Job Description

: Job Title- Associate Scientist QFS Value Stream Job Location- Pune Job Grade- T1 Business Unit- Mars Wrigley LM-Sr. Manager Quality & Food Safety- India Job Overview- There is an exciting opportunity to join the site R&D team in Pune Site within the Quality & Food Safety function as the Q&FS Specialist. The purpose of this role is to maintain, design and improve the site Quality Management System to comply with the Mars Global Quality Standards. Job Requisites-

• More than 5 years QA experience in a reputed food Organization.
• The incumbent needs fluent speaking and written English capability, good computer operation and effective communication skills.
• Food Science, Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent BSc/MSc degree is preferred.
• Experience in a Food Manufacturing environment working in Quality, Food Safety, Engineering or Product/Process development.
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance & Hygiene programs such as HACCP/ISO 22000
• Experience with incident management and standards implementation and completing internal and external audits.

Key Responsibilities-

• Drive food safety management system for the site .Food safety Team leader for site.
• Ensure activities related to plant Regulatory compliances (FSSAI, Legal Metrology etc).
• Track & improve on Product Quality Management (Spec management, KAPPA management. Drive trend analysis review & action plan for Complaint management.
• Govern concession management for the primes & product. Manage Hold & Release process.
• Coordinate activities during Incident Management.
• Ensure all inputs to Technical Risk Assessment of new initiatives.(VL/SRA/NPD/LE).
• Periodic verification of all CCP, OPRP, PRP performance.
• Identify skill gap & training needs at different levels and input to L & D team.
• Represent quality in Daily FMOS meetings & ensure action plan closures.
• Lead, organize and prepare Quality reviews for periodic performance.
• Partner with Innovation team to enable & deliver the asset out projects under DS1 program. Assisting to develop and implement technical and procedural control measures in relation to the Mars Global Quality Standards.
• Be the Onsite support for any Product Related Incidents.
• Developing and updating all paperwork/systems to be complaint to global standards.
• Support Operations with Incident Management, Troubleshooting and conduct Food Safety risk assessments as part of Hold and Release.
• Assisting the Q&FS team during new product launches and significant process and recipe changes whilst performing conformance checks.
• Drive continuous improvement and execute quality projects in close collaboration with other teams.

What can you expect from Mars-

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we\xe2\x80\x99re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

#LI-DNI Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.