Quality Manager (JB1402)
Leandra, Mpumalanga
Applicants willing to relocate at their own cost, will be considered
Salary is highly negotiable, based on candidate experience
Benefits include Provident Fund, Medical Aid (If required) and annual performance-based bonus
Duration: Permanent

This is a great opportunity for a candidate living in the East Rand of Johannesburg or wanting to relocate to a small town, to join a brand well known for their quality dairy products in South African households.

The ideal candidate would have previous experience working within a dairy manufacturing facility or similar, managing a team QA/QT Technicians, Microbiologists and trainees in a factory environment.

Minimum Requirements:
• A BTech Degree in Quality or related or certifications for HACCP or related is preferred for this role.
• Previous experience having worked as a QA Manager or related implementing and managing FSSC 22000, HACCP/ PRP’s quality systems is essential.
• Food Safety Auditing (internal and 2nd party auditing). Audit Compliance
• Previous experience having worked within the food or related manufacturing industry is essential.
• The successful candidate must have implemented FSSC 22000 quality systems.
• Personnel and Human Resources practice, BCEA and LRA
• Management systems, Administration and Management, Problem Solving Tools, Budget, Basic Accounting, Mathematics.
• Must be able to work on their own and be computer literate with good Excel skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensuring continuous compliance with legal, statute, standards, and quality requirements.
• Maintaining FSSC 22000 quality systems and managing the quality database.
• Compiling daily, weekly, and monthly quality reports.
• Coordinating internal training for staff and conducting competency evaluations.
• Overseeing and managing hygiene, quality, and safety assurance.
• Conducting internal audits and external audits.
• Managing compliance of all approved suppliers, certificate of analysis, specifications, and non-conformities of suppliers as well as investigations and initiating corrective actions from suppliers.
• Investigating root causes, non-conformities in terms of operational quality and compliance.
• Managing compliance of products to specifications.
• Ensuring products comply to standards and legislation.
• Investigating and resolving internal and external product quality problems.
• Reviewing and making recommendations for changes to the site quality procedures.
• Ensuring HACCP studies and critical control points audits are done on time.
• Auditing and updating inspection plan as well as traceability schedules.
• Attending production meetings to address issues related to systems and quality.
• Escalating non-conformances of packaging material to the supplier.
• Supervising uplifting of non-conformance material.
• Ensuring that documents are in place and procedures are followed correctly.
• Maintaining the factory’s quality certification.
• Involvement and guiding of new product development