Vending Beverage Quality Assurance Lead

Tataconsumer; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consumer Products Ltd. is seeking a Vending Beverage Quality Assurance Lead in Bangalore to drive beverage quality, menu development, and customer service excellence across vending locations.

The role reports to the General Manager – Vending Business Service and focuses on ensuring consistency, hygiene, and high standards in coffee and beverage preparation. The ideal candidate will have a Barista certification, speciality coffee experience, and strong training capabilities to uplift

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Technology, Hospitality Management, Hotel Management or Quality Management.
• Speciality coffee experience is highly desirable.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare beverages to standard recipes.
• Assess coffee quality at locations.
• Train hotel staff and baristas.
• Maintain hygiene and product quality.
• Handle customer feedback professionally.

Skills

Barista Certification

Speciality Coffee

Menu Creation

Staff Training

Quality Assessment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Food Technology, Hospitality Management, Hotel Management, Quality Management, or related field

Tools

Espresso Machines

Semi-automatic Machines

Grinders

Coffee Brewers

Job description

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Designation
Vending Beverage Quality Assurance Lead

Function
Emerging Channels Location
Bangalore Reporting To
Service Manager - Vending Business

Job Description

Tata Consumer Products Ltd.
About the Job: Vending Beverage Quality Assurance Lead
Function: Emerging Channels Location: Bangalore Reporting To: General Manager – Vending Business Service
At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!
How does this Job align to our Strategy?
At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, Creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.
This job opportunity closely aligns with one of these key strategic pillars, which is driving Strengthening & Accelerating our core business. The role is responsible to prepare and serve high-quality coffee, beverages, and food items while delivering exceptional customer service and maintaining company standards for product quality, hygiene, and operational excellence.
Where do you come in as?
VP & Head - Emerging Channels
President -India Sales
MD & CEO
Vice President – Vending Business
General Manager – Vending Business Service
Vending Beverage Quality Assurance Lead
This job is at N-5 level (N corresponds to CEO’s level)
Top dimensions:
Geography: India
Direct reports: 0
Matrix Reports: NA
Type of Role: Individual Contributor
Primary Stakeholders (Optional):
Emerging Channels, Service Teams, Sales, Finance Teams

What are the Key Deliverables in this role ?

• Financial Outcomes
• Ability to add value by creating menus for customers and other means to enhance the coffee experience
• Customer Service
• Must have ability to assess coffee quality at customer locations and make small tweaks to optimize taste as per customer requirements.
• Tactfully handle customer complaints at five star hotels. Prompt, professional behaviour essential. Build processes to ensure smooth functioning.
• Understand customer requirements and recommend most suitable options.
• Train hotel staff – should be able to train Baristas / frontline staff on improving delviery

Internal Processes

• Monitor adherence to company recipes and preparation standards.
• Conduct regular quality audits across outlets and vending locations.
• Identify quality gaps and implement corrective actions.Evaluate coffee beans, milk, syrups, and ingredient quality.
• Prepare coffee beverages across espresso and other methods according to standard recipes.
• Good understanding of espresso machines, grinders, coffee brewers, and related equipment.
• Understand factors impacting end cup quality and ability to ensure consistency in beverage taste, presentation, and temperature.

Innovation & Learning

• Develop initiatives to improve beverage consistency and service quality.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role?

• Barista Certification & reasonably good end cup evaluation skills.
• Coffee menu creation skills.
• Ability to train a barista.
• Bachelor's Degree in Food Technology, Hospitality Management, Hotel Management, Quality Management, or related field.
• Speciality coffee experience.

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?

• 3-4 years hand on coffee experience in coffee shops, cafés, restaurants, or vending operations. At least 1 year at a entry level +1 level.
• Must have worked with semi-automatic professional machines. Experience with all type of espresso machines added advantage.
• Coffee preparation and latte art.
• Customer service orientation.
• Good communication skills.
• Quality Management skills.

TCPL Growth Mindset and Behaviors
We are obsessed about keeping Consumers & Customers first in our hearts – that’s why we are here !
We are trailblazers in executing with Excellence … Together as One Team !
We take Ownership of our business …delivering value for our Stakeholders .. no Compromises !
We are Open to Continuously improving … Continuously innovating … For Better !
We live & breathe our Tata Code of Conduct

About Us: At Tata Consumer, we stand ‘For Better.’
Tata Consumer Products is a focused consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella. Our brands embody our purpose of ‘For Better ‘through the value they deliver to consumers with a focus on innovation, health and wellness, convenience and premiumisation. The Company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, RTD, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks, mini meals, herbal supplements and vending business. Few of our key brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+ and Tata Gluco+, Tata Salt, Tata Sampann, Tata Soulfull, Organic India and Chings. In India, Tata Consumer Products has a reach of over 200 million households, giving it an unparalleled ability to leverage the Tata brand in consumer products.
The Company has a consolidated annual turnover of ~Rs. 20,290 Crs with operations in India and International markets. For more information please visit www.tataconsumer.com