·        Development, implementation, and strict adherence to Food Safety and Quality Assurance programs.

• Ensures quality control activities including sampling and analysis of raw materials and finished goods, with the Processing parameters’ inspection on the Production floor.
• Ensures compliance with Standard and product Specification, Regulations and Customer Requirements.

·        Analyze the NCR incidents and take proper CAPA.

• Ensures all tests and sampling methods/procedures are verified and followed to comply with standard/product specification.
• Ensures data or test results reported are correct and accurate in line with Good Laboratory practice by approving the validity of raw data, computation, expression of results and transferring/reporting data.
• Execute CAPA from Customer Complaint and ensure compliance with CAPA outcome.
• Ensures handling of Quality Dept. housekeeping and lab. Equipment and chemical inventory, and Quality staff competences.
• Give the required-on job training for Quality control team regarding the laboratory testing.
• Coordinate with the other Department managers and external parties on specification and requirement.
• Analyze the NCR incidents and take proper CAPA.

·        Ensure all job specifications are available for production processes through Quality Planning and execution of job specification, shade card availability, test parameters.

·        Quality checks schedule monitoring & control.

·        Share reports of Non-Conformance to all concerned departments and ensure correction and prevention are properly managed.

·        Monitoring CCP’s & OPRP’s implementation by the production departments and ensuring critical limits are not exceeded.

·        Coordinate implementation of quality standards of Raw materials, in process materials and finished goods.

·        Responsible for all testing & documentation activity related requirements.

·        Responsible for Implementing & training to the ISO 9001:2015 and FSSC - 22000 standards.

• Stop/Hold the production if they are non-conforming to the specifications & CCP exceeding critical limits.
• Stop/Hold production if products are not complying with food safety standard.
• Take decision on online, semi-finished and finished non-conforming materials placed on hold.
• Reject the RM & PM consignment if they are not complying with specification and food safety standards.
• Stop the consignment if the products are found with non-conformity
• Disposition of non-conformity products including shredding.

Skills

·        Science or Engineering degree with 10 to 12 years of experience especially in flexible packing quality control.

·        in-depth knowledge of flexible packaging plant all operations, Testing, documentation, and manufacturing process.

·        Excellent communication skills

·        Leadership ability and strong management skills.

·        Good data gathering and analysis skills.

·        Creativity and an ability to think out of the box.

·        Proficiency in the use of MS Office.

·        Proficiency with ISO 9001:2015 and FSSC - 22000 standards

·        Baseline problem analysis and solving skills.