Kinza — a leading beverage manufacturing company in Jeddah’s First Industrial City — is seeking a highly motivated QC Supervisor to join its Quality team. This full-time supervisory role is responsible for supervising quality control across production lines, monitoring product quality and finished-goods inspection, overseeing laboratory testing, investigating non-conformities and customer complaints, ensuring HACCP/FSSC 22000/ISO 22000/GMP compliance, maintaining quality audit records, and leading QC inspectors and technicians. Minimum 5 years of FMCG or beverage manufacturing experience including supervisory. FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 certification preferred.
About Kinza — Beverage Manufacturing, Jeddah
Company: Kinza — a leading beverage manufacturing operation based in Jeddah’s First Industrial City, Saudi Arabia
Operations: Fast-paced FMCG beverage manufacturing — committed to quality excellence, food safety leadership, innovation, and operational excellence
Location: Jeddah First Industrial City, Makkah Region — one of Saudi Arabia’s most active industrial and manufacturing zones, strategically located for GCC distribution
Culture: A quality-first manufacturing organisation where QC Supervisors play a key operational leadership role — directly contributing to product quality, food safety compliance, and the continuous improvement culture that underpins Kinza’s position as a trusted beverage brand
Career Growth: An opportunity to contribute to a leading beverage manufacturing operation and advance your quality leadership career in Saudi Arabia’s dynamic FMCG sector
QC Supervisor Scope — Jeddah Beverage Manufacturing
Production QC: Supervise quality control across all production lines — in-process monitoring and finished goods inspection
Laboratory: Oversee laboratory testing activities — raw materials, in-process, and finished beverage product testing
Compliance: Ensure HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, and GMP compliance — maintain audit-ready quality records
Investigations: Investigate non-conformities and customer complaints — root cause analysis and corrective action
Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop QC inspectors and technicians across shifts
Improvement: Collaborate with Production and QA on continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives
Position Overview
This QC Supervisor role at Kinza in Jeddah’s First Industrial City is a senior, floor-level quality leadership position within a fast-paced FMCG beverage manufacturing operation. You will supervise quality control activities across all production lines — monitoring in-process product quality, overseeing finished-goods inspection and product release decisions, managing the QC laboratory, investigating non-conformities and customer complaints, driving root cause analysis and corrective actions, ensuring compliance with HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, and GMP requirements, maintaining quality records for regulatory and certification audits, and leading, developing, and coaching a team of QC inspectors and technicians. This role requires a minimum of 5 years of FMCG or beverage manufacturing QC experience including supervisory responsibility, a relevant Food Science, Microbiology, or Chemistry degree, and HACCP / FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 certification is preferred. Advanced English communication skills are required.
Why This Role Matters: As QC Supervisor at Kinza Beverage in Jeddah — with FSSC 22000, HACCP, and ISO 22000 expertise and proven FMCG supervisory experience — you will lead the floor-level quality operations that ensure every beverage product leaving Kinza’s Jeddah facility is safe, compliant, and consistently meets the quality standards that consumers across Saudi Arabia and the GCC trust and depend on, apply your quality management system expertise, laboratory oversight capability, and non-conformance investigation skills in one of the most operationally demanding and professionally rewarding environments in FMCG manufacturing — where speed, quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance must all be maintained simultaneously across high-volume beverage production lines, build and develop a high-performing QC team — coaching inspectors and technicians to execute quality procedures with accuracy, confidence, and a genuine commitment to food safety and product quality excellence, and advance your quality supervision career in Jeddah’s First Industrial City — one of Saudi Arabia’s most commercially active and professionally dynamic manufacturing zones where FMCG quality professionals are in consistent, strong demand.
