Job Description

Our client in the Food and Beverage industry is currently looking for a Technical Manager, in Epping, Cape Town.Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder/Customer Relations:
• Understand customer requirements and design and implement an appropriate system to meet the requirements.
• Manage customer complaints within targets
• Seek to continuously improve customer relationships through closely working with the internal and external customer.
• Liaise with NPD department during product development to approve developmental technical processes.
• Update and approve product specifications for customers including on WW portal
• External audits:
• Lead all third party/customer audits for the site and facilitate closing of corrective actions.
• Supplier Quality Assurance:
• Conduct and participate in supplier audits.
• Sign off all new raw materials and packaging for new product development purposes.
• Ensure all raw material approved is within specification, including approval of raw materials from alternate suppliers.
• Liaise and provide service rating for all external service providers at site level.
• Financial Management:
• Manage the technical budget.
• Assist in compiling the necessary information for budget reviews.
• Documentation and Administration:
• Monthly technical reports.
• Conduct and document food safety team meetings.
• Trend monitoring and verification reports to identify areas of improvements.
• Release at site level all documentation as distributed by the Group Document Controller Technical Manager/Final/November 2019.
• Quality & Food Safety:
• Understand the Amaro Foods food safety and quality management system and ensure proper implementation and maintenance thereof at site level
• Continuously improve the food safety documented traceability system for the site to ensure proper due diligence.
• Adhere to all relevant legislation and ensure all final product label information meets legislative requirements.
• Ensure all site certifications are maintained at the appropriate standards.
• Set up and adherence to training plan that aligns to requirements of quality/food safety management system.
• Continuously review and update site allergen management programs as part of risk management.
• Ensure timeous close off NCRs relevant to the Technical.
• Department, including identification of repeating total NCR trends to drive continuous improvement.
• Promote a culture of quality and food safety management within the site.
• Implement and monitor performance of GMP and PRP programs in the facility
• Identify quality control points within processes and ensure suitable controls are implemented.
• Continuously review quality and food safety risk assessments in line with emerging risks and regulatory requirements.
• Conducting all relevant compliance testing and ensuring all corrective actions are closed off.
• Ensuring internal audits are conducted as per internal audit schedule and appropriate action is taken to address deviations.
• Participate in cross site audits.
• Process Improvement:
• Actively seek continuous improvement initiatives - stay abreast of industry and customer/requirements and international trends about relevant standards and identify and implement improvement
• Risk and Compliance:
• Comply with the necessary Occupational Health and Safety requirements
• Ensure compliance with all food safety regulations, pest control and housekeeping.
• Participate in personal hygiene checks
• Ensure compliance with all food safety legislation and regulations, organizational food safety management system requirements.
• Cultural Fit:
• Live the brand by living our core values.
• Always striving to do your best.

• Tertiary Degree or Diploma in Food Science, Microbiology or equivalent.
• Supplementary advanced training in Food Safety Systems.
• Tertiary Degree or Diploma in Food Science, Microbiology.
• Supplementary advanced training in Food Safety.
• At least 5 years quality assurance management experience.
• Minimum 6 - 8 years experience in food manufacturing.
• Behavioural and Functional Competencies:
• Initiative.
• Leadership.
• Adaptability.
• Interpersonal Skills.
• Communication Written/Verbal.
• Influence.
• Customer Service.
• Continuous.
• Learning.
• Planning and organizing.
• Decision Making.
• Integrity Results Oriented.
• Analytical.
• Negotiation.
• Deadline driven.
• Functional.
• Competencies.
• Report Writing.
• Presentation Skills.
• Financial Management.
• Business Acumen.
• Knowledge of Expert.

• R50 928 - R62 381 per month.

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