Trade and Packaging Lab Specialist at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities:

Maintain Safe, Healthy and Risk-free working environment

• Implement safety, health/environmental procedures and legislation
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards

Manage Human Resources

• Develop employees
• Ensure a positive employee relations climate
• Manage and apply personnel practices

Quality Control Governance for the brewery

• Standards are in place and well understood
• Training is done against the specified methods
• Verification of the execution of the procedures to ensure that they comply with the standards
• Ensure that equipment is calibrated and is functioning as per original standard

Manage Quality Control environment

• Conform to value chain requirements
• Manage QC administration
• Optimise the availability of measuring equipment
• Maintain and control consumable stock levels
• Optimise quality control management system

​Optimise team performance

• Facilitate effective team dynamics
• Maintain performance management system
• Communicate effectively in the workplace

Lead Quality strategy as per VPO

• Improve quality compliance and management on site and reduce reputational risks for the site
• Achieve VPO targets and Quality KPI and PI targets for the site

Minimum requirements:

• Min – Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Microbiology or equivalent
• Min – 3-6 months on the job training
• Qualification recommended. Qualified ISO 9000 series auditor
• Quality certification in Quality Engineering/Management or TQM
• 2-3 years of experiences in Laboratory, Brewing or Packaging operation
• Understanding of process control within a brewing & packaging process and environment 
• Assertive and analytical
• Proactive
• Proven leadership ability 
• Good understanding of the principles and practices of VPO