India Foods quality Executive nashik

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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.

**Job Description**:
POSITION TITLE : Quality Executive

REPORTS TO : Food Safety & Quality Manager - Nashik Plant

LOCATION : Nashik, Maharashtra

**Purpose of the Position**:
This position will work closely with Platform team to provide excellence in quality, regulatory, and food safety enable / support in execution / leadership for Food safety & quality capability building. This role will have responsibility for product quality and food 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, Food Safety Team, FSRA, etc.)
- DLC formulation integration in MQIS & 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
- Hold & Release - identification, reporting, RCA partnership with platform team, disposition verification.

**Key Interfaces**
- ** Internal**: Environment health & Safety, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance & Operations, XQM, Sourcing, R&D, Regulatory and Global FSQ
- ** External**:External Labs, Lab Equipment OEM’s, Supplier & Vendors etc.

**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+ year