Food Safety Auditor - Part time

Qima Division: Consumer Products
Rerefence NO: REF2433P
Location: Suzhou, China
Date of Publication: 2025.08.13

This is a freelance position open for candidates who are based in China.

At QIMA, we’re on a mission to help our clients make products consumers can trust.

Working with over 30,000 global brands, retailers, manufacturers and food growers, we are on the ground wherever products are made. We help businesses secure every step of their supply chain with quality inspections, supplier audits, certifications, and lab testing, all powered by our intelligent digital platform.

Our team of 5,000 QIMates (and counting) across 40 offices and laboratories, are united in our shared passion for innovation and integrity, and guided by our QIMA values in the decisions we make every day. We believe in the work we do, and in making a positive difference in the world. Does this sound like something you’d like to be a part of?

Our Consumer Goods Division is dedicated to helping brands, retailers and manufacturers worldwide deliver safe, quality and ethically made products to their consumers. Every day at work, our inspectors, auditors, and lab techs use their expertise to help safeguard the products you use every day in your home: from clothes and footwear to toys and baby products, to electronics, appliances, and furniture.

Your main duties will revolve around on-site audit of our clients’ factory.

  • Conduct food safety audits.
  • Summarize and evaluate inspection/audit findings.
  • Communicate findings/results of inspections/audits with client site management or appropriate client personnel.
  • Develop effective work plans for the completion of assigned inspections/audits within a determined timeframe.
  • Establish and maintain effective communication with headquarter based project managers as it relates to assigned clients.

It could be you if you have:

  • A degree in a food related or bio-science discipline or equivalent.
  • 5-10 years food manufacturing/QA experience related to GMP HACCP or higher food safety system standards or at least 3 years auditing experience
  • Successfully completed a recognized training in auditing techniques based on QMS or FSMS. Duration 1 week/40 hrs equivalent.
  • Must have knowledge of relevant legislative requirements and an understanding of quality assurance, quality management and HACCP Principles.
  • Ability to work independently in remote locations.
  • Willingness and ability to travel within the assigned territory.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.