IPL Biologicals - Deputy Manager - Quality Assurance

Summary

Key Responsibilities And Technical Deliverables

Product Quality and Compliance (60%):

• Ensure basic principles of compliances are implemented and adhered to across the entire value chain: raw material handling, processing, packaging, and dispatch of finished goods.
• Maintain the Quality at all levels (lab scale to commercial scale), performing checks on raw material, in-process samples, harvest samples, finished products, packaging quality, and dispatch quality.
• Demonstrate mandatory Knowledge on microbial based procedure including fungal & bacterial based submerged fermentation.
• Implement stringent Fermentation process controls for contamination free product, ensuring zero contamination from strain to finished products through strict process controls.
• Reduce the contamination failure in any inoculum process, fermentation process, bottle filling process, and mixing, through active contamination control methods.
• Apply Knowledge on contamination control during process and at filling, mixing, and downstream processes.
• Knowledge on downstream processes like centrifugation (bacterial and fungal) and Freeze drying (Bacterial and fungal).
• Following the ISO, IMO, INDOCERT guidelines to improve the quality standards and actively conduct external and internal audits.
• Maintenance & SOPs implementation for clean room environments.
• Shelf life of the product checking up to 2 years and maintaining back samples at the in-house lab.
  

Productivity, Process Improvement, and Cost Management (25%):

• Planning, organizing Schedules & overseeing production process to ensure quality output and efficiency.
• Analyze daily production reports for determining efficiency and productivity, focusing on minimizing wastage as per Plant KPIs.
• Lead and implement Technical procedures & standards for operation and maintenance of equipment, including a Preventive Maintenance System.
• Manage the Repair & Maintenance Budget, lead Cost Saving, and Productivity Improvement Projects.
• Proactively analyze and reduce re-occurrence of break-downs by carrying out RCA (Root Cause Analysis) within the team.
• New product process optimization for commercial production, including validation of cultures every three months.
  

Manpower, Safety, and Housekeeping (10%):

• Ensure ample manpower capacity (contractual and regular) and proper manpower schedules for smooth plant operation and product delivery.
• Mentoring and imparting technical training/knowledge to staff for better working and enforcing good product handling practices.
• Conducting safety training to prevent accidental injuries, ensure adherence to safety policies, and investigate any accident or safety violation with corrective measures.
• Maintain and upkeep of Plant hygiene by ensuring good manufacturing practices (GMP) all the time.
• To carry out continuous improvement in area of operation for improving safe work environment.
  

Customer Satisfaction and Logistics (5%):

• Ensure customer satisfaction by delivering products, services, and information with promptness and accuracy.
• Understand service quality index (SQI) and make meaningful contribution in continuous improvements.
• Implement FIFO System in raw materials, packaging materials, WIP, SFG, and FG inventory management.
• Should be involved in input quality control system of raw materials, packaging materials, and chemicals.
• Should be involved in logistics and materials have to be dispatched of good quality as per accepted parameters.
  

Mandatory Skills & Qualifications

• Microbial QA: Mandatory Knowledge on microbial based procedure (fungal & bacterial submerged fermentation) and contamination control.
• Process Expertise: Expertise in Fermentation process controls and downstream processes (centrifugation, freeze drying).
• Compliance: Experience in following and auditing ISO, IMO, INDOCERT guidelines and GMP/Clean Room procedures.
• Management: Proven experience in Planning, organizing Schedules, RCA, and Productivity Improvement Projects.
• Inventory: Ability to Implement FIFO System across materials and finished goods.
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS) software.
• Certification in relevant quality standards or safety management.
• Experience in process automation implementation for quality control and packaging.
• Strong background in chemical or biochemical engineering for process analysis.