Beverage industry. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining food quality standards, ensuring food safety compliance, conducting outlet inspections, and implementing hygiene and quality control procedures across restaurant operations.

Key Responsibilities
• Conduct regular quality and hygiene audits across restaurant outlets and central kitchens, including surprise inspections.
• Ensure compliance with FSSAI regulations, food safety standards and internal company policies.
• Monitor food handling, storage, preparation and serving practices across outlets.
• Conduct temperature checks for refrigerators, freezers and food storage areas.
• Ensure proper inventory rotation through FIFO (First In, First Out) and FEFO (First Expiry, First Out) practices.
• Inspect raw materials, finished products and food preparation processes to maintain consistent quality standards.
• Monitor personal hygiene, sanitation,



pest control and cleaning procedures across restaurant outlets.
• Ensure proper segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian products and prevent cross-contamination.
• Monitor food expiry dates, product labelling, batch details and storage conditions.
• Monitor cooking oil quality, food wastage and overall food handling practices.
• Identify food safety risks and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Investigate food quality complaints, identify root causes and recommend corrective measures.
• Maintain audit reports, quality checklists, food safety records and compliance documentation.
• Coordinate with restaurant managers, kitchen teams and central kitchen teams to ensure quality standards are consistently maintained.
• Conduct food safety and hygiene training for restaurant employees.
• Follow up on audit observations and ensure timely closure of non-compliance issues.
• Prepare periodic outlet-wise quality and hygiene performance reports and highlight areas requiring management intervention. Candidate Requirements
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Food Safety within the F&B; industry.
• Knowledge of FSSAI guidelines and food safety regulations.
• Understanding of HACCP,



GMP, and GHP standards.
• Knowledge of food storage, handling, hygiene, and sanitation practices.
• Experience in conducting food safety and hygiene audits.
• Understanding of FIFO and FEFO inventory management practices.
• Good observation, reporting, and communication skills.
• Ability to travel across restaurant outlets for inspections.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and maintaining audit documentation. Preferred Candidate Profile
• Candidates with experience in QSRs, restaurants, cafés, cloud kitchens, central kitchens or hotel food production will be preferred.
• Hands-on experience in food safety audits and quality monitoring.
• Solid understanding of restaurant kitchen operations and food safety procedures.
• Educational qualification in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology or a related discipline will be preferred.
• Relevant food safety certifications will be an added advantage. Compensation: Upto ₹3.60 LPA based on experience Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Food safety and hygiene audit scores across outlets.
• Compliance with FSSAI and internal food safety standards.
• Completion of planned outlet audits and inspections.
• Reduction in food safety violations, repeat non-compliances and customer complaints.
• Timely closure of audit observations and corrective actions.
• Consistency in food quality and hygiene standards across outlets.
• Effectiveness of hygiene and food safety training.
• Timely maintenance of food safety records and audit documentation.

📌 Quality Assurance Executive (Bengaluru)
🏢 The Pizza Bakery
📍 Bengaluru