A leading quick-commerce and online grocery company is looking for a Food Safety Executive to support food safety, hygiene, and regulatory compliance across multiple operational sites in Bengaluru and Mumbai. The ideal candidate will work closely with the Food Safety Manager to conduct scheduled food safety audits, monitor hygiene standards, track corrective actions, and ensure compliance with applicable food safety regulations.
This position is ideal for professionals passionate about food safety, quality assurance, HACCP implementation, and maintaining regulatory compliance within high-volume retail, warehouse, dark store, or distribution environments.
Job Responsibilities
Conduct Internal Food Safety Audits
- Perform scheduled food safety audits and hygiene inspections across assigned locations within the city cluster.
- Evaluate compliance using standardized internal food safety audit checklists.
- Inspect storage conditions, temperature monitoring systems, sanitation practices, pest control measures, and food handling procedures.
- Collect objective evidence, including photographs and inspection observations.
- Identify food safety risks and classify findings as Critical, High, Medium, or Low.
- Prepare and submit detailed audit reports within established timelines.
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
- Support operational sites in preparing for external food safety and regulatory audits.
- Verify the availability and validity of mandatory food business licenses and statutory permits.
- Identify regulatory compliance gaps and communicate them to the Food Safety Manager.
- Assist site teams during inspections conducted by regulatory authorities when required.
Manage Non-Conformance (NC) and CAPA
- Record audit findings in the Non-Conformance (NC) tracking system.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to identify root causes of non-compliance.
- Monitor implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Follow up with site teams to ensure timely closure of audit findings.
- Review supporting evidence before closing non-conformance records.
- Escalate overdue, repeated, or critical food safety issues to the reporting manager.
Governance and Compliance Reporting
- Maintain weekly compliance dashboards and audit trackers for assigned locations.
- Prepare reports on audit scores, recurring issues, and compliance trends.
- Highlight recurring operational risks requiring management intervention.
- Support leadership reviews by providing audit data, compliance metrics, and improvement recommendations.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, Dairy Technology, Biotechnology, Nutrition, or a related discipline.
- 1–4 years of experience in food safety, quality assurance, quality control, or food compliance.
- Experience in retail, food manufacturing, warehouses, distribution centers, logistics, hospitality, or quick commerce is preferred.
- Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, GHP, sanitation, and food hygiene practices.
- Familiarity with FSSAI regulations and food safety standards.
- Strong documentation, reporting, and analytical skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and audit documentation.
- Willingness to travel across multiple operational sites within the assigned city.
Preferred Skills
- Internal food safety auditing experience.
- CAPA management and root cause analysis.
- Risk assessment and compliance monitoring.
- Food hygiene inspection and sanitation verification.
- Temperature monitoring and cold chain compliance.
- Pest management verification.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple site visits and meet reporting deadlines.
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