Quality Control & Assurance Manager

• Ensures compliance with all Quality Control requirements and provides leadership to drive continuous improvements in product quality.
  
• Determines negotiations and agrees on in-house and externally verifiable quality procedures standards and specifications
  
• Assesses customer requirements and ensures that these are met including setting customer service standards
  
• Specifies quality requirements of raw materials with suppliers
  
• Investigates and sets standards for product quality health and safety.
  
• Leads the food safety team towards internal and external audits for regulatory bodies or customers
  
• Ensures that manufacturing processes comply with standards at both national and international levels
  
• Works with operations and production staff to establish procedures standards and systems
  
• Writes management and technical reports and customers charters
  
• Determines training needs and liaises with the HR department to close them
  
• Encourages change and improvement in performance and quality
  
• Directs objectives to maximize profitability and monitors product and production performance
  
• Uses records analyses and statistical information to guide management decisions.
  
• Carries out monitoring testing and inspection of products and materials to ensure the finished product meets quality standards
  
• Supervises technical or laboratory staff.
  
• Represent the company at trade association meetings and external events to promote products.
  
• Achievement of product quality and Food Safety.
  
• Thorough cleaning and preventive maintenance activities on the machine to be carried out within the standard time.
  
• Efficient and proper operation of the machine in terms of machine availability and the matching of speeds to the quality of materials inputs.
  
• To ensure all machines are operated according to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
  

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Food Science Chemistry Microbiology Biotechnology Engineering or a related discipline.

A Masters degree or MBA in Quality Management Operations or a related field is an added advantage.

Certifications such as:

ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)

FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000

Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt)

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)