QA Executive / Senior QA Executive

Role & responsibilities

. Quality Assurance and Process Control

• Monitor and ensure compliance with quality standards at all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage, and dispatch.
• Conduct in-process inspections and verify that products meet approved specifications and quality parameters.
• Review batch manufacturing records, production documents, and quality control reports.
• Ensure proper identification, segregation, and disposition of non-conforming products.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality Control (QC), Warehouse, and other departments to resolve quality-related issues.

B. Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with applicable FSSAI requirements, food safety regulations, and internal quality standards.
• Implement and monitor food safety systems, including HACCP, GMP, GHP, and relevant prerequisite programs.
• Monitor hygiene, sanitation, pest control, personnel practices, and housekeeping standards across the facility.
• Support implementation and maintenance of applicable certifications and standards, such as ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or other relevant food safety management systems.
• Ensure traceability of raw materials, packaging materials, work-in-progress, and finished products.

C. Audits and Documentation

• Conduct routine plant inspections, internal quality audits, and GMP/GHP audits.
• Support customer audits, certification audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Maintain and review SOPs, quality records, inspection reports, checklists, and food safety documentation.
• Track audit observations, coordinate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and verify their effectiveness.
• Ensure proper document control and compliance with approved procedures.

D. Non-Conformance and Continuous Improvement

• Investigate customer complaints, product deviations, process non-conformities, and quality incidents.
• Perform root cause analysis using appropriate problem-solving tools and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor product rejection, rework, deviation, and complaint trends and recommend improvement measures.
• Participate in risk assessments and food safety hazard analysis.
• Support product recall and mock recall exercises to verify traceability and recall preparedness.

E. Supplier and Material Quality

• Coordinate with Purchase, QC, and Warehouse teams to ensure compliance with approved raw material and packaging specifications.
• Support supplier evaluations, quality assessments, and supplier corrective action follow-up.
• Verify incoming material inspection records and ensure materials are released or rejected based on approved acceptance criteria.

F. Training and Team Coordination

• Conduct or coordinate training on food safety, hygiene, GMP, GHP, SOPs, and quality awareness.
• Promote a strong quality and food safety culture among employees and contract workers.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely resolution of quality issues and effective implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, or a related discipline.
• Additional qualifications or certifications in Food Safety, HACCP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or Quality Management Systems will be an advantage.

• 45 years of relevant experience in Quality Assurance in a food manufacturing or food processing organization.
• Practical knowledge of FSSAI regulations and applicable food safety requirements.
• Working knowledge of HACCP, GMP, GHP, SOPs, CAPA, root cause analysis, and risk assessment.
• Experience in internal audits, customer audits, certification audits, and quality documentation.
• Understanding of raw material inspection, in-process quality control, finished product release procedures, and traceability systems.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, quality reporting, data analysis, and preparation of audit documentation.

• Good communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.