*Responsible for ensuring that the Food Safety system is developed, updated and/ or improved, implemented and maintained.
*Develop, update and/ or improved, implement (where necessary), and maintain the robust Food Safety Management System in place to conform to FSA, FSMS & GFSI, R1.46, SANS585, SANS788 and other related food regulations and legislation.
*Overseeing the Prerequisite Programs, Food Defence, Food Fraud and documentation thereof.
*Conduct hazard analysis and identify CCP’s, CP & Critical Limits.
*Conduct monthly Food Safety Meetings and obtain relevant trends and information for discussion.
*Establish and monitoring systems & maintain controls and documented procedures.
*To provide technical expertise to the team and help ensure the appropriate testing techniques are used to find defects early in the test cycle.
*Conduct and assist with third party inspections and/ or audits (i.e. Pest Control).
*Liaise with regulatory officials ensuring compliance and assist in sample preparation.
*Drive the adoption of quality standards, practices, toolsets, and processes across all areas of the business.
*Identify and analyse and/ test the quality of seafood varieties for (general quality, parasites defects, and other problems), particularly when problems recur in multiple products; recommends and facilitates solutions to these issues.
*Handling general quality related enquiries & identify and set appropriate quality standards and parameters for products.
*Inspect and analyse products against specifications and ensure the highest level of adherence.
*Assist in obtaining relevant information from Suppliers to update specifications accordingly and perform risk-based assessments.
*Ensure that Quality Controllers perform their duties correctly and that documentation is signed off, reports and related images are distributed to sales team.
*Managing non-conformances; corrective & preventative measures
*Responsible for Monthly Internal Auditing against the Systems in place and that audit findings are addressed and communicated effectively to affected departments.
*Ensure that Daily GMP checks are conducted by relevant staff members and that findings are addressed and communicated to the respectively affected departments.
*Ensure measuring instruments (i.e. scales and thermometers) are calibrated and verified as per procedure.
*Review and give client, customer, and user feedback with reference to complaints and non-conformances, corrective & preventative measures when and where required.
*Investigate and give feedback on customer and consumer complaints and the trend analysis thereof as per procedure.
*Give suggestions on change and improvement to make and how to implement recommendations.
*Monitor performance by gathering relevant data, as well as produce statistical reports for management to review.
*Maintains compliance with regulations, guidelines, and policies.
*Ensure cleaning chemicals and distribution thereof is effectively managed.
*Execute Training schedule where practicable.
*Performs other duties as assigned in line with job description.
*Assist in managing of label requirements and regulations.
Key Skills
*Young, vibrant, go-getter, with good interpersonal-, communication and customer service skills.
*Internal Auditing training advantageous
*Strong leadership and supervisory skills required to manage and oversee a quality team with the ability to make decisions in a fast-paced environment.
*Someone who is hard working, can think on their feet, loyal and a team player.
*Keep a constant focus on the work.
*Attention to detail.
*Excellent analytical & Problem-solving skills
*Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
*Computer literate (Excel, Word & Microsoft)
*Own transport
