Technical Manager (Food Production) Cullinan

at RNB Placements
Location Cullinan, South Africa
Date Posted January 29, 2023
Category Management
Operations
Job Type Full-time
Currency ZAR

Description

Heading Food Safety and Quality Assurance at the various  Foods plants.  Manage an integrated system allowing a zero-tolerance to customer complaints, quality defects and resource wastes from raw material intake, manufacturing and storage, to final product release. Drive effectiveness and efficiency of this management system by integrating this across all relevant departments and existing systems and SOPs; oversee effective, sustainable correction of non-conformances and driving continual improvement.

Duties & Responsibilities

Quality Assurance

  • Manage a system allowing a zero-tolerance to customer complaints, quality defects and resource wastes from raw material intake, manufacturing and storage, to final product release.
  • Ensure effectiveness and efficiency of this management system by integrating this across all relevant departments and existing systems and SOPs.
  • Oversee effective, sustainable correction of non-conformances.
  • Manage:
  • Review, continual improvement and implementation of HACCP, VACCP and TACCP plans, and control procedures per plant and/or product category, aligned to FSSC -, regulatory -, customer and company requirements;
  • Communication to, and involvement of,  other internal departments, during the development, review and implementation of these plans;
  • Review and Implementation of effective QCP points;
  • Monitoring and verification of QCP points and other related records;
  • Quality defect investigations, and identification of route-cause(s);
  • Develop and implement immediate containment actions for non-conformances;
  • Oversee, follow-up and confirm the sustainable Corrective Action of Route Causes.
  • Internal audits planned and executed against these plans and product specifications;
  • Implementation of monitoring procedures and logging, trending and reporting of Quality Defects to report against targets, incl:
    • Customer complaints, rejections, returns;
    • Microbial, chemical, physical, allergen monitoring programs (environment and/or product);
    • Internal quality alerts/near-miss incidents, reworks etc;
    • Others as applicable.
  • Communication of trends to internal departments, management and customers/suppliers as applicable;
  • Maintain and continually improve the Company FSSC 22000 system, and ensure implementation of all requirements and records as set out within this system;
  • Oversee that all Foods plants are audit-ready at all times.

 

Trials & Continual Improvements

  • Stay abreast of updated, new, and best-practice technical requirements, regulations and standards and oversee implementation;
  • Manage the technical contribution to, and participation during, process or product improvement trials, equipment changes or upgrades and/or new product or system implementations etc.:
    • Technical advice during Planning / Concept Stage
    • Coordination
    • Participation during practical execution
    • Contributing to reporting, specifications changes, risk assessments etc.
  • Ensure the update of HACCP, VACCP and TACCP plans and procedures and their implementation, accordingly;
  • Minimize waste and duplication by consolidating and continually improving the quality and food safety system to operating systems in place across Companydepartments.  

 

Team Management

 

Relationships

  • Build and maintain technical relationships with all customers, service providers and suppliers, and assist team to do same;
  • Ensure response to customer enquiries within 48 hours;
  • Represent Company Foods and/or ensure adequate representation during site visits, walk-throughs and audits;
  • Ensure good relationships between the team and all departments within Company, growing a Quality Culture;

 

SHEQ

  • All duties are performed according to the Group Food Safety and Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures.

 

Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualification details

 

Experience

  • Quality / Food Safety / FMCG Managerial experience: 5 years
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