Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

NES021710/EV

Date posted:

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Location:

Delmas, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Recruiting for a Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager (FSQAM). This position is responsible for ensuring that 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.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements:

This person is also the representative for environmental management
The role must drive continuous improvement in these areas through monitoring and auditing compliance to the agreed standards
Have implemented a GFSI Food Safety System and/or has at least 5 years' experience as a Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager
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
MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
Conduct internal audits on systems: FSSC2200 and IP handling
Report writing and effective corrective action
Feedback to management
Ensure that 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, and monitoring quality, record keeping, statistics etc.
Responsible for quality and daily product reviews 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 thereon

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