Key Responsibilities
Production Line QC Supervision & Product Release
- Supervise quality control activities across all Kinza production lines — leading the QC team’s in-process monitoring activities, verifying that production is conducted in compliance with approved product specifications, manufacturing procedures, and applicable food safety standards at every stage of the beverage production cycle from raw material intake through filling, packaging, and palletisation
- Monitor product quality during manufacturing — conducting and overseeing in-process quality checks at defined sampling frequencies, evaluating physical, chemical, and sensory parameters against in-process control limits, identifying deviations from specification promptly, and coordinating with production supervisors to implement immediate corrective actions when in-process quality results fall outside approved control limits
- Support finished-goods inspection and product release decisions — reviewing final QC test results against finished product specifications, evaluating inspection findings across the key quality attributes for each product, and making or supporting well-reasoned release or hold decisions that protect both product quality and the production schedule
- Manage quality holds and non-conforming product dispositions — ensuring that products placed on quality hold are correctly identified, physically segregated, and clearly labelled, coordinating the investigation and disposition process efficiently, and implementing approved disposition decisions (rework, retest, or reject) through the correct quality management system procedure
Laboratory Testing Oversight & Quality Analysis
- Oversee all QC laboratory testing activities — ensuring that raw material, in-process, and finished product testing is conducted accurately, on schedule, and in accordance with validated test methods and approved QC sampling plans, and that all laboratory test results are recorded completely and correctly in the quality management system
- Maintain laboratory equipment, testing instruments, and reference standards in correctly calibrated, well-functioning condition — ensuring that calibration schedules are followed, calibration records are maintained accurately, any out-of-calibration condition is identified and rectified promptly, and that only correctly calibrated and validated equipment is used in QC testing activities that support product release decisions
- Verify the accuracy and completeness of QC laboratory records — reviewing test data entries for correctness, ensuring that all required testing has been completed before products are released, and maintaining the documentation discipline and data integrity standards that FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000 audit requirements demand
- Analyse quality control data to identify trends and patterns — applying statistical quality tools and performance trend analysis to identify emerging product quality risks, raw material quality variability, or process performance shifts before they result in non-conforming product, and escalating significant quality trends to the QA Manager with supporting data and recommended actions
Non-Conformity Investigation, Customer Complaints & CAPA
- Investigate non-conforming products, process deviations, and quality system failures — conducting structured root cause analysis using proven investigation methodologies (5-Why, Ishikawa / fishbone analysis, or fault tree analysis as appropriate), documenting findings accurately and completely, and developing corrective and preventive action plans that address the underlying root cause of each non-conformance
- Investigate customer complaints related to product quality, food safety, foreign material, or sensory defects — gathering all relevant production, testing, and supply chain information, conducting thorough technical investigations, preparing professional complaint investigation reports, and coordinating corrective actions with production, technical, and supply chain teams to prevent recurrence
- Implement and monitor corrective and preventive actions — coordinating with production, maintenance, procurement, and QA teams to ensure that agreed CAPA actions are clearly communicated, implemented within required timelines, and verified as effective through follow-up quality monitoring, re-inspection, or targeted process observation
- Maintain accurate records of all non-conformance investigations, complaint investigations, and CAPA activities — ensuring that investigation files are complete, traceability of affected products is documented, and all CAPA closure evidence is recorded in the quality management system in a format that satisfies FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000 corrective action documentation requirements
FSSC 22000, HACCP, ISO 22000 & GMP Compliance
- Ensure ongoing compliance with FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification), HACCP principles, ISO 22000 food safety management system requirements, and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards across all QC-related activities and the production environment — maintaining awareness of current standard requirements and proactively supporting the quality and food safety management activities needed to sustain certification and audit readiness
- Maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready quality records across all QC functions — including HACCP CCP monitoring records, in-process and finished product test data, equipment calibration logs, non-conformance records, CAPA documentation, training records, and all other quality management documentation required to demonstrate compliance with FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, and GMP standards during certification audits or regulatory inspections
- Prepare for and actively support internal and external quality and food safety audits — ensuring that production areas, laboratory facilities, QC records, and team practices are at audit-ready standard at all times, coordinating audit activities with the QA Manager, and participating in audit response and corrective action planning activities following audit findings
- Collaborate with the QA team on the continuous maintenance and improvement of the food safety management system — contributing QC floor-level operational experience and quality data insights to system reviews, hazard analyses updates, prerequisite programme assessments, and quality management system improvement initiatives
QC Team Leadership, Development & Continuous Improvement
