MANAGER QUALITY ASSURANCE – NAMIBIA DAIRIES (PTY) LTD 679 views

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

To lead the Quality Assurance department of Namibia Dairies throughout the entire value chain by enforcing compliance, managing/maintaining quality certifications, addressing non-conformance matters, facilitating quality audits thereby complying with the O&L Group Quality policies, customers, food safety regulations and Quality standards/specifications.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCES:

4-year Bachelors’ Degree in Food Science or related field.
8-10 years’ experience in a quality department of which 8 years must be in a management position.
Experience with implementing an effective food safety standard.
FMCG & Manufacturing experience

Added/Preferred Advantageous:

10 or more years’ experience in the dairy and Food industry with management experience.
SAP Experience

KEY ACOUNTABILITIES:

Develop, implement & maintain a Quality Assurance strategy and standards for Namibia Dairies.
Review quality control & quality assurance function, complying with customer & external auditor standards in-line with FSSC 22000.
Manage Departmental expenses in line with Budget forecasts.
Prepare annual operating, training & CAPEX budget for the Department.
Implement Work Instructions, Procedures in line with the identified/implemented food safety system standards, and legal regulations.
Oversee holistic non-conformance procedure.
Identify and maintain early warning system to ensure minimum loss and maximum shelf life of products through proactiveness.
Consolidate monthly reports on non-conformances, customer complaints/trends and system and process shortcomings to MD & Management team to support continuous improvement and enhance quality.
Implement, manage, control, and give recommendations on quality management systems, production processes, distribution, and product quality through regular spot checks.
Design, implement and monitor supplier management programs.
Approve the initial quality of supplier ingredients and packaging material in compliance to contract Service level Agreement specifications.
Analyze the quality of raw milk from milk parlour, tanker to silo and make recommendations to enhance its quality where necessary
Schedule and organize internal, entire Cold chain and supplier premises audits as stipulated in the ISO procedure and Compile Report on findings.
Schedule and organize internal, entire Cold chain and supplier premises audits as per the Food Safety Standard procedure in place.
Advise and guide Departmental Heads in addressing identified requirements from internal and external auditing bodies, International Best Practices with implementation of the corrective actions and improvements.
Lead and drive a high performance culture within the Quality department.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

Assertive Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Report Writing skills
Analytical Ability
Planning & Organizing
Networking skills
Influencing skills
Numerical skills
Presentation skills
Conflict resolution