Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager
2 weeks ago
**Introduction**:
Our client is looking for a Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager to join their team. The main focus of the role will be to ensure FSSC22000 ongoing certification and to continuously improve the system’s effectiveness, management of the Lab and Product Quality, and to be responsible to implement, monitor, audit manage the Environmental Management system based on (ISO 14001) principles.
**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
- Responsible to make sure no non-confirming product leaves the site
- Daily reporting on product conformance
- Sample Analysis at External and Internal labs and the assessment
- 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
**Skills and qualifications**:
- At least 5 years’ experience in establishing, implementing and has achieved GFSI certification as the Food Safety Manager
- Outstanding Internal auditing skills on FSSC22000(or any other GFSI System). Internal auditing experience on ISO14001 will be to the applicant’s advantage.
- Food technology or related qualification or similar experience as a Food Safety and Quality Manager for a minimum of 5 years
- Computer literate; MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Report writing skills
- Investigative and analytical skills
- Management and Leadership skills
- Lab management experience
- Service Provider and Customer Relationship Management
- Time management
- Facilitation
- Problem solving
- Driver’s licence and own transport
- Experience in Environmental Management and Quality Management.
**Reports to**:
**Salary**: R30,000.00 - R35,000.00 per month
