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Job Summary: The Quality Coordinator ensures compliance with food safety standards, leads quality control activities, and implements quality management systems for safe food production. Key Highlights: 1. Leads quality control and food safety activities. 2. Develops and implements quality management systems. 3. Focuses on continuous improvement and team training. The Quality Coordinator plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with quality and food safety standards within a food processing industry. They lead quality control-related activities, develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) and quality management systems to guarantee the production of safe, high-quality food products. **Responsibilities and Duties** Responsibilities: 1\. Quality Systems Development: o Develop and implement quality management systems to ensure compliance with governmental and industry regulations and standards, such as HACCP, ISO 22000, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), among others. o Draft and review standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all stages of the production process, ensuring adherence to best practices for food quality and safety. 2\. Quality Control: o Establish and maintain quality control programs to monitor product quality across all production phases—from raw material receipt to finished product dispatch—including equipment cleaning and sanitation. o Conduct regular quality inspections on finished products, in-process materials, and packaging to ensure compliance with established quality and food safety standards. 3\. Non-Conformance Management: o Investigate and resolve quality non-conformances by identifying root causes and implementing corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence. o Coordinate product recalls when necessary, ensuring effective execution and regulatory compliance. 4\. Training and Development: o Provide training on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), personal hygiene, food safety, and other quality-related topics to ensure all employees adhere to quality standards. o Keep the team updated on changes in quality regulations and industry best practices, ensuring ongoing compliance with the latest requirements. 5\. Continuous Improvement: o Identify opportunities for improvement in production and quality control processes, proposing and implementing initiatives to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance product quality. o Collect and analyze quality performance data to identify trends, recurring issues, and areas for continuous improvement. **Requirements and Qualifications** Requirements: * Technical or undergraduate degree in Food Engineering, Food Technology, Chemistry, or related fields. * Prior experience in quality control within the food processing industry, preferably in a supervisory or coordination role. * In-depth knowledge of quality and food safety standards and regulations, such as HACCP, ISO 22000, GMP, among others. * Strong analytical skills, with the ability to solve complex problems and make data-driven decisions. * Excellent communication, leadership, and teamwork skills. Founded in 1990, Refricon Mercantil is committed to delivering processed vegetable products of the highest quality. To serve the largest food industry companies in the country, Refricon continuously invests in employee specialization, state-of-the-art technology, and certified partners. With 100% automated processing lines and technologies imported from the world’s leading agricultural centers—including Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States—Refricon stands out in the domestic market through the excellence of its products offered to customers. Additionally, the company collaborates with strategic partners for raw material supply, which is carefully produced and inspected according to the most advanced quality standards. Refricon’s primary customers include food manufacturing plants, diverse industries, hospitals, self-service stores, restaurants, cafeterias, schools, pizzerias, industrial kitchens, and fast-food chains.
