A fast-growing food and beverage company in the UAE is urgently hiring a Quality Control Manager to lead quality excellence across its central kitchen and multi-outlet operations. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in HACCP compliance, food safety management, food costing, and waste control — with a proven track record of raising and maintaining QC/QA standards across dynamic, high-volume F&B environments. This is a career-defining opportunity to drive quality leadership in one of the UAE’s most exciting and rapidly expanding F&B brands.
What This Role Covers — At a Glance
✅ Quality Assurance & Food Safety — Lead QA frameworks across central kitchen and outlets
✅ HACCP & Compliance Management — Implement and enforce HACCP and regulatory standards
✅ Food Costing & Waste Control — Monitor costs, reduce waste, optimise F&B profitability
✅ Multi-Outlet Operations Experience — Coordinate QC standards across all brand locations
✅ 3–5 Years QC/QA Experience — Proven F&B industry quality management background required
Operational Scope — Central Kitchen & Multi-Outlet
Central Kitchen: Oversee quality standards for all food preparation, processing, and dispatch operations
Multi-Outlet Coverage: Ensure consistent QC/QA standards are maintained across all brand outlet locations
Compliance: Municipality regulations, UAE health authority standards, and international food safety frameworks
Food Costing: Monitor food cost ratios, identify waste sources, and implement measurable reduction strategies
Team Leadership: Lead, train, and develop QC team members across central kitchen and outlet operations
Position Overview
This Quality Control Manager role in the UAE is a senior leadership position within a fast-growing food and beverage company that operates a central kitchen model serving multiple outlets. You will take full ownership of the organisation’s quality assurance and food safety management framework — designing, implementing, and continuously improving QC systems that cover every stage of food production, from raw material intake at the central kitchen through to final service standards at each outlet location. Beyond compliance, you will also play a key strategic role in food costing analysis and waste reduction — helping the business grow profitably while maintaining the quality standards its customers expect and trust.
Why This Role Matters: As a Quality Control Manager in the UAE’s dynamic and competitive F&B sector, you will lead HACCP and food safety compliance across a central kitchen and multi-outlet brand, drive measurable food cost and waste reduction initiatives that directly impact profitability, ensure full adherence to UAE municipality and international food safety standards, and build a senior quality leadership career at the heart of one of the UAE’s most ambitious and rapidly scaling food and beverage companies.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Assurance & Food Safety Management
- Lead, develop, and implement a comprehensive quality assurance and food safety management framework covering all central kitchen operations and multi-outlet locations
- Establish, enforce, and continuously improve QC standards, procedures, and checklists across all stages of food production — from raw material receipt through processing, packaging, and outlet delivery
- Monitor food handling, preparation, storage, temperature control, and sanitation practices at the central kitchen and across all outlet sites on a regular, systematic basis
- Investigate food safety incidents, quality failures, and customer complaints promptly — implementing effective root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive measures
HACCP Implementation & Regulatory Compliance
- Design, implement, and maintain fully compliant HACCP programs tailored to the central kitchen model and the specific food categories and processes involved
- Ensure full compliance with UAE municipality regulations, Dubai Health Authority (DHA) or relevant emirate health authority requirements, and applicable international food safety standards at all times
- Plan, schedule, and lead internal QC audits and inspections — as well as host and prepare for external regulatory authority visits and third-party food safety audits
- Maintain accurate, comprehensive, and audit-ready food safety documentation, HACCP records, temperature logs, sanitation reports, and compliance correspondence
Food Costing, Waste Control & Profitability
- Monitor, analyse, and report on food cost ratios across central kitchen production and outlet operations — identifying cost inefficiencies and implementing targeted reduction strategies
- Design and manage waste control programmes across all production and service areas, tracking waste metrics and driving measurable reduction in food loss at every operational stage
- Work closely with the culinary and operations teams to optimise portion control, recipe adherence, procurement specifications, and yield management for maximum cost efficiency
