Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

SUMMARY:
This position’s primary focus will be:

• To ensure FSSC22000 ongoing certification and to continuously improve the system’s effectiveness
• Management of the Lab and Product Quality.
• Responsible to implement, monitor, audit and manage the Environmental Management system based on (ISO14001) principles.

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities will include:

• Conduct internal audits on systems: FSSC2200 and IP Handling. Report writing and effective corrective action. Feedback to management
• External audits by customers and certification bodies are successful to achieve certification and supplier approval
• Ensure world class hygiene practices as per ISO22002
• Management of the Lab, i.e. efficiency of lab equipment, monitoring of quality, record keeping, statistics etc
• Responsible for Quality and daily product review and reporting
• Sample Analysis at External and Internal labs and the assessment of COA’s with trend analysis
• Liaise with customers on Complaints, do root cause analysis, identify Corrective and Preventive actions, follow up on effectiveness and draw up graphs
• Training on the areas of responsibility
• Communication: Conduct meetings and info sessions
• Document Management
• Statistics drawn up on each aspect of the systems to measure against targets.
• Compile Business Review paper and other reports for evaluation by senior management
• Internal Audits on Environmental Management (ISO14001)

• Relevant qualification with 5 Years experience as Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager
• Previous experience in implementing a GFSI Food Safety System
• Outstanding Internal auditing skills on FSSC22000(or any other GFSI System).
• Internal auditing experience on ISO14001 will be to the applicant’s advantage.
• Lab management experience
• Report writing and Investigative and analytical skills
• MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Drivers License