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

• The key purpose of this role is to manage and co-ordinate brewery quality control and to ensure quality analysis is conducted in compliance with the company standards and specifications for the transformation into information.

Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

Maintain safe, healthy and risk-free working environment 

• Implement safety, health/environmental procedures and legislation 
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards 
• Uphold and contribute to a culture of quality & Food safety excellence, taking ownership of systems & processes to ensure the highest standards are met 

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.
• Highlight of any deviations to the Brewing manager, Packaging manager and Plant manager for action and stopping of the process when necessary 
• Ensure that equipment is calibrated and is functioning as per original standard. 
• Highlight of any deviations to the Brewing manager, Packaging manager and Plant manager for action and stopping of the process when necessary

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

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• 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 Manufacturing Excellence 

Minimum Requirements:  

• Min – Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Microbiology or equivalent 
• Quality certification in Quality Engineering/Management or TQM
• City & Guilds Qualification recommended. Qualified ISO 9000 series auditor
• 2-3 Years in Laboratory, Brewing or Packaging operation