(KT) QA Manager / Assistant Manager (Johor) (FSSC 22000) (58080) - Johor Bahru

Company Overview

Established in 1984, our client is one of Southeast Asia’s leading manufacturers of clear disposable food packaging containers such as clamshells, trays, blister packs, lunch boxes, and more — all produced with a strong emphasis on environmental responsibility.

With over 550 employees, they operate cutting-edge manufacturing lines to serve both domestic and international F&B retail markets. For more than three decades, They had continuously innovated and expanded to deliver high-quality, competitively priced packaging solutions designed for deli, bakery, catering, grocery, and food service industries.

In 2022, They proudly became part of a renowned Japanese group, marking a new chapter in our strategic growth. Their goal is to become the leading thermoforming manufacturer in Asia through a focus on innovation, product excellence, and sustainable practices.

• Collaborate with the QA manager to develop, implement, and maintain food safety and quality programs, and ensure compliance with internal, legal requirement and customer requirements.
• Communicate food safety and quality-related issues with QA Manager. Identify and accurately report defective materials, food safety hazards, and potential product contaminants.
• Regular reviews of supplier quality performance with purchasing department. Establish supplier audit checklist and perform supplier audit yearly. Monitors outsource subcontractor’s process performance. Deliver year on year reduction in supplier non-conformance to support factory efficiency.
• Ability to perform root cause analysis for non-conformities, determine corrective action and provide necessary steps for follow-through. Ensure corrective action is effectively implemented.
• Verify & analyse customer returned goods and on-hold item disposition.
• Provide on job training and educate employees on procedures and standards. Establish and implement food safety and quality training for facility personnel to ensure facility personnel are equipped with the competency to produce a safe, quality product.
• Support in setting up laboratory and analytical equipment. Establish and maintain procedures for product testing, validation, and verification.
• Work closely with all R&D team in the project of new product development or product modification; Conduct product analytical testing, generate product specification and trial run test report. Continue monitor product performance.
• Assist with internal & 3rd party food safety/quality audits (regulatory, customer’s, supplier’s, GMP, HACCP, ISO, FSSC, etc).
• Perform regular plant inspection to ensure manufacturing process comply with quality assurance program and food safety standard, etc.
• Perform any other duty reasonably corresponding with the role.
• Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma
• Minimum 5years of experience in quality assurance & food safety management system in food packaging / food / plastic manufacturing environment
• In-depth knowledge required: especially FSSC 22000