Lead - Quality Assurance - Oral Rehydration Solution

Our Client, a Leading FMCG company is looking out for a Lead - Quality Assurance to be based at Baramati, Maharashtra.

Qualification: B. Sc/ B.Tech/M. Sc./ M. Tech - Pharma/ Dairy Science/Food Technology

Experience: 15+ Years, at least 5 yrs in a Managerial capacity and experience in the Pharma sector managing ORS Quality function,

Essential Responsibilities :

- Develop Food Safety and Quality and Culture - train, coach, evaluate, and reinforce continuous improvement principles with partners as well as personal, people, business, and process leadership.

- Goals - lead and participate in team efforts to meet or exceed plant, category, and business goals through the use of continuous improvement tools, processes, and teams.

- Customer Requirements - work with Business, Operations, Sales, and Purchase leadership in identifying, communicating, and Develop processes, programs, and checks to ensure customer requirements are met..

- Governmental Regulations - Be knowledgeable of various government regulations that must be complied with, i.e., FSSAI, BIS, EIA, FDA, FSMA (for Exports) etc. Work with plant and EQFS teams to meet regulatory requirements.

- Work with the plant and EQFS teams to make sure that Food Safety, Quality, Sanitation, and Lab programs are designed, implemented, and executed on a daily basis to meet goals and requirements.

- Financial - Track and maintain control of department budgets to assure plant goals are met. Participate in capital project analysis, justification, and food safe implementation. Administer companywide processes and certification programs.

- Implementation of policies decided by the higher authorities with regard to EMS & OHSAS.

Additional Responsibilities:

- Incumbent shall have a sound knowledge of Quality control of milk and milk products. Well versed with the Food safety principles, HACCP and quality systems.

- Leadership skills (Guiding & Developing Team Members)

- Interpersonal skills (relationship building, teamwork, interpersonal insight, conflict resolution, customer orientation)

- Communication (verbal communication, persuasive impact, listening, written communication)

- Judgment and thinking (strategic thinking, original thinking, judgment and decision making, problem solving, awareness)

- Performance skills (accuracy with detail, planning and organizing, efficiency, business acumen)

- Personal characteristics (motivation/commitment, flexibility, assertiveness, development orientation, results orientation resilience, quality orientation)