QA Manager

Reference: 5710 DB
Consultant: Dorei Barnes

Job Description:

• Audit, maintain and continuously improve handling protocols that will allow fruit quality to be preserved through the storage and packing process.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on seasonal storage plan to ensure that the right fruit is identified for the right storage, packing and marketing window.
• Ensure that income earning potential is maximised through correct selection of fruit for packing for specific markets and managing quality assurance of the final product.
• Maintain and continuously improve the quality control systems that monitor and reports QC information from time of receiving, through storage, sorting, packing, pallet storage and dispatch.
• Maintain the quality management system that will ensure compliance to food safety systems (e.g. BRC, HACCP).
• Lead, train and develop the quality assurance team

Qualifications:

• A Diploma or Degree in Horticulture / BSc Food Science
• A minimum of three years relevant experience with Fruit Quality.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between primary and secondary colours is a key requirement of the position. A colour-blind test may be part of the recruitment process.

How to Apply:

• Email your comprehensive CV to exceedhr@exceed.co.za.
• If you are already registered, please forward your CV and the relevant reference number to the consultant with whom you are currently registered in order to avoid duplicity on our system.
• We reserve the right to only conduct interviews with candidates of choice.
• Applicants who have not received feedback within 30 days from the closing date must please accept their application as unsuccessful.