Head - Quality Assurance - Packaged Drinking Water - Food & Beverage Industry

One of our leading client into beverage Manufacturing is looking for a dyanimic QA professional for the role of Head QA for packaged drinking water business . As it is a corporate role managing the pan India activity . Level of the position General Manager

Job Objective:

- To implement organisation standards and ensure product quality and product safety across the value chain

Role Responsibility:

- To implement quality standards for raw materials, packaging materials and finished products at all franchisee plants for Packaged Drinking water so as to adhere to organisation guidelines/specification/requirements

- To drive Quality culture and awareness across the franchisee's and carry out HO- Quality periodic reviews across the value chain- plants, vendors -raw-materials, packaging material

- To drive the Corrective action Program(CAP) for the HO- Quality Audits

- Analyzing Quality Index based on market sample analysis results and drives CAP for the continual improvement of quality index with proper root cause analysis

- Ensuring implementation of quality systems set by organisation HO

- Maintain MIS of quality department w.r.t. to quality standards of all plants and consumer complains

- Designing of quality manual and updating online quality manual regularly

- Support to plants franchisee's operation wrt to packing material specification/art work on continuous basis

- Provide training support to enhance the existing skill set.

- Tracking and consolidating daily QA reports from HO and plants

- Tracking and updating consumer concerns, following up with respective plant/franchisee for resolving consumer concerns, consolidation of consumer concerns

- Responding regularly to QA franchisee manager for their requirements and resolution of their queries

- Updating of raw material and packaging material supplier list in consultation with HO-Purchase and communication of the same to all the units

- Drive continuous improvement activities

Exp & knowledge required : 16 - 25 yrs

- Relevant knowledge in statutory standards and food laws laid by the concerned government bodies

- Good knowledge and skills in beverage manufacturing industry (Packaged Drinking Water, Soft Drinks) and different packaging types (PET, TETRA)

- Qualification : B.Sc or M.Sc in Chemistry/Bio chemistry/ Microbiology/ Food Technology