Quality Assurance Supervisor Job Placements – East African Basic Foods Ltd
Job Title: Quality Assurance Supervisor
Organization: East African Basic Foods Ltd
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Production Manager
About US:
East African Basic Foods Ltd is a food processing company whose mission is to meet the nutritional needs of our customers in Uganda and beyond with quality food products. The company was incorporated in 1997 and since then, it has grown to a base of about 25 nutritious products processed from several agricultural commodities including soya, maize, millet, wheat, oats, cassava, and rice. The products are categorized to target babies, school going children, young adults as well as adults.
Job Summary: The Quality Assurance Supervisor will ensure that the company meets best manufacturing practices through its entire manufacturing process..
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring quality improvement and regulatory compliance.
- Assembling key personnel for developing an effective food safety plan
- Supervising and coaching the quality assurance and food safety team.
- Developing prerequisite programs, e.g. training, sanitation, recalls
- Describing products and their intended uses
- Conducting hazard analysis
- Reviewing and validating the food safety management system
- Preparing and participating in audits
- Developing and maintaining a quality manual
- Collaborating with the product development team
- Developing and Managing recall plans
- Developing, training and implementing quality assurance procedures.
- Liaising with regulatory agents and inspectors to ensure that the plant is compliant with legislation and regulations.
- Developing production procedures, training employees, documenting performance and supporting continuous improvement at all times.
- Setting the goals/targets and overall budgets for their work area
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/Technology, Chemistry, or related or equivalent field
- Two years of experience in the food processing industry
- Knowledge of HACCP and other food safety regulations
- Strong communication, leadership and organizational skills and ability to work collaboratively with his/her technical team and with all other
- Experience in creating, implementing, maintaining, evaluating, enforcing and updating GMPs, HACCP, SSOP and SOP’s programs.
How to Apply:
Application with a detailed CV indicating active phone numbers and email address with three referees and their full contact, and photocopies of certificates of the applicants should be sent to the Finance and Business Development Manager at eabf2k@yahoo.com
Deadline: 9th March 2020