Quality Control cum Compliance Executive - Bangalore Location- Seafood

Company: Indepesca Overseas Pvt. Ltd.
Brand: Bigsams
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Department: Quality Control & Compliance
Experience: Minimum 5 Years in the Seafood/Fisheries Industry
Salary: Up to 50,000 per month
Working Days: Monday to Saturday
Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Notice Period: Immediate Joiner / Maximum 15 Days

Job Summary

Indepesca Overseas Pvt. Ltd., under its brand Bigsams, is looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Quality Control cum Compliance Executive for its Bangalore operations. The candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in the seafood or fisheries industry, with hands-on expertise in quality assurance, seafood product inspection, food safety standards, hygiene management, and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate should be capable of ensuring that seafood products meet the company's quality standards, food safety requirements, and applicable statutory and regulatory guidelines.

Key Responsibilities (KRA)

1. Quality Control & Quality Assurance

• Conduct quality inspections of fresh, chilled, and frozen seafood products.
• Check product quality, freshness, colour, odour, texture, temperature, packaging, labelling, and storage conditions.
• Monitor product handling, processing, packing, transportation, and cold-chain management.
• Ensure compliance with approved product specifications and quality standards.
• Identify quality deviations, prepare reports, and recommend corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Monitor product shelf life, expiry dates, batch details, and traceability records.

2. Food Safety & Hygiene

• Ensure compliance with applicable FSSAI regulations and food safety requirements.
• Monitor hygiene and sanitation practices at storage facilities, processing units, and handling locations.
• Conduct routine hygiene inspections and maintain inspection records.
• Ensure proper temperature control throughout storage, handling, and transportation.
• Identify potential contamination risks and implement preventive measures.

3. Compliance & Documentation

• Maintain quality inspection reports, product acceptance/rejection records, temperature logs, and other QC documentation.
• Ensure that relevant licences, registrations, certificates, and compliance records are valid and updated.
• Support internal audits, supplier audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Maintain supplier documentation, product specifications, traceability records, and non-conformance reports.
• Ensure adherence to applicable food safety, quality, and operational compliance requirements.

4. Supplier & Vendor Quality Management

• Inspect incoming seafood products and verify compliance with purchase specifications.
• Coordinate with suppliers and vendors regarding quality issues, rejections, and corrective actions.
• Evaluate supplier performance based on product quality, hygiene, consistency, and compliance.
• Investigate customer complaints related to product quality and implement corrective measures.

5. Reporting & Coordination

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly quality reports for management.
• Coordinate with procurement, warehouse, operations, logistics, and sales teams to resolve quality-related issues.
• Conduct staff awareness sessions on seafood handling, hygiene, food safety, and quality procedures.
• Ensure timely escalation of critical quality and compliance issues to management.

Eligibility Criteria

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the seafood/fisheries industry is mandatory.
• Candidates from seafood processing, frozen seafood, fish trading, seafood distribution, or fisheries operations will be preferred.
• Qualification in Fisheries Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Food Science, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Practical knowledge of seafood quality parameters, cold-chain management, food safety, and hygiene standards.
• Knowledge of FSSAI regulations, HACCP, GMP, and relevant food safety systems.
• Good documentation, reporting, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to conduct inspections, identify quality risks, and implement corrective actions.
• Candidates who can join immediately or within 15 days will be preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: Up to 50,000 per month, depending on experience, qualifications, and suitability.
• Opportunity to work with Bigsams, a seafood business brand of Indepesca Overseas Pvt. Ltd.

How to Apply

Interested candidates with relevant seafood industry experience may share their updated CV on [email removed] along with the following details:

• Total work experience
• Relevant experience in the seafood/fisheries industry
• Current CTC and expected CTC
• Current location
• Notice period / Earliest joining date

Important: Candidates without relevant seafood/fisheries industry experience will not be considered.