Packaging Material Quality Lead at Ferrero in Pune| Apply Now!
Ferrero is hiring a Packaging Material Quality Lead in Pune, India. This strategic quality role supports supplier development, audit planning, food safety, and compliance management for packaging materials. If you have a background in food science, engineering, or packaging quality systems, and experience in supplier governance and risk mitigation, Ferrero offers you a global platform to build a rewarding and impactful career.
Company Description:
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a progressive and global outlook, known for iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno®, and Kinder Surprise®. With a presence in over 50 countries and products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group’s success is driven by its 40,000 dedicated employees who prioritize care and quality in everything they do.
Job Details:
Job Post: Packaging Material Quality Lead
Requisition ID: 69885
Job function: Quality
Country: India
City: Pune
About the Role:
Execute India PM supplier strategy, managing PS3 Quality improvement projects, and supporting a strong pipeline of suppliers to reduce food safety and business risk. Monitoring compliance and performance of the Packaging material supplier and contributing to new development to support Fuel for growth
. Regional subject matter expert on PM supplier quality for all suppliers in the region.Main Responsibilities:
Supplier Audits and Management:
- Planning and monitoring of annual audit plan for Packaging Materials suppliers, tracking audit closure, driving improvements while working with suppliers and the procurement manager.
- Support developing new suppliers, identifying potential suppliers (scouting), working on new opportunities to improve quality, and reducing cost (F4G).
- Sharing qualitative documents with the relevant suppliers to collect their signatures using DocuSign.
Non-Conformance Management:
- Ensure effective handling of Critical and Major material Non-conformance and effective CAPA at the supplier end.
- Managing quality compliance of 17-million-euro worth of material purchases, ensuring Ferrero quality standards are met.
Governance:
- Actively working with stakeholders, suppliers, PQM team, and procurement and DPU for NC tracking and reduction.
- Coordinating between local procurement and the FQD central pack. Sharing inputs on supplier Q-info management.
- Ensuring compliance readiness by tracking compliance status like Mandatory certification, Quality documentation, and Doc of Compliance
- Reporting Period governance report and sharing with stakeholders through a scheduled governance meeting.
- Managing all records of homologation, supplier quality performance, nonconformance, and derogations
Supplier Projects:
- Coordinate project activities for the identified project and lead the key project. Working with local and central teams for project inputs and updates.
Who we are looking for:
EDUCATION
- Post-graduation or bachelor’s in engineering/technology in Science/ Food Science with 4 to 7 years of experience.
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
- Working knowledge in Food Processing plants, Quality management, Food Safety risk mitigation, Packaging materials, Risk Analysis
- Having accreditation to national and international quality management systems (Quality systems & ISO 9001, Food safety systems FSSC 22000 or similar, Auditing skills)
- Good in communication, can work independently, and have the ability to make decisions by influencing internal and external stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Food safety aspects like HACCP.
Note: Willing to travel in the region (travelling 20-25 %)
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