Quality Assurance Team Advisor

Schreiber Foods; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Schreiber Foods in Pune, India seeks a Quality Assurance Team Advisor to lead a quality team and oversee the milk powder lab, ensuring GLP/GMP compliance and meeting customer and regulatory requirements.

You will develop PCPs to meet customer specifications, implement CAPA, and participate in audits while coaching partners toward process excellence; travel up to 20% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Dairy Technology, Food Science, Dairy Science or Microbiology is required.
• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety or Production.
• Proven leadership experience in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to make quick and sound business decisions.
• Desire to grow and take on new challenges; willingness to travel up to 20%.
• Internal Partners: must be in current role a minimum of 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the activities of the milk powder lab and QA activities in production.
• Follow GLP, GMP and other lab activities and ensure compliance.
• Ensure customer and supplier specifications are met.
• Develop Schreiber Foods culture; train, coach, evaluate and reinforce process excellence.
• Identify customer requirements; develop PCPs to meet them.
• Be familiar with government regulations (FSSAI, EHS, EIA, etc.).
• Maximize production efficiency; adjust as conditions change.
• Manage document controls, certification programs and traceability.
• Audit PCPs, CCPs and SOPs; review incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct customer complaint investigations and lead CAPA activities.
• Participate in audits and lead the team during audits.

Skills

Leadership experience

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Growth mindset

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Dairy Technology

Bachelor's degree in Food Science

Bachelor's degree in Dairy Science

Bachelor's degree in Microbiology

Job description

Job Category:

Quality

Job Family:

Food Safety & Quality

Job Description:

In the Quality Assurance Team Advisor position, you will lead the efforts of a quality team. Duties include planning, organizing, training, coaching, and compliance with various customers, company, government requirements and guidelines.

What you will do:

• Oversee the activities of milk powder lab and QA activities in the production related to milk and milk-based derivatives
• Follow and maintain the GLP requirements, GMP and other lab activities
• Ensure that customers and supplier specifications are followed and met.
• Develop Schreiber Foods culture - train, coach, evaluate and reinforce process excellence principles with partners.
• Customer Requirements - work with Team Leaders in identifying and communicating customer requirements. Develop PCP's to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Governmental Regulations - be knowledgeable of various government regulations that must be complied with, i.e., FSSAI, EHS, EIA, etc.
• Work with the team to make sure that daily production is evaluated to maximize efficiencies, making necessary adjustments as conditions change.
• Administer various company, plant or department processes in certification programs, assessment/feedback processes, document controls and product traceability.
• Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.
• Conduct customer complaint investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes and implement effective Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
• Participate in regulatory, customer and third-party audits and lead the team during the audit.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in Dairy Technology/ Food science, Dairy Science, Microbiology or related field is required
• 8+ years' experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety or Production
• Proven leadership experience in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to make good business decisions quickly
• Desire to grow and take on new challenges and opportunities
• Internal Partners: Must be in current role a minimum of 2 years
• Ability to travel up to 20%