Quality Control Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - Centre Recruit Consultants

Centre Recruit Consultants

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Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Our client within the FMCG industry is looking for an experienced Quality control manager to join their team.

Requirements:

Diploma/Degree in Food Technology/Food Science.
Experience in the food industry.
Knowledge of food safety management systems.
Understand HACCP principles.
Familiar with microbiological testing and standards.
Managerial skills to ensure the effectiveness of staff.
Detail orientated.
Advanced skills with MS Word and MS Excel.
Firm and strict concerning general compliance in any food safety and quality matters.
Ability to implement new systems, procedures, and processes.

Core tasks will include:

Quality assurance of Wheat
Quality assurance of Products
Quality assurance of Operations
Laboratory management
Assist with the upkeep and management of the Food Safety system
Quality Audits
General quality management
Management of Quality Staff

Breakdown of duties:

Manage staff of such a nature that it will be a winwin situation for the employee and the company; give good leadership.
Good communication with staff, keeping them informed of company matters and working detail. Thorough feedback to management.
Good planning, taking initiative, and creating systems.
Recruitment and Training people to do tasks well, crosstraining
Performance appraisals
Manage leave schedule so that the quality of the product does not suffer
Report writing on QArelated issues
Complete all quality & food safetyrelated deviations
Perform specific internal audits as per management requests and specifications
Perform specific external audits (suppliers, customers) as per management requests
Perform annual product mock recall exercises
Check up and monitor that all regular food safety tasks of different departments are performed within specification and schedule
Ensure that the food safety system at our company is adhered to according to schedule, documents and activities i.e training and liaison.
Organizing and preparations for thirdparty food safety audits
Attend food safety team meetings
Be familiar with production flow process and hazard analysis (HACCP)
Ensure the fumigation schedule is kept up to date
Perform and/ or arrange regular maintenance on all laboratory equipment as per schedule
Perform and/or organize that all calibration of laboratory equipment will happen as per schedule
Ensure that the laboratory and all the equipment will always be functional in a clean and neat state as per food safety requirements
Calibrations and laboratory equipment are to be done on a daily basis
Check up on production quality aspects as per management requirements. Must be done thoroughly and sufficiently as per management specifications.
Check up on distribution quality aspects as per management requirements. Must be done thoroughly and sufficiently as per management specifications.
Assist with inquiries and processing of customer complaints. To be done thoroughly and sufficiently.
Ensure that all staff use the correct documentation.
Pest control system; monitor and liaise with pest control company.
Assist with food safety standards to all deviations as operations request.
Client questionnaires are to be completed as required by the client.
Assist clients with relevant quality and food safety queries through relevant communications channels.
Be familiar with the complete production process as well as the production sampling process.
Daily testing and reporting of flour done correctly according to standards, 4005 Laboratory Daily Flour and Wheat Samples.
C.O.A testing and compilation according to standards and customer requirements, 3010 Certificate of Analysis, 1025 Certificate of Analysis procedure
Monitor, control, and followup performance of nonconformance issues, 4012 Product Non-Conformance Log
Revise and update product documents timeously when needed.
Assist and oversee all microbiological testing to be done as required.
Assist and oversee all daily testing of daily samples to be recorded daily.
Assist and oversee all daily wheat intake, wheat management, and hectolitre to be updated as required.
Daily Final Product Release Certificate 4022 done correctly according to standards.
Analyse and interpret all lab results and tests to gain the necessary information to make reasonable decisions.
Be familiar with all Product Specifications along with the relevant parameters of each product.
Assist and oversee all wheat intake testing according to the correct standards, 4021 Wheat Acceptance and 1001 Wheat intake Procedure
Oversee for correct sampling according to standards, 3001 Wheat Sampling.
Confirmation of wheat supplier quality certificates. Must be done correctly for every parameter.
Approval/Rejection of incoming Wheat loads.

Performing any other task as discussed and agreed upon with management