QC Officer

Kerry Group; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry Group in Jeddah seeks a Laboratory Manager to uphold safety, quality, and compliance across a high-volume lab. The role focuses on maintaining calibration, lab equipment uptime, SOP reviews, and material management to ensure product safety and quality in a fast-changing global environment.

The position requires coordinating manpower, reviewing KPI performance, training subordinates, and managing lab disposals, samples, and inventory to support regulatory compliance and Kerry's standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum Degree Food Science or other science disciplines.
• Minimum 2 years working experience in food industry; Must possess a thorough knowledge of product line and manufacturing processes, general knowledge of food industry.
• Understand of policies related to international products.
• Knowledge of FSSC 22K, HACCP product safety system.
• Understands GMP requirements.
• Knowledge of food and facility security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review manpower arrangement and daily schedule of Lab Technicians.
• Review KPI and performance evaluations for subordinates.
• Arrange external or internal training for subordinates.
• Monitor calibration master list by factory number and calibration due dates.
• Monitor equipment and verify/calibrate against golden standard.
• Identify restock quantities and raise PR; review inventory of lab consumables.
• Coordinate with proficiency institute for dairy sample purchases and KPI tests.
• Collect data and compile averages for online submission before due dates.
• Coordinate internal calibration program and sample distribution to subordinates.
• Oversee chemical disposal and retain sample management.
• Manage lab safety activities, including SOP/WI/Format reviews and audits.
• Identify contaminants in finished goods and review related reports.

Skills

Food industry experience

Product/manufacturing knowledge

Policy awareness

FSSC 22K

GMP knowledge

Food security knowledge

Initiative

Team player

Handle pressure

Education

Degree in Food Science or sciences

Job description

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

This role will be based out of Jeddah and the person will be responsible to continue mainlining (safety first, Quality always) concept.

Key responsibilities

Manpower Arrangement and Reviews

• Review of manpower arrangement of daily schedule of Online Physical Chemical Lab Technicians.
• Review of KPI and performance evaluations for subordinates
• Arrangement of external training or internal training required for subordinates

Lab Management & Laboratory Equipment - Chemical/ Physical

• Monitor calibration master list by factory number and calibration due dates
• Monitor working equipment and verify/calibrate against golden standard : weighing scales, viscometer, thermometers, timers, moisture analyser
• Update calibration report and deal with supplier upon gaps/raise for adjustment by supplier if internal calibration found outof specification
• Identify the quantities of restock required and raise PR after dealing with vendors on quotations and advice & review the inventory level for lab consumable /glassware/chemicals in monthly basis

Laboratory Proficiency & Safety – Physical/Chemical

• Coordinate with American Proficiency Institute on dairy golden sample purchase, sample distribution to subordinates for performance KPI test
• Collect data and compile for average for results submission online before due dates & monitor on results and certificates issued
• Managing Internal Repeatability and Reproducibility Internal Calibration Program by identifying samples & coordinate on samples preparation and distribution to subordinates
• Overview the chemical disposal activity to schedule lockage waste area from laboratories (chemical/physical)
• Overview the retain sample management (finished goods, foreign matter, oversize, reference and online) storage and tracking
• Risk Assessment for Lab Activities, Lab Chemicals Use such as Lab SOP/WI/Format Reviews and Updates; Lab audit/ self inspection, NC reviews & identify SCIA

Finished Goods Contaminant Program

• Identify finished goods by category and coordinate on sample withdraw for contaminant programs
• Specification monitor and reviews in accordance to latest requirements of food act 1983 (Act 281)
• Compile report and make review and conclusion of food safety in terms of contaminant elements

Laboratory EMP, water internal and other activity

• Coordinate with microbiological section to assess laboratory EMP in terms of microbial air and floor count e.g. SPC, Enterobacteriaceae, yeast & moulds, etc
• Lab equipment – IQ/OQ/PQ, upon new purchase of equipment
• Lab Glass Breakage Report Issue, investigation and rectification

Qualifications and skills

• Minimum Degree Food Science or other science disciplines
• Minimum 2 years working experience in food industry; Must possess a thorough knowledge of product line and manufacturing processes, general knowledge of food industry
• Understand of policies related to international products
• Knowledge of FSSC 22K, HACCP product safety system
• Understands GMP requirements
• Knowledge of food and facility security requirements
• Good initiative and results oriented;
• A team player with high commitment and able to perform under pressure
• Should be comfortable working in a fast changing and growing global environment where accountability, quality, timeliness are key components