Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager

Recruiter:

Limpopo Personnel

Job Ref:

MB000200/TG

Date posted:

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Monthly

SUMMARY:
This position is responsible for ensuring the Company is FSSC22000 certified and complies with all relevant company policies, industry standards and government legislation relating to food safety. This position is also responsible for the Management of Quality and the lab.

This person is also the representative for Environmental Management.

The role must also drive continuous improvement in these areas through monitoring and auditing of compliance to the agreed standards.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum requirements:

At least 5 year’s experience in establishing and implementing a GFSI system.
As the Food Safety Manager, achieved a GFSI certification
Outstanding Internal auditing skills on FSSC22000(or any other GFSI System).

Internal auditing experience on ISO14001 will be to the applicant’s advantage.

Assertive and results driven
Punctual on achieving target dates
Excellent Time management
Efficient, well organized and approach tasks in a structured way
MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Management and Leadership skills
Lab management experience
Conflict management skills
Report writing skills
Problem solving
Drivers license

Role and responsibilities:

Conduct high standard internal audits against the: FSSC22000 standard, IP Handling and Environmental audits. Report writing and effective corrective action. Feedback to management
External audits by customers and certification bodies are successful to achieve certification and supplier approval.
Management of the Lab, ensure 100% efficiency of lab equipment, monitoring of quality, record keeping, statistics etc.
Daily reporting on product conformance.
Sample Analysis at External and Internal labs and the interpretation of results
Liaise with customers on Complaints, do root cause analysis, identify Corrective and Preventive actions, follow up on effectiveness and draw up graphs
Training on FSSC22000 and Environmental Management
Communication: Meetings and info sessions
Document and Record Control
Compile Business Review paper and other reports for evaluation by senior management

Reports to:
The successful candidate will report to the General Manager for Food Safety and Environmental Management (dotted line to System Compliance Manager for corporate governance) and direct reporting to System Compliance Manager on Quality (dotted line to the General Manager).

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