Sr. Officer, Quality Assurance - India

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT 
This position is having the primary purpose of ensuring compliance to the Herbalife requirements and adherence to HLF’s global procedures in Quality assurance and control during the manufacturing and storage of Herbalife products in the Contract manufacturing location in India.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position is for the Site QA lead at the CM (Indore) for Herbalife. 

This position will be responsible for various QA activities on the site including but not limited to: 
-Monitoring of process on set frequencies to ascertain compliance to Herbalife Quality procedure requirements
-Conduct periodic audits of the facility and operations associated with Herbalife, to help CM meet and improve the quality and hygiene standards as per Herbalife Quality standards, Ministry of Ayush, Ayurveda product standard and FSSAI GMP Guidelines.
-Communicate with CM on regular basis for any applicable changes in product process impacting quality
-Coordinate with CM for complaint handling and conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective actions Preventive Actions (CAPA)
-Support CM in Troubleshooting with respect to raw materials and packing materials and process quality challenges and drive improvements against the faced challenges and work on defect elimination for HLF products. 
-Conduct regular training of the site team on updates in Quality requirements and any changes in Quality procedures
-The person has to ensure document verification and provide dispatch approvals for all batches from site, as without same, product will not be cleared for shipment.
-Collate information for regular MIS and share periodic reports with team based on the requirements defined
-Support site in validation of the new products to be manufactured on the site.
-Participation in cross functional improvement projects and meetings and conferences as per defined responsibilities
-Testing of RM, PM & FG and participate in OOS investigation.
-Projects: Continual Improvement projects for Quality Assurance and control 

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
This position will be directly reporting into Manager QA – India. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education
-Graduation or Post Graduation in Food Technology/ Food Science/ Chemical Technology/ Pharma/ other allied streams.

Skills
-Candidates Must have experience of handling Ayurveda products and a good knowledge of Ayush requirements
-Experienced or Trained in Quality and/or Food Safety Management system implementation (HACCP/ ISO 9001/ ISO 22K/ FSSC 22k)
-Having working knowledge on basic Quality control processes such as Calibration, OOS, OOT, Sampling, Relevant Test Procedures
-Must be well versed with Microsoft office (Word, Power point & Excel)
-Good Communication Skills both written and verbal

Experience
-Min. 8-10 years’ experience in relevant field
-Industry Type –Ayurveda/ Nutraceutical/ Pharma/ Food