Senior Meat Traceability Verification Specialist

Job Title: Senior Meat Traceability Verification Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Meat Traceability Verification Specialist to oversee the digital review and verification of meat traceability records across livestock sourcing, slaughter, processing, packaging, storage, and distribution activities. The role focuses on assessing supply chain documentation, validating batch and lot information, reviewing product origin records, and identifying traceability gaps that may affect food safety, product integrity, and regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will apply knowledge of meat processing operations, supply chain controls, food safety documentation, and traceability systems to strengthen product accountability and support reliable verification processes. This is a fully remote technical position involving electronic record review, data reconciliation, audit preparation, risk assessment, and virtual coordination with suppliers, processors, laboratories, and quality assurance teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Review digital traceability records covering livestock sourcing, transportation, slaughter, meat processing, packaging, storage, and distribution.
• Verify consistency between supplier records, livestock identification information, slaughter documentation, processing records, and finished-product batch details.
• Assess batch and lot coding systems to confirm that meat products can be traced through relevant supply chain stages.
• Review animal origin declarations, supplier certificates, purchase records, delivery documents, and product identification information.
• Reconcile incoming livestock or meat quantities with slaughter records, processing yields, inventory movements, and finished-product volumes.
• Evaluate traceability links between raw materials, intermediate products, finished goods, and distribution records.
• Review digital records supporting animal identification, veterinary inspection, slaughter dates, processing dates, and product dispatch information.
• Assess documentation supporting country of origin, production establishment, processing location, and supply chain ownership.
• Verify the consistency of meat product descriptions, species declarations, product codes, and packaging information across relevant records.
• Review halal-related documentation and certification records where applicable, checking document consistency without independently issuing religious or regulatory certification.
• Evaluate supplier traceability procedures, documentation controls, and record-retention practices.
• Identify missing records, inconsistent batch references, duplicate entries, unexplained quantity differences, and potential product identity discrepancies.
• Support traceability exercises by reviewing digital records and evaluating the ability to follow products from source to customer and, where required, back to origin.
• Analyze mass-balance records to identify unexplained differences between raw material inputs, processing outputs, by-products, and finished-product quantities.
• Review temperature monitoring records, cold-chain documentation, storage logs, and transportation records as supporting evidence of product handling controls.
• Assess documentation relating to species authenticity, product substitution risks, and potential misrepresentation of meat origin or composition.
• Coordinate remotely with livestock suppliers, slaughterhouse quality teams, meat processors, distributors, importers, and food safety professionals.
• Support internal audits, supplier assessments, customer verification requests, and external audit preparation through structured evidence reviews.
• Develop traceability performance indicators, discrepancy reports, corrective action tracking records, and management dashboards.
• Recommend improvements to electronic traceability systems, supplier documentation requirements, and batch identification procedures.
• Maintain organized digital audit trails, verification records, evidence references, and issue-resolution documentation.
• Monitor developments in meat traceability technologies, food authenticity controls, supply chain transparency, and applicable food safety requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Meat Science, Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline.
• Master's degree in Food Safety, Meat Processing, Quality Management, or Supply Chain Traceability is an advantage.
• Significant professional experience in meat processing, food traceability, supplier verification, quality assurance, or food supply chain auditing.
• Strong understanding of livestock sourcing, slaughter documentation, meat processing, packaging, cold-chain management, and distribution records.
• Experience reviewing batch coding, lot identification, product genealogy, and electronic traceability systems.
• Knowledge of food safety management systems, including HACCP, ISO 22000, and relevant supplier assurance programmes.
• Familiarity with meat species identification, product origin verification, and supply chain authenticity controls.
• Ability to reconcile production quantities, inventory movements, processing yields, and dispatch records.
• Experience reviewing supplier declarations, veterinary documents, certificates of origin, and product conformity records.
• Understanding of halal meat supply chain documentation and certification requirements where relevant.
• Familiarity with digital quality management systems, ERP platforms, traceability databases, and document management applications.
• Ability to conduct structured documentation reviews, identify discrepancies, and assess traceability risks.
• Knowledge of applicable food safety, meat inspection, import/export, and product labeling requirements.
• Strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent technical report-writing, audit documentation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and digital reporting tools; experience with Power BI or data analysis platforms is an advantage.
• Ability to work independently and coordinate effectively with international supply chain stakeholders in a fully remote environment.

What We Offer

• 100% remote working arrangement from home.
• Opportunity to support meat supply chain transparency, product integrity, and food safety assurance.
• Exposure to digital traceability systems, supplier verification processes, and food quality management frameworks.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary food safety, meat processing, logistics, and compliance teams.
• Competitive compensation based on qualifications and relevant professional experience.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their meat traceability experience, food safety knowledge, supplier verification capabilities, and relevant industry qualifications.

Application Subject: Application – Senior Meat Traceability Verification Specialist (UAE Remote)

Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer.

• Role Scope: This position is limited to remote digital documentation review, batch and lot reconciliation, traceability data analysis, supplier record verification, audit preparation, and technical recommendations. Physical livestock identification, animal handling, veterinary examinations, slaughterhouse inspections, carcass identification, meat sampling, laboratory testing, warehouse inspections, and product handling must be performed by qualified local personnel. Official veterinary or halal certification, regulated product authenticity determinations, food safety release decisions, formal audit attestations, regulatory declarations, and statutory sign-offs must be completed by appropriately accredited or authorized professionals.