Head of Quality Assurance (Exports) | FMCG/Manufacuting/Pharma

Role Purpose

Lead the Quality & Food Safety function for the export business, ensuring products manufactured across multiple plants meet international quality, food safety and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the overall Quality & Food Safety framework for the export business across multiple plants.
• Standardise quality policies, processes and controls for export production.
• Ensure compliance with country-specific food safety, quality, labelling and regulatory requirements.
• Lead international customer, regulatory and food safety audits and ensure timely closure of observations.
• Drive compliance with FDA, European and other international export regulations.
• Ensure export quality standards are implemented within day-to-day manufacturing operations.
• Monitor quality performance, deviations, CAPA and continuous improvement across plants.
• Ensure country-specific product, packaging, labelling and food safety requirements are clearly implemented at plant level.
• Identify quality risks across the export supply chain and establish appropriate controls.
• Build capabilities of plant quality teams through training and knowledge sharing.
• Develop MIS and dashboards to track quality performance, audits, deviations, compliance and CAPA.
• Continuously strengthen the export quality framework as the business expands into new international markets.

Candidate Profile

• 15+ years of experience in Quality / Food Safety, preferably in a large manufacturing setup.
• Strong experience in Food, Beverage, FMCG, Agri-processing or Processed Food manufacturing.
• Strong international export exposure with knowledge of country-specific regulations.
• Good understanding of FDA, European and other international food safety requirements.
• Experience handling international audits and regulatory compliance.
• Experience building and improving quality systems, beyond audit management.
• Experience working across multiple plants / manufacturing locations.
• Experience managing large Quality teams at a senior HOD / Corporate level.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred Industries

• Food & FMCG companies with significant export operations.
• Beverage companies with manufacturing and export exposure.
• B2B food businesses.
• Seafood and meat processing / packaging companies.
• Pharmaceutical companies with strong quality and process-safety systems.