External Project Quality Specialist at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Significant travel across Rest of Africa markets with accountability for governance and operational oversight of third party co-packers producing AB InBev brands.
• Supplier audits to verify adherence to food and safety regulatory standards.
• Ensure governance to compliance of the Quality Export/Import Policy  
• Ensure compliance to the quality standards on all New Product, Co Packing and Cross Brewing projects
• Plan and coordinate quality activities to ensure projects meet the requirements of the VPO Quality Pillar
• Ensure the implementation of the quality requirements according to project schedules

Validate and review project quality facilities to expand in general including:

• Requirements of Food Safety
• Facilities and equipment accreditation or installation for laboratories or facilities
• Monitor the implementation of project quality requirements
• Develop budget worksheets for projects as well as plan resources to receive technical support from quality during the start up and go live of projects
• Quarantine management of product governance during commercial phase
• Ensure updated technology and to propose continuous improvements to achieve better results; use the PDCA method for preparing and reviewing quality specifications, adding learning and updates to requirements
• Monitor compliance to new product release protocol during the commercialisation phase as well as monitor the adherence to the Global Import/Export Quality Policy
• VPO Quality Pillar, facilities and equipment of laboratories, requirements of quality drivers
• Basic knowledge of process equipment, beer, soft drinks and bottling lines.
• Knowledge of the procurement and supplier management flow.
• Capability to communicate relevant aspects of Quality Assurance
• Strong organizational, negotiation, interpersonal skills and sense of urgency.
• Good knowledge of the import/export quality policy
• Travel across Rest of Africa markets with accountability for governance and operational oversight of third party co-packers producing Ab InBev Brands
• Complete supplier audits to verify adherence to food and safety regulatory standards.
• Audit adherence to quality requirements during project commercialisation

Minimum requirements

• Tertiary educated Science Graduate (Minimum Degree or B-tech) with a passion for quality assurance coupled with at least 5 years experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance
• Knowledge of brewing, quality, packaging and food safety management systems and processes
• Have expertise in area of quality or processes in the beverage production unit for at least 5 years
• Exposure to analytical technologies.
• Quality Systems Auditing experience
• Food safety training
• Budget setting