Key Duties & Responsibilities:
• Maintain BRCGS Packaging Materials and SEDEX certification.
• Audit and report on BRC compliance at other facilities, including JHB, Busmark, Range Road, and others.
• Oversee laboratory operations.
• Ensure consistent product quality.
• Handle customer complaints and non-conformances.
• Manage document control processes.
• Stay updated on food laws and regulations, ensuring facility and product compliance.
• Provide actionable solutions to complex quality and food safety issues using advanced technical knowledge and extensive experience.
• Participate in regular meetings with the Production Management Team to discuss quality and sanitation improvements, set goals, and establish project timelines.
• Coordinate product trials with production and NPD, and document results.
• Conduct hygiene/housekeeping, GMP, sanitation, and safety inspections; plan and arrange environmental monitoring, calibration, and pest control.
• Handle the Health and Safety budget, including preparing and managing expenditures.
• Draft, implement, document, maintain, monitor, and measure the health, safety, and environmental management system.
• Examine ways to improve health and safety standards and review/update safety plans, policies, procedures, and company manuals.
• Perform Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain health and safety standards in compliance with legal matters, advise on SHE issues, and liaise with statutory/auditing bodies.
Qualifications & Experience required:
• Relevant degree from an accredited institution.
• Comprehensive knowledge of BRC standards and procedures, with verifiable proof of experience and achievements.
• Proficiency in Syspro, maintenance, and quality assurance.
• Certified training in HACCP and internal auditing.
• Thorough understanding of quality assurance methodologies and standards.
• Extensive knowledge of safety management systems and regulatory requirements.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a results-driven mindset.
Posted 2024-08-26
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