Fsq Specialist

**Responsibilities**:

- Deployment of the Warehouse Management Standard at all warehouses and distribution centres
- Educate and train all relevant personnel on the requirements of the new warehouse management standard
- Conduct a gap assessment to determine which SOP’s are available. Ensure that the relevant SOP’s are updated and drafted to cater for the new Warehouse Management Standard.
- The Warehouse Management Standard includes the below that require implementation
- Storage practice and storage conditions inspections
- Traceability management and mock recalls
- Pallet inspections
- Waste management
- Allergen management
- Basic AIB requirements implementation
- Personel Hygiene, cleaning and PRP’s management
- IPM management
- Leading internal and external warehouse audits
- Oversee quality and food safety aspects of products, returns and rework process
- Maintain and monitor compliance to QFS policies and procedures
- Manage pest control, cleaning and house keeping processes and monitor effectiveness
- Conduct Risk Assessments at the warehouse to identify potential hazards that may have an impact on Quality and Food Safety
- Conduct periodic audits as appropriate in the warehousing and distribution sites and ensure corrective actions are taken in a timely manner
- Quality and Food safety management system ( document management) control
- Deployment and monitoring of Culture of Quality initiative at all warehouses
- Effectively engage with cross-functional teams to deliver the requirements
- Work closely with Category QC leads to sustain PEP quality Systems
- Upskilling all warehouses through QFS capability building initiatives
- Provide process support to facilitate Monthly Reporting on the performance of the warehouses ( WMS), and agreed KPI’s

Qualifications:

- University degree in an FSQ technical discipline required
- At least 5 years experience in quality control or assurance, food safety, regulatory affairs or risk or in food /bev manufacturing/warehousing environment is a strong advantage