Quality Assurance Lead

Job Category: Quality Job Family: Food Safety & Quality Job Description: Quality Assurance Coordinator coordinates daily laboratory and quality assurance activities to ensure products meet food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements. This role performs laboratory analyses, authorizes product release, blocks non‑conforming product, oversees environmental hygiene and packaging materials, and coordinates the work of a small laboratory team. In the absence of senior laboratory or QA roles, this position coordinates laboratory operations and shift coverage. What you’ll do • Ensure RM and PM consignment received from Approved Vendors. • Sampling of incoming raw and packing material as per standard. • Review and maintain the Inward register for raw material and FG. • Analysis of finished goods/ RM as per the specification/ method of analysis and release the RM/PM/FG in oracle. • Maintain raw data/ work sheet for all analysis (RM/PM) conducted as per respective procedures and specifications. • Preparation and review of COA, SOP’s, protocols and reports. • Tracking External lab testing & compliances report. • Maintaining specifications and formats of different materials. • Maintenance of reference/ working standards samples. • Preparation and standardization of standard solutions. • Maintain record of retain/ control samples and destruction record of expired retain/ control samples. • Preparation of chemical reagents and volumetric solutions and their self-life study . • Maintain calibration records and logbooks of lab instruments. • Maintain compliance with good laboratories and good documentation practices. • Ensure to maintain the 5S in lab. • Maintain inventory of chemicals and glassware of chemical lab. PRN related to lab chemicals, glassware, equipment, spare parts and other accessories related to lab work. • Stop or escalate activities, processes, or equipment that pose product safety, quality, safety, environmental, or asset‑protection risks What you will need to succeed • B.Sc./M.Sc. chemistry, B.Tech chemical, B. Pharma/M. Pharma • 3–5 years of experience in quality assurance, laboratory operations, food safety, or manufacturing quality roles • Experience performing laboratory analyses and interpreting results against specifications • Experience coordinating daily work or guiding small teams in an operational environment • Candidate preferably should have pharmaceutical industry background (particularly in Oral Liquid manufacturing OR API manufacturing) or the chemical industry with hands-on experience in Quality Control activities, along with a strong understanding of regulatory, GMP and compliance requirements. • Experience performing laboratory analyses and interpreting results against specifications • Experience with documentation, reporting, and data entry related to laboratory or quality results • Ability to work independently, make decisions and escalate risks appropriately. • Accuracy with detail, planning and organizing, efficiency, business acumen. • Good Communication & teamwork skills. • Working knowledge of food safety systems, CCP/CP controls, and hygiene standards • Experience with documentation, reporting, and data entry related to laboratory or quality results • Proficiency with standard office software and laboratory recordkeeping systems • Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail • Valid FDA Licence is mandatory