If you are a passionate quality and food safety leader with strong experience in food manufacturing, GMP, HACCP, and ISO systems, this is your opportunity to lead strategic quality excellence, drive continuous improvement, and make a lasting impact in a growing organisation — apply now and take the next step in your leadership career.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and drive the organisation's Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC), and Environmental Management strategies to ensure compliance with food safety, quality, regulatory, and sustainability standards.
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), Quality Management Systems (QMS), and Environmental Management Systems (EMS).
- Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
- Establish governance frameworks, quality procedures, documentation controls, and operational standards across QA, QC, and Environmental functions.
- Oversee inspection, sampling, laboratory testing, calibration, validation, and product release processes for raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods.
- Manage non-conformance investigations, customer complaints, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead internal and external audits, certification activities, regulatory inspections, and ensure audit readiness at all times.
- Monitor and analyse quality, food safety, and environmental KPIs including defect rates, complaints, waste reduction, audit findings, emissions, water, and energy usage.
- Drive sustainability initiatives, environmental compliance programs, waste management, and resource optimisation projects.
- Ensure traceability, product recall readiness, allergen management, food defense, food fraud prevention, and change control processes are effectively implemented.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Production, R&D, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Warehouse, Procurement, and Management on product development, process improvements, and operational excellence.
- Lead, coach, and develop QA, QC, and Environmental teams to build competency, accountability, and a strong quality and food safety culture.
- Manage departmental budgets, quality cost reduction initiatives, and operational risk mitigation activities.
- Maintain accurate documentation, regulatory records, audit trails, and compliance reporting systems.
- Exercise authority to halt production when critical food safety, quality, or environmental risks are identified.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or related field.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in QA/QC within food manufacturing environments.
- At least 3 years of leadership or people management experience.
- Strong knowledge of GMP, HACCP, FSMS, QMS, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, and food safety regulatory standards.
- Experience managing audits, certifications, regulatory inspections, and compliance programs.
- Strong understanding of laboratory operations, analytical testing systems, SPC, trend analysis, root cause analysis, and CAPA methodologies.
- Experience in supplier quality assurance, product validation, traceability, recall management, and documentation control.
- Knowledge of environmental compliance, wastewater treatment, waste management, chemical safety, and sustainability practices.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills.
- Proven leadership capabilities in strategic thinking, execution excellence, change management, and people development.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
- Proficient in quality systems, reporting tools, and data analysis platforms.
Preferred Certifications
- ISO 22000 / ISO 14001 / ISO 9001 Internal or Lead Auditor Certification.
- HACCP Level 3 or Level 4 Certification.
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
- FSSC 22000 Certification.
- ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory awareness.
- Scheduled Waste Management Certification.
- SPC / Root Cause Analysis / CAPA Training.
- Food Defense & Food Fraud Certification.
- MOH Food Handling Certification.
