We are a family food and agriculture company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We combine 158 years of experience with new innovations and insights to serve as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers. With a unique role spanning the global supply chain we bring a world of possibilities delivered locally — including here in India. We connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients and families with daily essentials — to help businesses grow, and communities and people around the world flourish.
Cargill India
We started our India operations in 1987. Today we have businesses in refined oils, food ingredients, industrial specialities, grain and oilseeds, cotton, animal nutrition and trade and capital markets.
We market six leading consumer brands of edible oils: NatureFresh, Gemini, Sweekar, Leonardo Olive Oil, Rath and Sunflower brand of hydrogenated fats. We also market wheat flour under Nature Fresh brand.
Our Animal Nutrition & Health business provides feed, premix, additive and animal health products and solutions for aqua, dairy and poultry. We market animal feed and premix under three brands: Provimi, Purina and EWOS.
Our Grains and Oilseed business originates up to 1 million metric tons of grains & oilseeds per year with storage locations across India.
Job Purpose and Impact
The FSQR – Officer will monitor and maintain sampling programs, traceability, allergen and pest control programs and quality system manuals. In this role, you will ensure that incoming raw materials, packaging and ingredients conform to specifications. You will help with training related to hazard analysis critical control points, quality, food or product safety and good hygiene practices. You will also support the maintenance of food or product safety and quality management systems, with authority and responsibility to stop the process if food or product safety has been compromised.
Key Accountabilities
- Test all cooking and kitchen activities, approve or reject products in a timely manner through sensory or test data and record findings in lab systems.
- Assist with regulatory activities such as internal and third party audits and help ensure compliance with regulatory and customer standards.
- Coordinate preoperational inspection personnel to ensure operations start only when plant cleanliness is up to standard, lead and participate in the weekly sanitation meeting and maintain related documentation.
- Manage incoming raw materials, packaging and ingredients to ensure quality parameters are in place and review supplier documentation to meet customer specifications.
- Conduct sampling of finished product and raw materials, submit samples to microbiology lab for testing and follow up on any nonconforming results.
- Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Associates Degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or related field
- Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently.
- Willing and able to train to operate a forklift
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Microsoft Office Suite experience.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of food safety, safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
- Minimum of one year experience working within a laboratory or food manufacturing environment
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