- Lead, supervise, and develop the QC inspection and technician team — planning shift schedules, assigning inspection activities, setting clear performance expectations, conducting performance reviews, and providing ongoing coaching, training, and development support that builds the team’s technical QC capability, food safety knowledge, and professional accountability
- Train QC inspectors and technicians on quality procedures, testing methods, HACCP requirements, GMP standards, and food safety practices — ensuring that every QC team member has the knowledge, skills, and practical capability to perform their inspection and testing responsibilities accurately, consistently, and with the professional discipline that FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000 compliance requires
- Collaborate with Production and QA teams on continuous improvement initiatives — contributing QC floor data, quality trend analysis, and practical operational insight to improvement projects that target waste reduction, process capability enhancement, rework minimisation, and the strengthening of quality and food safety performance across Kinza’s beverage manufacturing operations
- Drive operational excellence and accountability within the QC function — establishing and maintaining the high professional standards, documentation discipline, and results-oriented team culture that enables Kinza’s quality department to consistently deliver its quality protection and compliance obligations across all production shifts and all product lines
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Quality Management, or a closely related field — a relevant science or quality degree is a mandatory requirement for this QC Supervisor role at Kinza Beverage
- HACCP certification and FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 certification or formal training are specifically preferred qualifications that will significantly strengthen a candidate’s application — demonstrating the food safety management system competence this supervisory role requires
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in FMCG or beverage manufacturing quality control — this experience threshold is a strict minimum that reflects the supervisory seniority, quality system depth, and manufacturing complexity of this role at Kinza’s Jeddah First Industrial City facility
- Demonstrated supervisory experience within a QC team — with a proven track record of leading, developing, and managing QC inspectors or technicians in a fast-paced food or beverage manufacturing environment
- Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems and food safety standards — specifically HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, and GMP, with the ability to apply these standards practically in a beverage manufacturing quality supervision context
- Advanced English communication skills — required for technical report writing, QC documentation, communication with the QA Manager and cross-functional teams, and effective participation in audit activities
About Kinza & QC Careers in Jeddah’s FMCG Beverage Sector
Kinza is a leading beverage manufacturing company operating from Jeddah’s First Industrial City — one of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most strategically located and commercially active industrial zones, well positioned to serve both domestic Saudi consumers and GCC export markets. Committed to quality excellence, food safety, innovation, and operational improvement, Kinza represents the kind of beverage manufacturing operation where QC Supervisors are not simply compliance administrators but genuine quality leaders who shape the product integrity, food safety culture, and operational performance of the manufacturing floor.
Saudi Arabia’s FMCG beverage manufacturing sector is one of the most active and competitive in the GCC — driven by population growth, increasing consumer quality expectations, Saudi Vision 2030’s commitment to industrial development and localisation, and the commercial imperative of maintaining the food safety and quality certifications (FSSC 22000, ISO 22000) that give beverage manufacturers access to the Kingdom’s most demanding retail and foodservice customers. For QC supervisors with FSSC 22000 and HACCP expertise and beverage manufacturing backgrounds, Jeddah’s industrial sector offers outstanding career opportunity, professional recognition, and the satisfaction of leading quality operations in one of the region’s most commercially significant food and beverage manufacturing markets.
Career Excellence: Join Kinza as QC Supervisor in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — where your FSSC 22000 and HACCP expertise, beverage manufacturing QC leadership, non-conformance investigation skills, and team development capability will protect the quality and safety of every Kinza product and advance your quality supervision career in one of the GCC’s most dynamic and professionally rewarding FMCG beverage manufacturing environments.
Who Should Apply?
- FMCG / Beverage QC Supervisors with 5+ Years: Holding a BSc in Food Science, Microbiology, or Chemistry and minimum 5 years of FMCG or beverage QC experience including supervisory responsibility — ready for a floor-level QC leadership role at a leading Jeddah beverage manufacturing company
- FSSC 22000 & HACCP Certified Quality Professionals: With FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 and HACCP certifications and direct experience implementing and maintaining these food safety management systems in a beverage or food manufacturing environment — ready to lead QC compliance at Kinza’s Jeddah First Industrial City facility
- Laboratory-Experienced QC Supervisors: With hands-on QC laboratory oversight experience — managing beverage or food product testing, equipment calibration, in-process quality monitoring, and finished product release decisions in a high-volume FMCG manufacturing environment
- Non-Conformity & Complaint Investigation Leaders: With proven root cause analysis and CAPA management experience — comfortable investigating product non-conformances and customer complaints, developing corrective action plans, and driving CAPA closure within a structured quality management system framework
- Saudi Arabia-Based Quality Supervisors in FMCG: Currently based in Saudi Arabia — with the right FMCG or beverage manufacturing background, supervisory capability, food safety management system expertise, and advanced English skills to lead Kinza’s QC team at the Jeddah First Industrial City facility and make an immediate, positive impact on quality performance
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