The food and nutrition field has gained importance in the last 5-10 years. With more people becoming health conscious the demand for food and nutrition specialists increased day by day.
The increased demand has created new job roles for the skilled professionals. The present article speaks about some important roles available to the students of M.Sc Food and Nutrition course.
Quality Manager
As a quality manager one is responsible to ensure that the finished final food products are safe for consuming and free from any contamination and should meet high standards of quality.
Role of a Quality Manager
As a quality manager one is responsible to ensure that the finished food products should be of high-quality and safe from contamination. He/she is responsible to ensure that the products meet the regulations of all the authorities. They are mainly responsible to maintain quality assurance in the finished product.
Responsibilities of a Quality Manager
As a Quality Manager one is needed to:
- Device and establish a company’s quality procedures, standards and specifications
- Review customer requirements and make sure they are set
- Work with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers
- Set standards for quality as well as health and safety
- Make sure that manufacturing or production processes meet international and national standards
- Look at ways to reduce waste and increase efficiency
- Define quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff
- Set up and maintain controls and documentation procedures
- Monitor performance by gathering relevant data and produce statistical reports
- Review existing policies and make suggestions for changes and improvements and implementing improvements
- Keep updated about the latest developments in quality control and quality assurance fields
How much does an M.Sc Food and Nutrition student earn as a Quality Manager?
The fresh M.Sc Food and Nutrition students will easily be earning around 6 lakhs to 8 lakhs per annum. The experienced professionals will be earning around 8 lakhs to 10 lakhs per annum.
Product Process Development Scientist
As a Product Process Development Scientist, one should be concerned about improving the efficiency and profitability of the manufactured food products that we use every day.
