Job Description
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in our Quality Assurance Department. We are looking for talented individual with relevant skills and experience for a Senior Lab Quality Assurance Technician, which is based in Lakeside. The successful candidate will report directly to the QA Manager. Key Purpose: To manage and maintain compliance to Quality and Food Safety systems in the relevant plant to ensure Product Quality from receipt of raw materials to final product production.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Understand Business Strategic Priorities and Business Processes
- Monitor and report on Quality Goals and Objectives with Business Strategic Objectives
- Report on KPI’s aligned with internal Management, CCBA and Coca-Cola Requirements (reporting systems to include all Quality
- Ensure Corrective Action Plans are in place to correct and improve on KPI’s
Ensure Product and Package Quality meets legal, internal CCBA and Coca-Cola Requirements
- Ensure that Product and Package Quality standards are monitored and controlled for plant according to legal, internal and Coca-Cola Requirements.
- Ensure that ingredients and package quality is monitored and controlled to agreed standards for all internal products.
- Implement Good Laboratory Practices in all laboratories on site (on-line, QA and micro) and ensure that all consumables are managed and stocked accordingly.
- Ensure that Laboratory Equipment is Serviced, Maintained, Calibrated and Verified as per agreed standards.
- Ensure Process Capability programs are implemented, monitored and reviewed by all relevant QA, Engineering and Production departments on agreed frequencies.
- Supports implementation of Quality at Source in the plant and develop Quality Assurance functionality
Initiate and Facilitate Continuous Improvement for Quality and Food Safety
- Ensure continuous improvement programs for Quality Process Capability is established
- Ensure Statistical Process control implementation and capability to improve product and package quality
- Facilitate technical problem solving regarding quality issues and equipment
- Ensure problem solving capability for all site teams with reference to Quality and Food Safety
Manage Cost plans and Costs
- Implement and manage the cost plans
- Manage and adhere to Quality budget
- Accountable to ensure adherence to budget for all Equipment Contracts
- Ensure that quotations are available in time to update Rolling Estimates for consumables
- Ensure that all laboratory CAPEX requirements are communicated and planned for in the annual budget process according to the Standard lab list.
Manage Human Resources
- Manage the development of staff competencies
- Ensure a healthy ER 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.
Deliver Excellence in Customer Service
- Identify and communicate customer needs and expectations
- Build effective relations with internal and external customers
- Actively improve internal and external customer relationships
Accountable for the subordinate safety
- Implement Safety Systems for Department
- Ensure compliance to standards to prevent any safety related incidents in the department
- Conduct risk assessments for Quality Team
Skills, Experience & Education
- Minimum requirement: B.Sc or BTech in Science or Technology
- Added advantage: M.Sc or MTech in Science or Technology
- Minimum 3-5 years in Food Processing Plant. Good process knowledge, preferably in a bottling environment
- 2 Years supervisory experience
General
- Internal Candidates must submit a fully approved application form (signed off by the Line Manager and HR) to the Talent Acquisition Specialist before the closing date.
Closing Date: 15th, March 2022
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