Quality Executive

Job Description

India Foods Business is a full-service manufacturing and marketing unit comprising over 500 employees spread across over multiple locations across India. Our strong suite of products includes the Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Haagen-Dazs and Nature Valley brands in both direct-to-consumer and B2B channels across Retail, Food Service and Bakeries & Exports. We combine the capabilities of a global enterprise with the entrepreneurial spirit and cultural awareness you would expect of a smaller local company.

POSITION TITLE:FSQ Executive

REPORTS TO :Asst. Manager - Food Safety & Quality

LOCATION:Nashik, Maharashtra

Headquartered in Minnesota, US, General Mills, with $18.1 billion in net sales (2021) and more than 36,000 employees worldwide, is in the top 10 largest food companies in the world. Named one of the Top 100 Companies to Work For by Fortune Magazine, General Mills is a highly focused consumer foods company providing products that enhance nutrition, shorten preparation times, provide health benefits, enable on-the-go eating and, of course, taste great.

Our brands including Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Nature Valley, Hagen-Dazs, Yoplait, Old El Paso, Progresso, Totino's, Annie's and Small Plant Foods, in addition to strong local brands from around the world, and an emerging Bakeries & Foodservice business. General Mills is also partners in two international Joint Ventures - Cereal Partners Worldwide (with Nestle), and Haagen-Dazs Japan (with Suntory). Visit for more information on us.

India Foods Business Unit
General Mills has recently gone through a major reorganization, whereby EUAU & ASLA has been combined to work together as an international organization. International Operating model has been further simplified with four units, Europe & Australia, Global Emerging Markets (GEMS), Brazil & China. India, Hong Kong, Taiwan , South Korea & Distribution market are part of GEMS with contribution of $1billion in revenue.

Snacks Business Unit finds its presence in IMEA & NSEA markets with the portfolio consisting of Betty Crocker & Pillsbury range of retail cake mixes, ready to eat cookies and cakes, Nature Valley granola bars, Fruit snacks and Bugles.

To support the Snacks business in Asia, currently we have 3 General Mills owned manufacturing plants at Nashik - India, Anseong - Korea & Nanjing - China and several external supply chain partners manufacturing out products.

Nashik Plant Supports the Following Businesses

- Retail cake mixes for India & International markets of Southeast Asia and South Africa.
- Bakeries business in India
- Food service chains with frozen tortilla capabilities
- Food Service chains with Frozen dough capabilities
- Ready to Easy snacks like Choco lava muffin cakes for India
- Frozen flat breads for exports out of India mainly meant for ethnic Indian diaspora.

This position will work in shifts (A, B & C) closely with Platform team to provide excellence in quality, regulatory, and food safety enable / support in execution / leadership for Food safety & quality capability building. The role will have responsibility for product quality andfood safety for the Platform / plant based in Nashik.The purpose is to continuously improve quality & Food safety systems and ensure regulatory and policy compliance.

Key Responsibilities & Expectations:

- Provide people leadership and development for our FSQ technician team in the shifts & Supplier Quality
- Provide FSQ leadership and direction through technical mastery in the areas of regulatory compliance, sanitation, materials/packaging, risk assessment, defect handling, and FSRA
- Provide leadership and technical support for Quality & Food safety system leader, HMM, reformulations, and new product trials / start-ups.
- Provide leadership in the identification and implementation of product and process quality improvement opportunities and resultant productivity gains in the shifts
- Provide risk assessment analysis and manage issues with non-conforming product to ensure proper control, minimize losses, and provide analysis to eliminate future occurrences
- Execution of action plans with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain team to ensure product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements during shift & day to day operations
- Using quality engineering principles, collect, analyze and interpret in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvement.
- Provide training in the areas of food safety, food science, applied statistics, regulatory requirements, sanitation, and quality measurement systems to shop floor teams.
- Ensure compliance & implementation in the facility for all GMP/Regulatory, HACCP Sanitation, and Product Safety guidelines.
- Have fair understanding and knowledge in the following topics: FSMA, FSSC/GFSI and HACCP principles.
- Lead continuous improvement and root cause initiatives through use of problem-solving tools (specifically in planned losses)
- Execution of other FSQ programs for the site as needed (weight program, allergen program, PEMP, FoodSafety Team, FSRA, etc.)
- SACADA formulation integration PLC S & Formula Issuance through batch sheet as per production plan on shop floor.
- FG Release - Sensory evaluation of all finished good, review product & process data.
- Online verification- PRP's, OPRP's and CCPS'S of all lines, Prestart up checks -cleaning of all lines from sifting to dispatch (Zone1, 2,3), Traceability of product ingredients & FG batch codes, Change overs - Allergen, non-allergen changeover, Minor ingredient & its quantity, and Process parameter as per product specification.
- Communication- Collate and Share day to day observation and process non-Compliances emails, reports, platform DDS.
- Hold & Release - identification, reporting, RCA partnership with platform team, disposition verification.

Values and Leadership: The incumbent is expected to role model the General Mills Values:

- Do the right thing all the time: Ensure all dealings are transparent and conducted with ethics & integrity. All contracts meet audit & risk requirements for life of contract.
- Play to Win: Deliver exceptional value for the customers and delivering on the commitments. Always putting consumer first.
- Win as a Team: Build open & trusting work relationships. Respecting & embracing differences and working across boundaries to get the best outcome for the company.
- Grow and Inspire: Inspire people to be their best - not only at General Mills but also in our community. Building diverse teams and empowering them to make a difference.
- Act Boldly, Move Quickly: Seek improvements in every area of the company. Quickly sense & respond to risks & opportunities. Take decisive actions on critical priorities.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in related degree (Food Science and Technology, or Food Science, Engineering - Chemical,)
- 5+years work experience
- Ability to flex work in shifts as per manufacturing operation. This includes weekend on-call support and early/late work hours.
- Under standing of product quality, sensory, and food safety & regulatory requirements
- Strong understanding of Continuous Improvement philosophy and tools
- Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, ability to apply engineering principles, and ability to troubleshoot.
- Demonstrated ability to apply the tools of statistics, problem solving and decision making.
- Demonstrated leadership and initiative, collaborative, good communication, influential & presentation skills.