Assistant Regional Quality Assurance Manager

Almarai - المراعي; Dammam; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Generous leave

Medical coverage

Discretionary bonus

Training

Development opportunities

Job summary

Almarai is seeking an Assistant Regional Quality Assurance Manager in Dammam to ensure regional quality & food safety performance. You will lead HACCP initiatives, regional ISO audits, and a regional inspection program while guiding teams to deliver consistent quality and compliance across storage, distribution and operations.

The role requires a dairy/food tech background with 5–6 years FMCG QA experience and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering or Dairy/Food Technology.
• 5-6 years FMCG quality function experience.
• Experience implementing ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 HACCP in distribution/logistics.
• Middle East regional experience.
• Excellent verbal and written English.
• Competencies: self-motivating, integrity, initiative, sound reasoning, achievement-focused.

Responsibilities

• Implement a regional HACCP program covering storage & distribution food safety risks.
• Develop and execute a regional audit plan and conduct audits against ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, and internal standards.
• Lead a regional team to provide day-to-day service and support core regional activities with risk management.
• Implement regional AIBI inspection plan and inspections against AIBI standard.
• Record, measure, monitor and report regional KPI performance with established methodologies.

Skills

Quality assurance

ISO 9001

ISO 22000 HACCP

English communication

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science/Engineering or Dairy/Food Technology

Job description

Assistant Regional Quality Assurance Manager | Dammam, Saudi Arabia

About Almarai: Founded in 1977, Almarai Company is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company and the largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company in MENA. Headquartered in Riyadh, Almarai Company is ranked as the number one FMCG Brand in the MENA region and the market leader in all its categories across GCC, Egypt, and Jordan. Over five decades of sustainable growth, Almarai has consistently provided nutritious and healthy products to consumers of all ages, driven by its core principle: “Quality you can trust.”

Almarai has expanded its product range to include, in addition to dairy products, juices and beverages, baked goods, poultry, infant formula, dates, fish and seafood, and bottled water, under more than 20 brands such as Almarai, L’usine, 7DAYS, ALYOUM, Nuralac, Farm’s Select, Ice Leaf, Almira, Seama, Oska, IVAL, Almara Pro, Premier Chef, Bakemart, and others. Almarai currently employs over 43,000 Quality Makers, across the GCC, Egypt & Jordan. In 2025, Almarai reported net income of SAR 2.4 billion on sales of SAR 22 billion.

About the Role: To ensure business performance and improve customer satisfaction base by ensuring Regional Compliance related to Quality & Food Safety management systems, processes and personnel to develop continuous improvement culture and optimize the resources and activities to achieve business objectives.

• Implement a successful HACCP Program at regional level covering all Food safety risks associated with Storage & Distribution.
• Implement a Regional comprehensive audit plan and conduct audits against ISO 9001, ISO 22000 & ISO 14001 and Almarai Internal Standards.
• Implement Regional comprehensive AIBI inspection plan and conduct inspections against AIBI standard.
• Lead & direct the regional teams to provide comprehensive day to day service to support all core regional activities and associated processes which include formulating strategies, problem solving, decision making and risk management at the regions.
• Record, measure, monitor and report Regional KPI’s performance through established methodologies and generate regular reports.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in any Science/Engineering Discipline, Dairy Technologist/Food Technologist.
• 5 - 6 years of experience in FMCG Industry within quality function.
• Previous ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 HACCP implementation experience with a grounding in Distribution and logistics.
• Experienced in middle east.
• Excellent verbal and written communication English skills.
• Must have competencies such as: Self-motivating approach to problem solving, Personal integrity, Ability to take initiative, Sound reasoning skills, Achievement focused.

• competitive package
• generous leave
• medical coverage
• discretionary bonus
• training
• development etc.

This is a great opportunity to join a successful and expanding global business, offering an excellent remuneration and benefits package.