Area Leader Quality

**Position Title**:Area Leader Quality

**Position Type**: Regular - Full-Time

**Position Location**:Springs

**Requisition ID**: 36736

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**:
This position is a skilled Area Leader with strong leadership qualities to lead a group of QC Inspectors and provides a support function to the Quality Manager and the Food Safety & Quality Coordinator. The quality area leader will ensure that all quality standards of McCain are adhered to.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Oversee Raw Material Bulk (Work-In-Progress) and Finished Product Laboratory functions**
- Ensure correct input of data on PC & R and SAP systems, PCR Post Seasonal Reports
- Ensure that Control Documents for Raw material is correct, signed off and presented to Management daily.
- Ensures reporting is submitted timeously and as per agreed format and standard
- Ensure that laboratory equipment is complying with calibration schedules and verifications done as required.
- Act as Safety Representative for the QC Department, filling in Logbooks and attending monthly meetings.
- Inbound inspection (raw material delivery truck inspection)
- Effective document control: sorting, filing, storing and retrieval.

**Ensure that analytical tests performed are correct, accurate and products comply with all specifications (Sensory and Physical)**
- All products received, processed and packed must comply with agreed specifications
- Ensure that inspectors are using the correct methods to analyze products and that staff calibrations schedules are adhered to at all times.
- Act on Out of Specification results.
- Making decisions with regards to actions to be taken to get results within specification
- Releasing and Blocking of Bulk, Finished products, and Packaging Material off the SAP system
- Ensure that samples are drawn for Retention sample Program, Product Cuttings and Evaluations as required.
- Ensure the Non-Conformance procedure is adhered to at all times
- Ensure that In-Plant Sensory Sessions occur 4-hourly and include Production and Packing Staff
- Compile Information Packs for Quality Notifications (Batch, Qty, Pictures, samples etc.)

**Ensure that non-conforming situations and products are communicated to piers and Management accurately and effectively.**
- Communicate products testing out of specification immediately to the relevant shift personnel and Management.
- Ensure non-conforming products are restricted.
- Communicate unacceptable situations in the plant wrt GMP’s Safety and Food safety concerns to the relevant staff timeously.
- Act on out-of-specification results - Contain non-conforming product, by blocking it on the system
- Make a decision with regards to actions to be taken to get results/situations within specification
- Ensure non-conforming products are adequately sampled.
- Ensure that all product releases are done timeously and accurately.
- Assist in investigating and correcting quality-related issues through collaboration with other departments.

**Support Plant
- and Cleaning Personnel with Pre-start-up checks, including Food Safety Inspections as and when required**
- Do Pre-start-up check in conjunction with Production, Packing, Engineering and Cleaning Personnel daily
- Carry out scheduled Food Safety self
- inspections on a weekly basis, including Glass & Hard Plastic control in all laboratory environments
- Problem solving in the Plant to ensure GMP’s are maintained

**People management**
- CCP training
- Compile and update work instructions
- Reporting of absenteeism rate
- BOS/ Training on Risk Assessments
- Employee benchmarking and practical assessments carried out 6-monthly
- Ensure Return to Work Interviews are done when absenteeism occurs and be aware of absenteeism rate
- Dimensions: approve work hours and attend other payroll issues

**Hygiene and Housekeeping**
- Ensure all QC analysts carry out their cleaning inspections on a daily basis on required areas
- Highlight areas of concern to QC manager when necessary
- Assist with micro swabs taken from plant when requested
- Facilitate the implementation of 5s in the QC laboratory

**Ensure CCP Check sheets and Deviation Reports are filled in and filed**
- Ensure that CCP check sheets are verified daily
- Ensure that a Deviation Report is filled in when a deviation from the HACCP/Food Safety Plan occurred
- Ensure data entered on SAP is correct and all non-conformances in the program logged and actioned.

**Comply with and enforce Safety & Food Safety Standards**
- Ensure Safety rules are followed by all employees, reporting non-conformances spotted
- Ensure Food Safety rules are adhered to and address and report non-conformances found.
- Conduct food safety inductions, employees are trained and re-trained as required in conjunction with the Training Department
- Ensure quality analysts conduct black bag audits for foreign material daily.

**Assist QC Management with data collection and reporting**
- Summarize shift activities and record
- Collect data from