Vacant Job Roles at Lactalis South Africa

Job Description
Join Lactalis at our Ladismith Plant as Quality System Controller with the main responsibility to maintain food safety and quality management systems to ensure that the quality department contributes positively to the plant meeting various audit and customer requirements. 

Required Skills

• Must have a completed National Diploma in Food Technology / Analytical Chemistry / BSc Food Science or equivalent.
• Must have knowledge FSSC 22000 / HACCP
• Good computer skills
• Must have experience in allergen control plans
• Must have good communication skills
• High attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Strict with implementing standards.
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Ability to sustain routine admin.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Providing feedback on customer complaints, conducting root cause, and corrective action efforts.
• Follow up on corrective and preventative actions for each non-conformance detected.
• Custodian of the CPA and notice of changes.
• Coordinates HACCP/ Food safety risk assessments, audits and reviews.
• Assist on coordination of monthly food safety and quality meetings and annual reviews.
• Ensure that all plant documents are controlled and reviewed
• Monitoring and executing traceability exercises and report any non-conformances.
• Manage pest control monthly visits and services.
• Review food safety and quality data and provide input as required.
• Assist on supervision of quality checks on final products during production.
• Conduct routine and ad-hoc checks on production records.
• Coordination of internal audits.
• Sensory controller
• Conduct weekly Pillar product evaluation with trained panel
• Data tending and evaluation of sensory results
• Conducting internal audits on various elements of food safety system.
• Provides training and awareness to plant employees.
• Keep training matrix of each department with regards to HACCP/ Food safety, GMP’s or required training.
• Compile quality reports and trends
• Spend 20% of time on floor reviewing quality activities and documents in all departments.
• Liaison with regulatory bodies –information requirements.
• Recipe, ingredients & product information management.
• Scheduling and conducting aspects of quality.
• Working on electronic systems