Quality Assurance Manager (Food Factory)

Duties:

• Food Safety Team Leader (FSTL) of the company’s Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
• Assessing quality assurance strategies periodically to determine best practices and improvements that could lead to fewer problems and interruptions in the production schedule
• Consulting with the Sales and Production sections to understand any quality issues and how standards can be improved to ensure that product quality is high and consistent
• Organizing periodic training programs to develop the knowledge-base and expertise of staff in the section and conducting follow-ups to assess adoption of new/improved processes.
• Conducting performance appraisals of the QA Department and providing timely feedback on strengths as well as areas of improvements
• Enhance occupational health and safety protocol adoption among staff.
• Preparing internal and external audit schedules for quality, safety, and legal ensuring implementation of the same, and reporting on the findings
• Ensuring compliance to the laws, related requirements and statutory requirements
• Ensuring continuously that all employees are aware about safety, health and welfare and they are implementing them.
• Leading formal risk assessment for the evaluation of risks with respect to food safety hazards, hygiene, and Occupational environment health and safety hazards
• Any other duty that is in line with the position, as assigned by the GM

Academic Qualifications

A Bachelor of Science Degree in relevant fields (Agriculture, Food Science, Nutrition or Biological Sciences)

Professional Qualifications

• Trained on the latest FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System (ISO 22000, ISO T/S 22002, Additional Requirements)
• Trained on ISO 17025 Standard for Food Laboratories
• Understanding of all the statutory & regulatory requirements in the Kenyan food industry (KEBS and other Local Authorities)
• Working Knowledge of labor legislation on Safety, Health and Environment Management (DOSH, NEMA etc)
• Trained on another Quality Management Systems (Kaizen, ISO 9001.
• Knowledge in occupation health and safety legal requirements as well as environmental management legal requirements.
• Trained on conducting management systems internal audits

Work Experience:

8 Years (minimum) in a QA / QC Role at a food factory, of which 4 years must be at Management level.

Experience in cereals / grain milling and extrusion.

Functional Skills and Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:

• Industry Knowledge on Food safety and compliance
• Strong IT skills with experience using automated CRM / ERP software (SAGE, SAP etc)
• Leadership/Influencing others
• Strong verbal and interpersonal skills
• System Implementation & Improvement
• Ability to identify, analyze and implement sustainable solutions to non-compliances
• People Management
• Flexible/Adaptive/Resilient
• Organization/time management/prioritization:
• Detail orientated and observant