Hygiene Specialist - JHB at The Heineken Company

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