Lead Auditor and Tutor

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in food science or food manufacturing.
• At least 5 years’ work experience in various food industries and sufficient auditing experience
• IRCA/ CQI Certified lead auditor according to ISO 22000 and FSSC, GFSI is advantage
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluent in English

Roles and Responsibilities

• Chair opening and closing meetings
• Assign to each team member responsibility for auditing specific processes, functions, sites, areas or activities and reassign work as needed
• Manage external team representation during the audit process (expert, translator, Accreditation Bodies, …)
• Periodically communicate the progress of the audit and any concerns to the client and to the audit team
• Review with the client any need for changes to the audit scope which becomes apparent as on-site auditing activities progress and report this to the back office
• Attempt to resolve any diverging opinions between the audit team and the client concerning audit evidence or findings, and record unresolved points
• Review the audit findings, and any other appropriate information obtained during the audit, against the audit objectives and audit criteria and classify the nonconformities
• Agree upon the audit conclusions, considering the uncertainty inherent in the audit process, any necessary follow up actions
• Confirm the appropriateness of the audit programme or identify any modification required for future audits (e.g., scope of certification, audit time or dates, surveillance frequency, audit team competence)
• Ensure that the audit report is prepared and shall be responsible for its content
• Recommends to the Technical Manager initial certification, maintaining of certification, recertification, suspension, withdrawal, or reduction of the scope of certification.