Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage all supplier quality activities across Panda’s local and international supply base, ensuring compliance with quality, food safety, and regulatory standards.
• Manage government regulatory compliance and control systems, collaborating with stakeholders from commercial, operations, and quality teams to prevent or address violations.
• Monitor regulatory developments and best practices, communicate new directives to relevant departments, and ensure timely compliance to avoid violations.
• Support Panda’s projects by identifying compliance risks and acting as a governance role to ensure adherence to regulations throughout project lifecycles.
• Prepare reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies highlighting compliance risks and action plans.
• Oversee the non-conformity system to document, track, and escalate critical quality issues, implement root cause analysis, and ensure CAPAs are addressed effectively.
• Evaluate incoming food alerts and recalls, assess business impact, and determine required actions in response to internal or external notices.
• Define and manage quality-assured project management processes, coordinating with senior management to monitor project implementation, financial oversight, reporting, and compliance with Panda’s standards.
• Participate in New Product Introduction (NPI) activities to ensure specifications comply with Panda’s quality standards and oversee the development of good product practices for safe and compliant products.
• Coordinate with department heads to review compliance policies, maintain documentation, and ensure staff are trained on relevant quality and regulatory requirements.