Quality Manager

V M BAKERY PRODUCTS; NTR; On-site; INR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

V M Bakery Products Private Limited is seeking a senior QA/QC Head to own the food safety function from raw materials to dispatch, ensuring compliance with FSSC 22000 and FSSAI standards. You will lead a 7–8 member team and report to the Directors, with authority to stop the line on quality grounds.

The role demands hands-on leadership, strong HACCP knowledge, and experience in internal and external audits. Based in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, relocation support may be available.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in food manufacturing QA/QC at head/manager level.
• Hands-on ownership of FSSC 22000 implementation, maintenance and audits.
• Knowledge of HACCP, PRPs, CCP monitoring and regulatory testing.

Responsibilities

• Own FSSC 22000 end-to-end as Food Safety Team Leader: implementation, documentation and improvement.
• Lead internal audits, host certification audits and close non-conformances.
• Maintain readiness for audits and ensure food safety culture in production.
• Establish quality specs for raw materials and packaging; manage supplier quality.
• Oversee in-process QA, GMP, hygiene, sanitation and line QA controls.
• Sign-off on new products and packaging changes; manage QA/QC team.

Skills

QA/QC leadership

FSSC 22000

HACCP

GMP/GHP

Food safety

Team leadership

Education

Food Science degree

Job description

THE ROLE

• We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance & Quality Control Manager to head the quality function and own food safety end to end — from raw material to dispatch, and across all regulatory requirements.


• As Head of the QA/QC department, you will lead a team of 7–8 and act as the Food Safety Team Leader, owning the FSSC 22000 system in its entirety — implementation, maintenance, internal audits and certification. You will report directly to the Managing Director and Executive Director, and will hold the authority — exercised in coordination with them — to stop the line, and to hold or release product on quality grounds.


• This is a senior, high-trust role for a quality professional who takes personal ownership of what leaves the plant.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Food Safety System — FSSC 22000


• Own the FSSC 22000 system end to end as Food Safety Team Leader — implementation, documentation, maintenance and continual improvement.


• Develop, review and maintain the HACCP plan, prerequisite programmes (PRPs) and CCP monitoring across the plant.


• Plan and lead internal audits; host and face certification, regulatory and customer audits, and close out non-conformances.


• Maintain audit readiness at all times and drive a culture of food safety across production.


• Incoming & Raw Material Quality


• Establish and enforce quality specifications and acceptance criteria for all raw materials — flour, fats, additives, ingredients — and for packaging.


• Manage incoming inspection, vendor quality, and supplier corrective action.


• In-Process & Line QA


• Own in-process quality control — CCP monitoring, product weights, bake parameters, and process controls across all lines.


• Drive GMP, hygiene and sanitation standards on the shop floor through the line QA team.


• Investigate process deviations and implement corrective and preventive action.


• Finished Goods, Laboratory & Micro


• Own finished-goods quality, shelf-life validation, microbiological testing and product release.


• Manage the QC laboratory — instruments, calibration, test methods, retention samples and records.


• Exercise hold-and-release authority on finished goods, and stop-the-line authority on quality grounds, in coordination with the Directors.


• Regulatory & Compliance


• Ensure full compliance with FSSAI requirements — licensing, labelling, statutory testing and record-keeping.


• Serve as the quality point of contact for regulatory authorities and for institutional customer quality audits.


• Manage complaints handling, root-cause analysis and closure.


• New Product Development & Team


• Provide quality sign-off on new products, reformulations and packaging changes.


• Lead, roster, train and develop the QA/QC team of 7–8 — QC Chemists, Analysts, Line QA Inspectors and Microbiologists.


• Set KRAs, review performance and build technical capability within the team.

DESIRED CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Essential


• 5–8 years in food manufacturing QA/QC, including experience at HOD / department-head level leading a team.


• Hands-on ownership of FSSC 22000 — having implemented, maintained and faced certification audits, ideally as Food Safety Team Leader / Management Representative.



• Strong working knowledge of HACCP, GMP, GHP and food safety management systems.


• Sound knowledge of FSSAI regulations, labelling and statutory testing requirements.


• Practical laboratory competence — physico-chemical and microbiological testing, calibration and method control.


• Degree in a Food Science discipline — Food Technology, Microbiology, Food Science or related. Strong relevant experience will be given due weight.


• Preferred


• Certified FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor.


• Experience of institutional / B2B customer quality audits.


• Experience managing quality across both short shelf life and long shelf life bakery products.


• Attributes


• Personal integrity and the conviction to hold or reject product under production pressure.


• Strong team leadership and the ability to build food-safety discipline across the plant.


• Systematic, documentation-disciplined and audit-ready by habit.


• Fluent Telugu; working English. Based in or willing to relocate to Vijayawada.

WHAT WE OFFER

• CTC up to 8 LPA, commensurate with experience.


• A senior, high-ownership role reporting directly to the Board, with genuine quality authority.


• A stable, quality-focused manufacturing organisation with established market credentials.

V M Bakery Products Private Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applications will be treated in confidence.

V M Bakery Products Private Limited

Industrial Estate, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh [e-mail]