Job Overview

Agro Quality Assurance Pakistan is seeking a qualified, proactive, and dynamic professional for the position of

Agro Quality Assurance Manager

Job Reference: JJ-00807

Company: Agro Quality Assurance Pakistan

Location: Agro Quality Assurance Pakistan Agro Division, Lahore, Punjab

Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Summary

Overview The role is responsible for leading the Agro Quality Assurance agenda and managing compliance with applicable Agro Quality Assurance Agricultural standards in the procurement, handling, transportation and storage of agri raw materials. The role is also responsible for managing agro product quality and coordinating effectively with all stakeholders (Agro, Production, Farmers and storages) to align and execute action plans for improvement. Responsibilities Planning, coordination and monitoring of agro Q...

Key Responsibilities

• Planning, coordination and monitoring of agro QA operations with prime focus on quality of agro-related commodities, food safety and compliance as per Agro Quality Assurance Agricultural standards related to agro processes.
• Partner with the Agro regional and Storage and Logistics Manager to develop capability in forecasting field and storage conditions during different crop stages through to harvest and align action plans accordingly.
• Lead potato crop quality monitoring through YSI testing and advise field team through trend analysis to support decision-making on potato harvesting at field level for medium and long term stores.
• Manage the agro quality program during the season through onboarding and training of Agro Interns for field and ensuring mobile lab development, boarding arrangements for the field team, tracking and running the testing plan in accordance with the harvest plan for timely quality decisions on agro commodities (Potato – chip stock and seed, Corn).
• Partner with the Agro GH and Best Practices Manager to establish strategies for the best practices agenda through comprehensive data analysis of the agro quality program, supporting the crop-quality improvement agenda and managing quality/productivity improvement projects through the Six-Sigma approach.
• Manage storage standards for potato (chip stock and seed stock) and corn, ensuring compliance through comprehensive audits, and share reports on critical parameters on a regular basis with action plans.
• Lead the quality assurance agenda in business expansion and continuity plans by ensuring strong coordination with Agro and RandD on development of new varieties for potato and corn and evaluate their behavior/response from crop to consumer chain through trial studies.
• Manage periodic potato and corn quality health audits in storages, comprehensive sampling and testing through in-house or third-party laboratories to assess quality performance and ensure issuance of the consumption plan.
• Lead the quality assurance agenda in the agro footprint expansion agenda to develop new geographies through strategic planning and engaging farmers and farm managers, tracking potato performance to establish development milestones.
• Drive product quality improvement and compliance to gold-standard product to qualify Frito-Lay challenge score for the compliance leg.
• Lead the agro QA agenda with absolute compliance to Global Control Standards (GCS) and ensure alignment of Agro QA activities and processes accordingly.
• Monitoring and validation of CIPC and Huwa San application in cold stores to avoid sprouting and suppress rottening of chip stock due to any potential disease.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Master's/Bachelor's Degree in Agronomy / Food Science and Technology Good knowledge of material testing and quality assessment Knowledge of quality and food safety standards Experience 4–5 years with FMCG Competencies: Efficient and comprehensive approach Auditing and influencing skill Communication and facilitation capability Innovative and understands key business drivers

About Agro Quality Assurance

Agro Quality Assurance products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Agro Quality Assurance generated more than $91 billion in net revenue in 2023, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream.