Quality and Food safety coordinator

SUMMARY:
Quality & food safety provides leadership to assure Food Manufacturing facilities maintain effecti

POSITION INFO:

Quality & Food Safety Coordinator Operations Job Purpose Quality & food safety provides leadership to assure Food Manufacturing facilities maintain effective Food Safety systems to include HACCP, cGMP's and continued compliance and certification to FSSC requirements. Key Accountabilities and Outputs Quality & Food Safety Duties & Responsibilities • Developing and maintaining Food Safety and Quality Management programs (including PRP & HACCP and site security) in line with Corporate Food Safety and certification (FSSC22000, GMP+, (ISO9001), Halal, Kosher, requirements and others • Serves as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) coordinator for the facility • Continuously improve standards set by facilitating and executing Problem Solving/Problem Solving Group (PSG) activity within the area • Check that standards set within the area are adhered to through layered confirmation • Analyse & report on Quality Performance Metrics through analysis of Performance Data, identify performance gaps, trends and improvement opportunities • Ensure that factory based Quality audits are carried out to verify compliance against defined standards and codes of practice • The implementation of these programs across the organization • Coordination of internal, third party and customer audits • Food Safety awareness creation by training and information campaigns • Supplier & External Manufacturer qualification related to FSQR • HACCP Coordinator and responsible for coordination of recalls • Manage HACCP and SSOP validations and verifications 2 hrly • Identification of & continuous monitoring for potential sources of contamination within each product flow • Document and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as service level, lead times, and first time right and report trends to Quality & Food Safety Lead • Support action plan developed by Quality Manager. • Technical Specification development • Manage plant audit process • Branded Product Compliance • Develop and maintain documentation such as SOP's, SSOP's maintenance as it pertains to product quality GMP of the lines • Ensure that lines are clean at all times General • Ensure that all Good Lab Practices are implemented and adhered to • Ensure good houskeeping of the lab and associated work stations • Esnure accurate sampling and analysis of in process and final products • Ensure that the testing schedules with the required frequencies and sampling sizes etc are adhered to • Foster a positive and collaborative working relationship with Operations • Escalate any quality or food safety risks to the relevant functional heads Adherence to the health, safety, food and environmental standards • Staff shall adhere to all Food Safety Policies and PRP's and shall adhere to and enforce all food safety requirements at all times • Staff shall adhere to Health, Safety & Environmental Policies and PRP's and shall adhere to and enforce all Health and Safety requirements at all times • •Visitor and Contractor Policy - staff shall ensure that visitors or contractors entering the facility are signed in, escorted and wear PPE, are aware of the hygiene policies and do not smoke, eat or drink inside the facility • Code of Practice - staff shall maintain high levels of personal hygiene in accordance with the code of conduct • Handwashing Procedure - Ensuring staff are cleaning and sanitizing hands efficiently before handling the product. • Physical Contamination Control Policy and Procedure - Staff shall be aware of the potential of physical product contamination. Staff is aware of control measures to prevent physical contamination. • Safety, Health and Environment Policy - Staff take reasonable measures to ensure health and safety hazards do not occur. Should an accident occur, staff shall be aware of the procedure of reporting the incident. • First Aid Policy - Staff are aware of the first aider on site. Staff is trained to report injuries and illness to supervisors/first aiders. • Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures • Maintains expected performance standards • Enforce compliance with relevant legislative and statutory requirements • Enforce GMP's and conduct themselves in a manner conducive with food safety practices • Attend Training and enforce learnings from the training for Quality, Food Safety and Health & Safety that been prescribed for them • Be vigilant of food defense and food fraud risks • Maintain a high level of housekeeping within the work environment General • Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that all products and activities are stored and are executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping policy (green red and yellow areas) • Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures • Maintains expected performance standards • While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description Additional Region-Specific Accountabilities and Outputs Qualifications and Experience • Grade 12 / Matric & Min National Diploma Food Tech, Analytical Chemistry • Upto 3 years' experience (Operational Execution) FMCG; Bottling Equipment • Basic MS Excel; MS Word; E Mail Key Qualities Communication • Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks Problem Solving • Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, troubleshoot and apply