Quality Assurance Team Lead

Bounty Fresh Food, Inc.; San Fernando; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Bounty Fresh Food, Inc. seeks a QA/QC Leader to oversee quality assurance across Poultry Dressing Plants in the Philippines. You will drive GMP/HACCP compliance, lead QA teams, and coordinate with Production, Maintenance, and Logistics to safeguard product safety.

The role requires 3–5 years of QA/QC experience, strong leadership, and willingness to travel across the region. A related degree and expertise in food safety systems are essential for ensuring consistent quality across sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3–5 years of QA/QC experience, preferably in poultry, meat processing, or food manufacturing.
• Experience with HACCP, GMP, sanitation, food safety, and quality management systems.
• Experience handling multiple plants/sites or regional operations preferred.
• Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly across Poultry Dressing Plants in the region.
• Willing to work in a plant environment and flexible schedules as required by operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and monitor QA operations across assigned Poultry Dressing Plants.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, food safety, sanitation, and quality standards.
• Conduct regular plant inspections, quality audits, and compliance monitoring.
• Establish and monitor QA programs, procedures, and corrective actions.
• Investigate quality deviations, non-conformities, customer complaints, and product-related issues.
• Analyze quality and food safety data and recommend process improvements.
• Coordinate with Production, Operations, Maintenance, Logistics, and other departments to address quality concerns.
• Coach and develop QA personnel across different DPs.
• Ensure proper documentation, reporting, and implementation of quality standards.
• Provide regular QA performance reports and recommendations to management.
• Support internal, customer, regulatory, and third-party audits.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure consistent product quality and food safety across all assigned plants.

Skills

Quality leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Cross-plant coordination

HACCP knowledge

GMP knowledge

Food safety systems

Quality management systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology/Food Science/Microbiology/Veterinary Medicine or related field

Job description

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, Veterinary Medicine, or a related field.

• With 3–5 years of experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Control, preferably in poultry, meat processing, food manufacturing, or a related industry.

• With experience in HACCP, GMP, sanitation, food safety, and quality management systems.

• Preferably with experience handling multiple plants/sites or regional operations.

• Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Willing to travel regular across assigned Poultry Dressing Plants in the region.

• Willing to work in a plant environment and flexible schedules as required by operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and monitor QA operations across assigned Poultry Dressing Plants.

• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, food safety, sanitation, and quality standards.

• Conduct regular plant inspections, quality audits, and compliance monitoring.

• Establish and monitor QA programs, procedures, and corrective actions.

• Investigate quality deviations, non-conformities, customer complaints, and product-related issues.

• Analyze quality and food safety data and recommend process improvements.

• Coordinate with Production, Operations, Maintenance, Logistics, and other departments to address quality concerns.

• Coach and develop QA personnel across different DPs.

• Ensure proper documentation, reporting, and implementation of quality standards.

• Provide regular QA performance reports and recommendations to management.

• Support internal, customer, regulatory, and third-party audits.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure consistent product quality and food safety across all assigned plants.