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Job Title: Food Technology & Quality Manager
Location: Cape Winelands
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Manufacturing
Reference: PC001308/LS
Vacancy Details
One of the oldest farms in Klapmuts is looking to employ a Food Technologist and Quality Manager to expand food product offering.
A recent professional profile photo is to accompany your application.
DUTIES:
- Maintain brand integrity and product safety whilst performing risk mitigation.
- Contribute towards the category strategy, ensuring innovative and safe products of consistent quality.
- Develop high-quality products using cutting-edge technical innovation that adheres to company brand.
- Manage and monitor the technical team.
- Technical communication and liaison with the buying team, suppliers, quality team and production teams.
- Positively influence all contributing aspects of the supply chain to optimize quality and food safety.
- Lead factory and product process audits within the production facility and supply base.
- Formulate and / or managing product specifications, ensuring accuracy.
- Ensure effective product accept / reject criteria.
- Identify and manage critical control points (CCPs) within production facilities and ensure suppliers identify and manage their CCPs correctly.
- Oversee end-to-end quality management systems within farm production facilities and among external suppliers.
- Provide technical input into category, quality management and supplier strategies and ensure effective implementation
- Oversee packaging development, ensure conformance to legislation.
- Ensure accurate nutritional information and date marking / coding.
- Oversee effective allergen management within all production facilities and among suppliers.
- Supplier approval / sourcing based on basic hygiene compliance and risk management.
- Shelf-life assessment and implementation.
- Manage microbiological testing, specifying type of tests, frequency, and accept / reject criteria for both product and environment.
- Improve and ensure production efficiencies within production facilities and the supply base.
- Raw material sourcing and approval: ensure production and suppliers source from approved raw material suppliers, and that specifications and allergen management practices are in place.
- Troubleshoot customer complaints and perform route cause analyses.
- Uphold international standards for food manufacturing and processing, using innovative equipment, processing technology knowledge, and experience.
REQUIREMENTS:
- BSC Food Science or BTech Food Technology degree
- 10-15 years industry experience
- Relevant retail experience is required
- Understand high- and low-risk food processing and the correct management of cross flow
- Understand cold chain management and critical control factors for maintain food products in their optimum state
- Practical experience in and understanding of different food preparation stages and processes
- Knowledge of technical processes and principles, i.e. HACCP, GMP, root cause analysis, supply chain, raw materials, allergen management, and micro and listeria management
- Proven, relevant industry experience and knowledge across a wide range of food products
- Technical product knowledge, i.e. product characteristics, raw material sourcing, manufacturing processes, and quality and safety parameters
- Knowledge of packaging functionality and application
- Understanding of environmental management and sustainability
CLOSING DATE:
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Application Deadline: July 20 2023
Should you meet all the requirements, apply on our website at www.statusstaffing.com today.
Should you not hear back from us within 10 working days, please consider your application as unsuccessful. We will retain your credentials for future similar roles.