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Food Safety & Hygiene Manager

Company Profile: A multinational company that deals in the Manufacturing and Production of Nutritional and dairy products, coffee, tea, beverages, chocolate and confectionery

Reports to: Regional Quality Analyst Manager

Main Responsibilities

Management responsibilities will be to:

  • Ensure implementation of Food safety programme as per guidelines, covering all type of food safety risks like Pathogens, chemical contaminants, allergens and foreign bodies in the factory;
  • Review of HACCP in case of any change in the process/recipe, food safety incident, line/procedure modifications;
  • Review Food safety related complaints and follow up on the corrective actions;
  • Analyze the food safety related quality assurance parameter trends (like EB, FBs etc) to assess and improve the food safety programme.

Functional Responsibilities:

  • The incumbent will be responsible for trending, reviewing & carrying out assessments in
  1. Microbiology & particularly in pathogen monitoring
  2. Chemical contaminants in (Raw/packaging materials & Finished products)
  3. Allergens management
  4. Nutritional composition of the products
  • Involvement in foreign body prevention measures;
  • Assessment of food safety management system at vendors and vendor audits;
  • Ensure implementation, validation & verification of HACCP;
  • Provide technical assistance for Food Safety issues to other factories including Water, Marketing, Food services, Supply chain, Purchasing etc
  • Assist factory Quality Assurance, Production and Engineering to investigate Food safety related complaints;
  • Review and assess food safety related complaints on monthly basis and analyze the trend for corrective actions;

The ideal candidate should possess the following skills and competencies:

  • B.Sc. or MSc Degree in Food science / Microbiology/ Biochemistry or related field from a recognized university;
  • Minimum 5 years experience in food safety (Microbiology, Chemical & allergen etc), preferably with an FMCG background;
  • Excellent leaderships skills;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with good relationship building skills;
  • Ability to drive results and obtain information from a team;
  • Self initiative and proactive;
  • A proven team player with creative problem solving skills;

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted