Plant Quality Manager

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lac customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…

What makes the role meaty?

• Oversee daily quality operations, including raw material inspections, in-process checks, finished product evaluations, and sanitation verification.
• Maintain and enforce quality standards in accordance with company policies and industry regulations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain Food Safety Management Systems.
• Ensure legal compliance is in place.
• Prepare for and manage external audits, inspections, and customer quality assessments.
• Maintain QA records, verification logs, corrective actions, and traceability documentation.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
• Prepare quality and food safety performance reports for leadership.
• Supervise, train, and mentor QA/QC staff.
• Conduct ongoing training for plant employees on food safety, hygiene, and quality procedures.
• Analyse quality trends and implement process improvements to reduce defects, waste, and customer complaints.
• Collaborate with production, maintenance, procurement, and R&D teams to enhance product consistency and operational efficiency.

We hope that you have..

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Food Technology, Microbiology, Dairy/Food Science, or related field.
• 10 –15 years of experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Control — FMCG experience is mandatory.
• Must have strong factory or plant-level working experience in quality & food safety.
• In-depth understanding of FSMS, HACCP, FSSAI regulations, GMP, GLP, and audit compliance.
• Experience handling plant-level audits and cross-functional coordination.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.