Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.
Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.
To support the Quality operations, we are recruiting a Quality Assurance Specialist.
This role is responsible for managing, developing and optimizing customer satisfaction through stringent monitoring of quality parameters, upskilling of process team, enabling HACCP study and involving in RCA wherever there is any process deviation.
Reporting to the Site QA Manager and working as part of QA team, you will be responsible for supporting overall site QA activities.
Key Accountabilities
- Guarantee the Customer satisfaction and ensure the Food safety performances by Contributing actively to the site Quality strategy, policy, and standards with consultation of site Quality head. • Managing and developing the Quality & Food safety Management system at site Network.
- Lead external & internal Quality audits.
- Leading the follow-up of major quality deviation raised during external & internal audits at site. In order to ensure Quality & Food safety will be one of key differentiation factor of Roquette •One Roquette" in term of perceived quality & Food safety image from our customers.
- Foster quality & food safety culture at site via campaign, GEMA walk, training etc.
- Lead & coordinate for HACCP study & review with team as per defined frequency. Ensure compliances of PRP, OPRP & CCP. • Manage and develop Quality & food safety documentation as per required standard.
- Lead change control management.
- Define and lead the internal audits & Management review meeting as per yearly calendar.
- Identify and detect improvement opportunities, based on external or internal audits assessment.
- Provide technical assistance and services to customers (Customer documentation).
- Manage and develop the skills, competences, of shop floor team members to meet customer expectation and develop quality culture.
- Ensure pest control activity at site & provide technical support to PCO.
- Identify / share best practices and improve the standardization level.
- Lead the Quality & Food safety communication within sites.
- Lead and maintain the relevant product license and system certificate to meet customer requirement and compliance of concerned Quality regulatory.
- Lead the QA team to work together with the help of other functions to handle customer complaints & other customer responses in proactive way.
- Monitor food safety incidences to ensure zero defect.
- Support to SC & encourage good warehouse practices & Good dispatch practices.
- With the support of HR Business partner, contribute to deploy quality & food safety training at site Develop quality & food safety culture & develop total quality principle at Pantnagar site
- FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCY:
- Act as a valuable team Player
- Ability to create and share quality & food safety improvement plan.
- Ability to communicate, to influence and to convince to cross functional team.
- Ability to challenge non-conformity in operations.
- Ability to communicate with customers & external agency.
- Analytical mindset, very good presentation skill. TECHNICAL APPLICATIVE COMPETENCY:
- Good knowledge of Quality Tool implementation.
- Strong knowledge in investigation & CAPA implementation.
- Strong knowledge in Quality & Food Safety principles / norms: ISO: 9001:2015, ISO 22000/ FSSC 22000/GMP QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENT:
- Educational Qualification:
- Graduate in science/MS / master’s in food technology.
- Fluent in both English and Hindi, reading, writing & speaking.
- Desired Experience:
- Technical background with at least 8-10 years of professional experience in Quality assurance. Acquired mainly in process, food and pharma industries.
- Lead auditor course in Quality Management system & Food management system latest version. Specific requirements:
- Good communication skill & shopfloor level working culture.
- Ability for building a positive impact & long-term vision to improve Quality & Food safety culture.
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel & Power point presentation.
If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together!
Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.
Roquette strives to create a dynamic workforce while remaining firmly committed to equal opportunity by complying with EEO laws.
As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach.
To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com
