Haccp Quality Assurance Manager

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client in the FMCG industry is looking for a QA HACCP Manager to join their team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Quality Assurance
* Analyse possible reasons for product defects and quality lapses.
* Lead traceability investigations on the source of quality lapses and other product issues.
* Analyse possible reasons into process deviations and for product defects and quality lapses.
* Develop product and process quality metric reports.
* Develop sampling plans for quality control purposes.
* Develop inspection and testing protocols for materials, products, and packaging.
* Specify the protocols and manufacturing infrastructure and equipment to be inspected and tested.
* Devising ways to improve the production process to ensure higher-quality goods.
* Establish SOPs and conditions for handling, storage, and preservation of samples.
* Develop SOPs and infrastructure requirements for laboratories and optimal calibration standards in line with good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements.
* Ensuring compliance with regards to recipes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
* Gaining an understanding of the client’s needs and requirements and the quality standards to the production teams.
* Supervising inspectors, technicians, and other staff members and providing guidance on quality and safety measures.
* Oversee corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) implementation and documentation with other departments.
* Investigate technical faults and practices that impact manufacturing equipment operations.
* Inspecting the final output, comparing it to the requirements, and approving or rejecting the final products.
* Lead and motivate the Quality team; ensure that the team is happy, productive, and appropriately trained for the machinery they are using. The Quality Manager will be accountable for the actions of his team.
* Verify alignment of sampling documentation, testing activities and procedures with established protocols to identify issues.
* Verify quality control (QC) records, test results and reports for regulatory authorities.

Key Skills
* Strong attention to detail, observations, organizational, and leadership skills.
* In-depth knowledge of quality control procedures and legal standards.
* Strong knowledge of mathematics and data analysis.
* In-depth understanding of company standards.
* Up-to-date knowledge of federal and industry standards and best practices.
* Documentation and reporting skills.
* Teamwork and collaboration.

Required Skills

4 Years of  Quality Assurance experience

Qualifications
*Must be able to write a HACCP manual from scratch for different establishments.
*Must know what CCPs are, and be able to write up CAR’s.
*Must have knowledge of principles under EC regulations 852,853 and 854 and subsequent amendments.
*Must be able to understand product non-conformities and be able to discuss this with management.
*Must be able to type his/her own records.
*May be asked to step in and assist should senior Coldstore management be off ill/on leave for any period of time.