Senior Lab Quality Assurance Technologist at The Coca-Cola Company

Key Outputs and Accountabilities

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 TeamSkills, Experience & EducationQualifications
• Minimum requirement: B.Sc or BTech in Science or Technology
• Added advantage: M.Sc or MTech in Science or Technology

Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years in Food Processing Plant. Good process knowledge, preferably in a bottling environment
• 2 Years supervisory experience