- Prepare regular food costing reports and waste analysis summaries for management review, providing data-driven recommendations to improve profitability across all outlets
Multi-Outlet QC Coordination & Standards Consistency
- Develop and enforce standardised QC procedures and food safety protocols that are consistently applied across all outlet locations regardless of individual site variations
- Conduct regular QC visits, inspections, and audits at each outlet to assess compliance with company quality standards, HACCP requirements, and hygiene procedures
- Coordinate cross-functionally with operations, kitchen, and outlet management teams to resolve quality issues quickly and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained
- Train, mentor, and develop QC team members and outlet staff on food safety best practices, hygiene procedures, and quality standards aligned with UAE regulatory expectations
Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Requirements
- 3–5 years of proven, hands-on experience in Quality Control or Quality Assurance management within the food and beverage industry — central kitchen or multi-outlet F&B experience is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated track record of successfully implementing and managing HACCP programs, food safety management systems, and regulatory compliance frameworks in a UAE or GCC F&B environment
- Practical experience in food costing analysis, waste control management, and profitability improvement initiatives within a food production or restaurant operations context
Technical & Compliance Knowledge
- Strong working knowledge of HACCP principles, GMP standards, and UAE food safety and hygiene regulatory requirements including municipality and health authority compliance
- Familiarity with ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or other internationally recognised food safety management system standards is a significant advantage
- Solid understanding of food costing methodologies, yield calculations, portion control standards, and waste reduction frameworks applicable to F&B operations
Personal Competencies
- Strong leadership and people management skills — able to inspire, train, and hold QC teams accountable across central kitchen and multi-outlet environments
- Highly detail-oriented with a systematic, process-driven approach to quality management and compliance documentation
- Excellent communication and coordination skills for effective cross-functional collaboration with culinary, operations, procurement, and management stakeholders
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the energy and resilience to maintain quality standards in a fast-paced, high-growth F&B business environment
How to Apply
Email your CV to: irfan@ventureforceglobal.com
WhatsApp: +971 56 501 2376
Reference: Quality Control Manager — Central Kitchen & Outlets, UAE
About This Quality Control Manager Role in the UAE
The UAE’s food and beverage sector is one of the fastest-growing and most competitively sophisticated in the entire GCC — driven by a deeply food-conscious, internationally diverse consumer base with exceptionally high expectations for quality, consistency, and hygiene standards. For experienced Quality Control Managers with central kitchen and multi-outlet expertise, the UAE offers outstanding career opportunities within brands that are scaling rapidly and investing seriously in quality infrastructure to support that growth.
This particular opportunity places you in a leadership role at an exciting, fast-growing F&B company where your HACCP expertise, QA systems knowledge, and food costing capabilities will directly shape the quality culture of a multi-outlet brand. Whether you are an established QC manager looking for your next challenge or a senior QA professional ready to step into a broader leadership scope, this role offers the responsibility, the variety, and the growth trajectory to make a genuine and lasting impact.
Career Excellence: Lead quality control excellence across a fast-growing UAE food and beverage brand — where your HACCP expertise, multi-outlet QC experience, and food safety leadership will define the standard for every dish served across every outlet, every single day.
Who Should Apply?
- F&B Quality Control Managers: With 3–5 years of central kitchen or multi-outlet QC/QA experience in the UAE or GCC food and beverage industry
- HACCP Compliance Specialists: Ready to take full ownership of HACCP program management and regulatory compliance for a fast-growing UAE F&B brand
- Food Costing & Operations Professionals: With hands-on experience managing food costs, reducing waste, and improving profitability across multi-outlet F&B operations
- Central Kitchen QA Officers: Looking to step into a senior managerial role covering both production quality and outlet compliance in the UAE
- Multi-Site QC Coordinators: Experienced in maintaining consistent food safety and quality standards across multiple restaurant or outlet locations in the UAE market
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