Hygiene Specialist

**PURPOSE**:
**TO DEFINE, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT OPTIMAL HYGIENE STANDARDS ACROSS THE **HEINEKEN BEVERAGES **SITE THROUGH A WELL ENTRENCHED HYGIENE CULTURE**

THE HYGIENE SPECIALIST WILL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT HYGIENE SOLUTIONS ALIGNED WITH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS AND SITE QUALITY STRATEGY TO DELIVER HIGH PERFORMANCE, CAPABILITY BUILDING AND REDUCED COST OF POOR QUALITY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED BUSINESS OUTPUTS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.

**ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Lead Quality improvement through strong site leadership, collaboration and influence
- Environmental scan is conducted at site level and used in the implementation of the quality strategy
- Develop and drive a positive site quality culture of “First Time Right”
- Operate strategically and systemically to design customised solutions
- Ensure that the reputation of Heineken Beverages is indivisible through immaculate governance systems.
- Devise and establish quality systems specific to the site within the frameworks of corporate governance systems and aligned to global customer requirements.
- Develop site procedures, standards and specifications specific for the site relating to the relevant QMS
- Strategically review customer requirements and develop capabilities to respond accordingly
- Drive a lean culture of reducing cost of poor quality while increasing productivity
- Motivate and inspire teams to perform to meet quality standards through HR infrastructure
- Conduct continual environmental scan with intent to improve
- Manage and drive competency and capability programs for quality improvement

**ROLE REQUIREMENTS**:

- BTECH./BSc. DEGREE OR RELATED
- WORKING KOWLEDGE OF:

- PACKAGING PROCESSES
- TRADE QUALITY PROCESS
- MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLES
- CELLAR PROCESSES
- LAB EQUIPMENT
- LABORATORY SYSTEMS
- AUDITNG
- GOVERNANCE
- 5 YEARS RELEVANT WORKING EXPERIENCE
- EXCELLENT REPORT WRITING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- PROVEN LEADERSHIP SKILLS
- SELF RELIANT AND DRIVEN
- ADVANCED COMPUTER SKILLS

**ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Optimise hygiene practices to prevent microbiological contamination in the site**:

- Provide leadership and technical expertise (microbiology and hygiene)
- Conduct training and assessment in the workplace (microbiology and hygiene)
- Optimise cleaning and sanitising practices and procedures across the site
- Effective execution of hygiene projects aligned with site hygiene strategy
- Develop hygiene procedures and specifications for site within the corporate governance standards
- Develop and control hygiene documentation in the workplace
- Implement hygiene policies and surveys

**Protect **Heineken Beverages **reputation in trade and process integrity**:

- Demonstrate a holistic understanding of hygiene practices critical to cellar and pkg processes
- Ensure compliance to standards and specifications
- Assure integrity of results
- Analyse data to identify quality and food safety risks
- Prepare site for FSSC 22000 readiness i.e. anchor hygiene systems and standards

**Ensure hygiene governance throughout the site**:

- Develop GMP procedures for site.
- Develop GMP compliance frameworks.
- Compliance to integrated **Heineken Beverages** management systems.
- Manage hygiene supplier quality program.
- Lead site wide quality problem solving and improvement initiatives as applicable.

**Manage human resources in the department.**
- Manage the development of staff competencies.
- Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
- Attract, recruit and retain talent
- Manage own performance in a way that shapes a high performance, high engagement culture
- Manage performance of others in a way that shapes a high performance, high engagement culture
- Demonstrate behaviour which builds, maintains or enhances company reputation

**Manage health, safety, environment and risk in the department**
- Ensure sound approaches to health and safety at all times
- Manage factors concerning environment, risk and sustainable development
- Integrate corporate/company reputation and sustainable development planning with department strategy and processes

**CORE SKILLS REQUIRED**:

- Leadership
- Innovative
- Passionate about microbiology
- Problem Solving