Quality Assurance and New Product Development

8 hours ago

Gardens, South Africa Spur Group Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
Spur Corporation is a growing multi-brand restaurant franchisor, headquartered in Cape Town. The group currently has eight brands, namely, Spur Steak Ranches, Spur Grill & Go, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, John Dory’s Fish Grill Sushi, RocoMamas, The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella and Nikos Coalgrill Greek. In order to retain an exceptional talent pool, the group endeavours to create a great place to work, building a collaborative and innovative performance-based culture which enables each employee to thrive on his or her unique Spur Corporation journey. Spur Corporation’s employees are passionate and purpose-driven people growing great brands. Through their dedicated service and talent, they offer support to the group’s endeavours and operational activities, offering an exceptional return on investment to all its shareholders. A career at Spur Corporation is an opportunity for an employee to nurture, learn, grow, and realise their full potential.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Tertiary education, preferably in Food Technology
- 5 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years in NPD
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel)
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Experience in HACCP and FSSC 22000, with audit experience
- Experience an knowledge in local labelling regulations
- Strong Admin and analytical ability
- The ability to work independently and part of a team
- Good communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Goal Orientated
- Creative problem solver who thrives when presented a challenge
- Exceptional project management skills
- Understand trends and maintains good industry knowledge

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**General QA**
- Maintain operational QC standards on production floor
- Ensure all food safety Controls are in place
- Spot checks on production recipes to ensure compliance to recipes
- Oversee all QA audits including our food safety systems audit (HACCP)
- Manage all lab work into accuracy, appropriateness, and completeness
- Oversee and report on Adhoc projects
- Help develop & document procedures to manage overall efficiencies.
- Able to work across multiple brands concurrently.

**General NPD**
- Competitor and customer insights analysis through monthly reporting.
- Help develop & document procedures to manage overall efficiencies.
- Help re engineer sauces in collaboration with executives.
- Develop product from concept to final product.
- Help and manage all factory trials.
- Keeps up to date with best practices in writing, social media, search marketing and business/industry trends.

**Corporation - General Requirements**
- Strict adherence to company philosophy/mission statement/sales goals
- Carrying out any reasonable request or instruction made by your line manager or any other employee senior to yourself. Discuss with your line manager so as to ensure you understand who is senior to you
- Assisting in any official company function or business as may be required from time to time irrespective of the day or time or venue at which such function or business takes place, provided such request is reasonable
- Attending all meetings and training programmes, irrespective of the time and day, which you may be instructed to be present at, provided such request is reasonable
- Projecting a hospitable, respectful, polite, friendly and warm attitude to all employees and customers.
- Maintaining good communication skills with fellow employees, management, stakeholders and customers at all times.
- Displaying a strong “team-player” approach, showing patience and respect for fellow members of staff.
- Reporting expeditiously all complaints, compliments, accidents, fire, theft, loss, damage and any other irregularities to your line manager
- Always maintaining high standards of general cleanliness, hygiene and safety in accordance with Spur Corporation’s standards and other requirements as detailed in the HR Manual.

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