Associate/Senior Associate-Organic Certification

Role & responsibilities

1. Spearhead and deliver end to end organic certification requirements of the company with close participation with agriculture team, processing teams and finished goods team.

2. Management of Regulatory Authorities: Interact with regulatory agencies, responding to inquiries and submissions. Represent the company during inspections and audits

3. Experience in smooth implementation of Quality Management System (QMS), Vendor due diligence, strengthen contract manufacturing units and implementing robust compliance measures. Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures related to Quality assurance, develop, and implement effective QA process for herbal processing, conduct audits and inspections to identify areas of improvements in production operations, laboratory practices, warehouse management, organic certifications and provide recommendation for corrective actions. Prepare and disseminate pre-audit documentation and checklists to relevant department. Able to handle multiple functionalities of units with smooth and effective

4. Lead the end-to-end process for obtaining renewing certifications as per NPOP, NOP and EU standards.

5. Requirements like FFL, Regenerative agriculture, GAP, GFCP etc. certification for the farming for organic lands.

6. To ensure and lead along with cross- functional teams for impact- driven projects towards achieving sustainable development of farmers and our supply- chain security, implement governance mechanism with external partners, including Agro vendors, Contract farming, Certification body and developing strategy and monitor in-season implementation maintaining the right process checks and balances in place

7. Application of domain knowledge (Technology transfer/ innovation) who shall be responsible for the timely and right execution of product development activities including product development, supporting pilot and plant trials, Technology transfer activities, specification, protocols, reports, master documents control and ensure for smooth commercialization of product

8. To manage the day-to-day activities of software application for release, strong understanding in data management, problem- solving skills, proactive approach to the newer challenges

Preferred candidate profile

B.Sc./M.Sc. (Agri) or equivalent education with proven experience in certifications.

Should have experience of working in an commercial organization of scale.

Min 4 years experience in the field of organic certifications with different agencies.

Should be able to have demonstrated leadership abilities, market intelligence and successful handling of new projects.