Our client, a busy Food Manufacturing Facility, based in Airport Industrial, Cape Town, are seeking an experienced and results-driven FOOD SAFETY MANAGER who not only maintain, implement and improve current Food Safety Systems to pass annual Audits but will have excellent leadership and interpersonal skills who can manage a team to be highly productive and effective.
This position will report to the Director of the company.
Responsibilities
- Manage and support SHEQ (Safety, health, Environment and quality) initiatives and objectives.
- Define, propose, and implement the annual production.
- Cost management of products through meeting timelines and reducing of overtime.
- Analyze / control production costs and identify/rectify waste measures.
- Manage all activities within the production process, including maintenance and the workforce.
- Oversee logistics, warehousing and stock of raw materials used in production.
- Manage all teams within your production departments and the connection / communication between the factory and upper management.
- Identifying individuals as support for the food safety team, and enable upskilling of these individuals.
- Create and implement organizational/production changes on an operative level.
- Needs to manage all food safety service providers and ensure service providers are providing best possible service.
- Ensure maintaining of documentation for food safety system
- Ensure product meets quality standards
- Educating Suppliers and ensuring to conduct internal audits.
- Training employees on proper food handling and techniques.
- Identifying individuals as support for the food safety team, and enable upskilling of these individuals
- Ensure all food safety audit parameters and paperwork is followed, implemented and measured.
- Minimum of 4 years of managing a Food Safety System in a food manufacturing facility.
- Minimum of 4 Audits that have been passed well, (over 85%), under the directive and management of candidate.
- Strong Computer skills i.e Excel and Microsoft Office
- Can independently compile, prepare and present Audit throughout the entire audit process.
- Needs to be familiar with working with temperature sensitive raw materials and finished product and know how to ensure food safety protocols are being met with both raw and finished products.
- FSA Intertek /Q-Pro /GFSI intermediate /FSSC22000
- Organized, disciplined and Authorative.
- Able to maintain quality and assist in streamlining efficiencies.
- Needs to work well in a Team environment, with senior management, supervisors and general worker clusters.
- Able to delegate, train and upskill staff in food safety areas.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Able to identify problems and implement preventative strategies to minimize risk.
- Well spoken, well written and great communication skills.
