Quality Assurance Manager - QPro Feeds, Bethlehem (REF: 2024091)

INTRODUCTIONQ-Pro Feeds is a dynamic Animal Feed Manufacturing business with a facility in both Bethlehem and Vrede. We are responsible for producing animal feed to in-house clients as well as external clients in the monogastric and ruminant fields.

JOB FUNCTION

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for all the nutritional aspects pertaining to ruminant and monogastric animal feed produced. The incumbent will further be responsible for the management of all quality control processes, ensuring compliance to all statutory requirements and rendering technical advice to Marketers and clients.

Job Requirements

• To understand the principles of Animal Nutrition
• To maintain effective communication with in-house personnel
• Non-conformance reporting and control thereof
• Ensuring that corrective actions taken to resolve problems are, ultimately, permanent and preventative.
• Ensuring that any subordinates reporting to you are effectively communicated to with regards to their responsibilities and authorities.
• Monthly reporting of quality performance to management.
• Ensure that quality products are delivered to clients due to good quality practices throughout the quality process from receiving raw materials, till the product is dispatched.
• Ensuring that the quality and specifications of the final product meet the formulated, and where applicable, registered nutritional specifications as well as client specifications prescriptions.
• Monitoring, controlling and solving of escalated customer complaints.
• Educate personnel on Quality Assurance methods.
• Conduct on-site audits of Quality Assurance standards
• Responsible for maintaining all facility and product-level certifications

Knowledge, Qualification & Experience

• B Agric / B.Sc. Agric.
• Minimum 3 years successful experience in a technical advisory/quality assurance role within the animal feed industry
• Ability to register with SACNASP is to candidates advantage
• Passion for detail, quality and implementation of robust systems are some of the assets that you will need to succeed in this role.
• MS Office Package with a strong focus on Excel
• Knowledge of Avihance will be advantageous

COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS

• Positive, pro-active, results-driven attitude
• Innovative
• Highly ethical and principle-driven
• Committed, dedicated, motivated
• Self-starter and follow-though
• Energy, drive, courage and tenacity
• Required to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Strong customer focus

Other Information

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