General Mills is one among the top 10 food companies in the world. It is well known for its production of ready-to-eat cake mixes, flour, cookies, cakes, granola bars, etc.
The company is headquartered in Minnesota, US. General Mills had a net sales worth of $18.1 billion in the year 2021 and has more than 36,000 employees worldwide. Their brands include Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Nature Valley, Häagen-Dazs, Yoplait, Old El Paso, Progresso, Totino’s, Annie’s and Small Plant Foods.
Job Details
Job role: FSQ Executive
Location: Nashik, Maharashtra
Reporting to: Asst. Manager – Food Safety & Quality
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in related degree (Food Science and Technology, or Food Science, Engineering – Chemical).
Experience
5+ years of work experience
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide people leadership and development for our FSQ technician team in the shifts & Supplier Quality.
- Provide FSQ leadership and direction through technical mastery in the areas of regulatory compliance, sanitation, materials/packaging, risk assessment, defect handling, and FSRA.
- Provide leadership and technical support for Quality & Food safety system leader, HMM, reformulations, and new product trials/start-ups.
- Provide leadership in the identification and implementation of product and process quality improvement opportunities and resultant productivity gains in the shifts.
- Provide risk assessment analysis and manage issues with non-conforming product to ensure proper control, minimize losses, and provide analysis to eliminate future occurrences.
- Execution of action plans with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain team to ensure product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements during shift & day to day operations.
- Using quality engineering principles, collect, analyze and interpret in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvement.
- Provide training in the areas of food safety, food science, applied statistics, regulatory requirements, sanitation, and quality measurement systems to shop floor teams.
- Ensure compliance & implementation in the facility for all GMP/Regulatory, HACCP Sanitation, and Product Safety guidelines.
- Have fair understanding and knowledge in the following topics: FSMA, FSSC/GFSI and HACCP principles.
- Lead continuous improvement and root cause initiatives through use of problem-solving tools (specifically in planned losses)
- Execution of other FSQ programs for the site as needed (weight program, allergen program, PEMP, Food Safety Team, FSRA, etc.)
- SACADA formulation integration PLC S & Formula Issuance through batch sheet as per production plan on shop floor.
- FG Release – Sensory evaluation of all finished good, review product & process data.
- Online verification- PRP’s, OPRP’s and CCPS’S of all lines, Prestart up checks -cleaning of all lines from sifting to dispatch (Zone1, 2,3), Traceability of product ingredients & FG batch codes, Change overs – Allergen, non-allergen changeover, Minor ingredient & its quantity, and Process parameter as per product specification.
- Collate and Share day to day observation and process non-Compliances emails, reports, platform DDS.
- Hold & Release – identification, reporting, RCA partnership with platform team, disposition verification.
Required Skills
- Ability to flex work in shifts as per manufacturing operation. This includes weekend on-call support and early/late work hours.
- Understanding of product quality, sensory, and food safety & regulatory requirements
- Strong understanding of Continuous Improvement philosophy and tools
- Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, ability to apply engineering principles, and ability to troubleshoot.
- Demonstrated ability to apply the tools of statistics, problem solving and decision making.
- Demonstrated leadership and initiative, collaborative, good communication, influential & presentation skills.
Apply Link
Click here to apply for the position of FSQ Executive at General Mills Nashik, Maharashtra
Job Posted on: 30th January, 2025
Pune – 8th Feb, 2025 Time- 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Fee – Rs 2360
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