Lab Operations Manager
- DMart
- 10 - 20 years
- Mumbai
- 30 days ago
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Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Laboratory Operations Management
- Ability to set up the new laboratories and lead them
- Manage end-to-end laboratory operations for food quality and food safety testing.
- Develop standardized testing protocols for:
- Incoming materials
- In-process materials
- Finished goods
- Packaging materials
- Ensure proper calibration, maintenance, and validation of laboratory equipment.
- Drive laboratory discipline, documentation, and GLP (Good Laboratory Practices).
Sensory Evaluation Systems
- Develop structured sensory evaluation programs for:
- Taste
- Aroma
- Texture
- Appearance
- Cooking performance
- Create sensory scorecards and benchmarking standards.
- Conduct panel training and calibration for sensory teams.
- Support product approval and vendor qualification through sensory analysis.
Vendor & Factory Quality Support
- Support procurement and operations teams through scientific quality validation.
- Define sampling protocols and inspection methodologies.
- Drive incoming material quality assurance systems.
- Support vendor audits and CAPA closures through laboratory data analysis.
Lab Infrastructure & Technology
- Identify and implement suitable laboratory technologies and instruments.
- Ensure effective utilization of:
- Moisture analysers
- Colour sort validation tools
- Weighing systems
- Microbiology testing equipment
- Sieve analysis systems
- Rapid adulteration kits
- Drive digitization of laboratory records and reporting systems.
Data Management & Reporting
- Publish laboratory MIS and trend analysis reports.
- Track:
- Product deviations
- Vendor quality trends
- Batch failures
- Complaint analysis
- Shelf-life observations
Support RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and CAPA implementation.
NABL & Compliance Systems
- Lead implementation and sustenance of systems aligned with:
- NABL accreditation requirements
- ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 standards
- FSSAI testing norms
- Internal QA standards
- Prepare laboratories for internal and external audits.
- Ensure method validation, traceability, documentation control, and record integrity.
- Coordinate proficiency testing and inter-lab comparison programs.
Quality Testing & Analytical Controls
- Establish testing standards for staples categories including:
- Cereals, Breakfast cereals and Grains
- Pulses and Dals
- Sugar and Sweeteners
- Floors and Milling Products
- Dry fruits and Nuts
- Spices and Masalas/Branded Masalas
- Powder Spices
- Salt and Seasonings
- Regional Staple
- Packaged grocery categories
- Monitor critical quality parameters such as:
- Moisture
- Foreign matter
- Adulteration
- Grain size
- Broken percentage
- Ash content
- Gluten
- Microbial parameters
- Aflatoxins & contaminants
- Pesticide residues (through external labs where applicable)
Job Classification
Industry: RetailFunctional Area / Department: Quality AssuranceRole Category: Production & ManufacturingRole: QC / Lab ChemistEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: DMartLocation(s): Mumbai
Keyskills: Quality Testing Analytical Controls Sensory Evaluation Food Testing Methodologies Laboratory Management NABL Accreditation Systems Analytical Chemistry Basics
DMart
Avenue E-commerce Limited (AEL) is an online extension of Avenue Supermarts Limited flagship brand. Dmart Ready is the mobile application through which our customers order grocery and other utility products. We seek to be a one - stop shopping destination for the entire family , mee...
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