Kellanova is a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, plant-based foods and North American frozen breakfast, with iconic, world-class brands like Cheez-It®, Pringles®, Pop-Tarts®, Eggo®, MorningStar Farms®, RXBAR®, Rice Krispies Treats® and more!
Job Opening at Kellanova – Assistant Manager Quality Assurance
- Company: Kellanova
- Position: Assistant Manager – Quality Assurance
- Internal Job Title: Sanitarian – Taloja
- Job Requisition ID: 28492
- Job Category: Supply Chain and Operations
- Business Unit: Mars Snacking
- Location: Taloja, Maharashtra, India
- Workplace Type: On-site
- Experience Required: 7–12 Years
- Job Level: T1
- Date Posted: 04 November 2026
Job Overview
Kellanova is looking for an experienced professional for its Taloja cereal manufacturing facility. The role focuses on safeguarding food safety and product quality by leading sanitation, hygiene, pest management and environmental monitoring programs.
The selected candidate will work closely with plant management, quality and food safety, operations, engineering, procurement, laboratories and external service providers to strengthen compliance and continuously improve sanitation performance.
Key Responsibilities
1. Sanitation Program Leadership
- Lead and continuously improve sanitation programs across production, processing, storage, packaging and plant infrastructure.
- Manage the Master Sanitation Schedule and ensure daily, weekly and monthly activities are completed and verified.
- Plan plant thermal fogging and raw material fumigation effectiveness checks.
- Conduct daily GEMBA walks and regular sanitation program effectiveness checks.
2. Food Safety Monitoring and Compliance
- Plan and execute environmental monitoring programs, including sampling, trend reviews and corrective actions.
- Lead verification and validation activities, including annual pathogen verification, allergen validation and APC validation for production lines.
- Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, FSMA, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000 and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate water, steam and compressed-air testing with laboratories.
- Maintain sanitation records, cleaning schedules and regulatory documentation.
3. Pest Management and Supplier Coordination
- Coordinate plant pest management programs with external service providers.
- Monitor pest trends and ensure timely corrective actions.
- Work with suppliers and vendors to strengthen hygiene and infestation controls.
- Participate in internal, external, customer and regulatory audits and assessments.
4. Risk Management and Continuous Improvement
- Investigate sanitation-related non-conformances and customer complaints.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Participate in food safety risk assessments, hygienic design reviews and Management of Change activities.
- Monitor and report sanitation, quality and food safety KPIs.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve food safety and operational efficiency.
5. Training and Resource Management
- Train employees on SSOPs, personal hygiene, plant hygiene, allergen control and environmental monitoring.
- Manage the plant Quality and Food Safety budget.
- Maintain inventories of sanitation equipment, swabs and housekeeping chemicals.
- Support regional and global sanitation initiatives.
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Microbiology, Food Science, Dairy Technology or a related discipline.
Experience Required
- 7–12 years of experience in sanitation or food safety within a food manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of cereal processing operations and food safety management systems is preferred.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
- Strong knowledge of GMP, HACCP, FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000.
- Knowledge of sanitation verification and validation.
- Experience in environmental monitoring and allergen control.
- Knowledge of pest management programs.
- Practical understanding of cleaning chemicals and CIP/COP systems.
- Experience in SSOP development and hygienic equipment design.
- Ability to investigate non-conformances, conduct root cause analysis and implement CAPA.
- Experience coordinating audits, laboratories, suppliers and external service providers.
- Strong planning, communication, stakeholder management and training skills.
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