ABOUT THE COMPANY
Our client is a leading canned-seafood manufacturer and exporter and a member of a global seafood group. The facility, based in Ben Luc, Long An Province, is a large export-oriented cannery (pasteurised crabmeat, canned shellfish and tuna) serving the US, EU and Asian markets to strict international food-safety and customer-audit standards.
ROLE SUMMARY
Lead the quality-assurance, quality-control and food-safety function for a canned-seafood manufacturing and export facility. The role is accountable for ensuring that all products consistently meet customer, regulatory (including US FDA and EU) and group standards, for maintaining food-safety certifications, and for the integrity of the thermal-processing / canning operation. It manages the QA / QC team and laboratory and is the site’s lead for customer, certification and regulatory audits.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Food Safety & Quality Systems
● Develop, implement and maintain the food-safety and quality management systems: HACCP, BRCGS, ISO 22000 / FSSC 22000, GMP and SSOP.
● Maintain and continually improve certifications; ensure the site is always audit-ready.
Canning / Thermal-Process Control
● Own thermal-process control critical to low-acid canned foods — scheduled processes, retort operation and validation, F-value, and container / double-seam integrity and closure control.
● Ensure process-authority requirements and records meet regulatory expectations.
Regulatory & Export Compliance
● Ensure compliance with export-market requirements: US FDA (including LACF / acidified-foods registration and FSMA), EU establishment approval and labelling, and other destination-market standards.
● Manage relationships and inspections with Vietnamese authorities (e.g. NAFIQAD) and secure health / export certification.
Laboratory & Product Quality
● Oversee the QC laboratory: raw-material inspection, in-process and finished-product testing, microbiology, sensory and shelf-life.
● Manage supplier quality and approval, incoming-material control and full traceability.
Non-Conformance, Complaints & Improvement
● Lead non-conformance, CAPA, customer-complaint handling, mock recalls and product release.
● Drive quality KPIs and continuous improvement; reduce defects, holds and customer claims.
Audits & Leadership
● Host and lead customer, certification and regulatory audits; act as the primary quality contact for customers and the group.
● Lead, train and develop the QA / QC team; embed a food-safety and quality culture across the plant.
● Report quality and food-safety performance to plant and group management.
Education & Experience
● Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Safety, Microbiology or a related discipline.
● 8+ years’ QA / food-safety experience in seafood, canned-food or food manufacturing, with 3–5 years in a managerial role.
● Proven experience running food-safety systems in an export plant serving US and / or EU markets.
Technical Knowledge
● Expert knowledge of HACCP, BRCGS, ISO 22000 / FSSC 22000 and GMP / SSOP.
● Strong command of thermal processing / canning (LACF, retort validation, seam integrity) and of US FDA and EU export requirements.
● Internal / lead-auditor certification; familiarity with Vietnamese food-safety regulation and NAFIQAD processes.
Skills & Attributes
● Rigorous, detail-oriented and audit-confident; calm and decisive on product-safety decisions.
● Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration with production, engineering and SHE.
● Professional working English to manage international customers, audits and group reporting; fluent Vietnamese essential.
To apply, please send your updated CV to Toan Nguyen at toan.nguyen@cornerstoneglobalpartners.com, quoting the job title or Click Apply Now.
Due to an anticipated high volume of applicants, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
