Quality Control Manager at Lactalis South Africa

Job Description    

Quality Assurance:

Develop and maintain Food Safety and Quality Assurance programs.

Responsible for the development and implementation of the factory quality strategy and monitors its enforcement by establishing relevant KPIs.

Communicate, fully implement and enforce Lactalis Quality Management Systems requirement in the factory.

Plant Consumer and Customer complaint focus, linking Non-Quality losses and cost, with process improvement.

Collect and maintain product quality incident data sufficient to identify trends and deficiencies

Lead the factory management review of quality (MRQ).

Develop and maintain competences and quality awareness and culture in the plant.

Quality Control

Ensure the correct functioning of the factory laboratory, including personnel safety, availability of equipment and training of analysts.

Support on the critical aspects, leading quality and industrial teams, with focus on Laboratory practices.

Provides laboratory diagnostic and functional information, for products, and equipment services.

Support to Laboratory preparation procedures

Implements new programs, tests, methods, and instrumentation.

Establishes quality standards to maintain laboratory equipment performance.

Prepares RD, Production and Quality by teaching analytical theory

Complies with Legal specification requirements

Required Skills:

•  Degree Qualification in either Food Science, BTech or B.Sc
•  5 years’ experience
•  Dairy manufacturing experience will be advantageous.
• Experience in auditing Suppliers and Knowledge of a Supplier system.
•  Knowledge in Food Safety, Microbiology, Analytics, Supplier Management.
•  Strong people management experience through building a positive and motivated staff compliment.
•  Computer literacy on Microsoft Office packages is essential.
•   Experience in Issue resolution and RCA

Duties & Responsibilities    
Quality Assurance:

•  Develop and maintain Food Safety and Quality Assurance programs.
•  Responsible for the development and implementation of the factory quality strategy and monitors its enforcement by establishing relevant KPIs.
• Communicate, fully implement and enforce Lactalis Quality Management Systems requirement in the factory.
• Plant Consumer and Customer complaint focus, linking Non-Quality losses and cost, with process improvement.
• Collect and maintain product quality incident data sufficient to identify trends and deficiencies
• Lead the factory management review of quality (MRQ).
• Develop and maintain competences and quality awareness and culture in the plant

Quality Control

• Ensure the correct functioning of the factory laboratory, including personnel safety, availability of equipment and training of analysts.
• Support on the critical aspects, leading quality and industrial teams, with focus on Laboratory practices.
• Provides laboratory diagnostic and functional information, for products, and equipment services.
• Support to Laboratory preparation procedures
• Implements new programs, tests, methods, and instrumentation.
• Establishes quality standards to maintain laboratory equipment performance.
• Prepares RD, Production and Quality by teaching analytical theory
• Complies with Legal specification requirements