Description:
Quality & Food Safety Coordinator
Supply Chain
Accountable for ensuring the implementation, monitoring, reporting and continuous improvement of the Quality and Food Safety protocols within the warehouse
Job Purpose
The purpose of the role is to support the warehouse team in ensuring on site adherence to a fit for purpose quality assurance and food safety framework. This role will assist in coordinating quality and food safety assessments and following up on corrective plans and initiatives that have been implemented to mitigate risks/non-adherence. To ensure the effective implementation, monitoring and improvement of the Quality and Food Safety Management Systems, conduct internal inspections and audits, manage pest control and hygience requirements within the DC.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
Food Safety and Quality Management System
Member of the Regional Food Safety Team responsible for initiating, communicating, monitoring and reproting on adherence to food safety requirements Continuous improvement to the Quality and Food Safety Management System Coordinate Monthly Food safety & Quality meetings at the warehouse Responsible for enforcing Change Management Controls wrt Food Safety Ensuring all documentation, SOPs, checklists etc are completed in full and correctly Guidance and assistance to the DC team with external audit preprations Training DC staff on Quality and Food Safety requirements such as product handling and storage practices, stock rotation, how to do self inspections and internal auditing, handling of non conforming products, emergency preparedness, trade returns procedure and recalls Assists with FS related complaints investigations Assists the DC team with traceability and mock recall exercises Assists with any regulatory inspections Prerequisite Programs (PRPs) Enforces the implementation of all Quality and Food Safety PRPs Ensures that trade returns are handled in accordacne with the SOP Ensures that goods receiving and dispatch are done in accordance with the SOP and the relevant QFS records are maintained by the respective DC staff Manages the Code of Pratice Ensures the DC follows requirements for the segregation of food and non food items Ensures the enforcment of the visitor and contractor policy Plans and Coordinates internal audits and self inspections Represents BEVCO during external/3rd party audits Manage external audit findings, corrective actions and verification Raises internal audit findings and ensures corrective actions and verifications are completed by the DC team timeously Ensure compliance to all regulatory and customer food safety and quality mandates/ requirement Pest Control Responsible for Internal Pest Managemen
05 May 2025;
from:
gumtree.co.za