Purpose of the Role:
TO MANAGE & CO-ORDINATE SITE EXTRINSIC QUALITY AND TO ENSURE QUALITY ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH COMPANY STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
Proposed grade:

Requirements:
• Degree or relevant NQF6 qualification with packaging technology qualification
• Working knowledge of:
? Packaging processes
? Trade quality process
? Fundamentals of materials
? Cellar processes
? Measurement equipment
? Quality assurance systems
? Supplier relationship management
? Lean principles i.e. 6 sigma, dmaic

• 5 years relevant FMCG working experience
• Excellent report writing and communication skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Project management skills
• Strong problem solving ability
• Advanced Computer skills

Key job functions:
1. Optimise quality management systems and processes:
• Align goals and objectives with quality strategy
• Manage QC environment
• Manage equipment reliability relevant to the role
• Manage and optimise current lab systems
• Develop QC procedures and work instructions
• Develop QC training material
• Conduct site training as required and relevant
• Ensure succesfull commisioning within the packaging/extrinsic environment

2. Protect company’s reputation in trade and process integrity:
• Ensure compliance to standards and specifications
• Ensure integrity of results
• Analyse data to identify quality risks
• Analyse data to identify food safety risks

3. Ensure governance throughout the site:
• Compliance to integrated company management systems
• Manage supplier quality program
• Ensure hygiene support and compliance
• Lead quality problem solving and improvement initiatives as applicable

4. Manage health, safety, environment and risk within area of responsibility:
• Ensure compliance to health and safety requirements at all times
• Manage factors concerning environment, risk and sustainable development.

5. Manage Human Resources
• Effectively manage high performance culture of team
• Effectively manage high performance culture of self
• Manage the development of relevant staff competencies
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
• Attract, recruit and retain talent
• Manage own performance in a way that shapes a high performance, high engagement culture
• Manage performance of others in a way that shapes a high performance, high engagement culture
• Demonstrate behaviour which builds, maintains or enhances company reputation
ROLE CHANGE FROM PRESENT:
AS IS:
• Quality Control function
• Compliance to corporate standards
• Centralised concession – decision making
• Perform quality function for the site

TO BE:
• Quality Assurance function
• Design and develop standards within corporate standards framework
• De-centralised concessions within corporate governance framework
• Perform quality function for Extrinsic environment
CORE SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Leadership
• Innovative
• Passionate
• Problem Solving