Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.
Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Quality Manager
Location: Sagamu, Ogun
Job Type: Full Time
Function: Health, Safety & Environment
Job Description
- We are looking for a highly diligent individual who specializes in quality to understand customer expectation and translate them into company quality norms.
- The individual will play a key role in outlining quality standards and developing quality control processes.
- The incumbent will ensure compliance to quality norms, policies, and procedures of the company.
- The objective is to cultivate a culture of consistent quality with zero defect in collaboration with all stakeholders by continually developing, planning and implementing quality systems & processes and training of plant personnel.Â
Strategic Effectiveness
- Develop, plan and implement quality systems to meet food safety standards in line with GFSI guidelines.
- Build control systems to comply with food safety requirements including PRPs. Design and deploy audit processes (factory, market, warehouse, etc.).
- Conducting root cause analysis for deviations. Develop and implement a corrective action plan where needed. Regularly review compliance status for all quality-related observations and lead the process of sharing views with all stakeholders for implementation/closure of the open audit points.
- Continuously improve quality awareness and standards including sensory evaluation of raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods.
- Closely interact with other functions including R&D, manufacturing, and sourcing to effectively collaborate and seek their inputs on improvement/development of quality systems and processes.
- Setup, maintain and operate laboratory to meet all requirements of testing of incoming, in-process and finished goods consistently.
- Coordination with external laboratories and external calibration agencies for all other testing requirements.
- Support improvement programs on vendor quality.Â
Operational Effectiveness
- Develop and train the team to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of best practices in all areas of work.
- Identify learning needs of team members and personnel critical to food safety to enhance skills.
- Develop and maintain a motivated team.
- Plan and conduct training for all plant personnel on food safety and personal hygiene.
- Classify and process consumer feedback through interaction with customers and stakeholders.
- Advice immediate/short/long term action plan through the internal web-based systems to address customer issues promptly and maintain excellent customer satisfaction ratings.
- Assist in the investigation of quality-related matters, including coordination with other stakeholders and vendors.
- Review and report compliance status for identified risks.
- Report and track all business risk related to quality non-conformances and escalations.
- Report to all concerned stakeholders on business risk in this area.
- Liaison with statutory, regulatory and government agencies.
- Assist in commissioning and start-up of new projects and conduct IQ, OQ, PQ for new equipment installations.
- Validate quality aspects during scale-up trials including travel test and share trial reports to all stakeholders to ensure that all new products are developed and scaled up to meet quality norms.
- Develop new ways of working that would be cost-effective and be within the budget and quality requirements.
- Develop appropriate tracking mechanism to report progress on a daily/weekly/fortnightly /monthly/quarterly and annualized basis on outcomes of the implementation of quality plans.
Requirements
- Certified FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor
- Certified QMS lead auditor
- Graduate of HND or University Degree in Food Science
- 7-8 years of experience in FMCG
- Advance degree in Food safety and Quality Management System
- Vast knowledge in USFDA, Halal, Kosher Certification, European export experience etc.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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