Summary

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Supervisor, the Quality Controller will ensure appropriate quality control practices and procedures. Test in-coming grains, material in production process as well as finished products according to the Company standards.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct incoming shipment/delivery of quality inspections on all grain, cereals and other products


• Conduct quality checks on materials in production process


• Conduct daily pre-dispatch quality checks on all products leaving the company


• Conduct in store inspections to asses quality and handling of material in storage


• Organize fumigation and other necessary corrective measures where needed to preserve quality


• Provide accurate and timely quality reporting


• Manage and update all forms and record keeping of quality


• Oversee all on hold/reject products and ensure audit trails


• Ensure record keeping and filing is correct and consistent and that all records are following good manufacturing practices


• Management of quality manual systems and compliance


• Minimize waste and loss through poor handling and storage practices and facilitate a meeting of sign off on all products dumped due to poor quality


• Train other staff in performing quality inspections


• Participate in production of annual and monthly for quality department


• Compile reports from weekly samples of cereals and cereal products and prepare statistical spreadsheets and graphs for trend analysis


• Send product samples to outside labs for assurance testing and advise QAS on deviations of specifications


• Wok with production departments to fulfill prospective client requests for samples and analysis of products


• Attend industry events such as workshops, seminars, trainings where applicable and represent the company in professional manner


• Carry out other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• Bachelor food technology/science, biology, chemistry, microbiology etc.


• Minimum 2 years work experience in core essential responsibilities and duties.


• Result oriented, quality oriented individual with high level of integrity


• Able to work transparently with all team members


• Ability to motivate people and to ensure quality guidelines are being followed


• Open to change and learning new systems


• Effective planner and time conscious

• Conduct incoming shipment/delivery of quality inspections on all grain, cereals and other products


• Conduct quality checks on materials in production process


• Conduct daily pre-dispatch quality checks on all products leaving the company


• Conduct in store inspections to asses quality and handling of material in storage


• Organize fumigation and other necessary corrective measures where needed to preserve quality


• Provide accurate and timely quality reporting


• Manage and update all forms and record keeping of quality


• Oversee all on hold/reject products and ensure audit trails


• Ensure record keeping and filing is correct and consistent and that all records are following good manufacturing practices


• Management of quality manual systems and compliance


• Minimize waste and loss through poor handling and storage practices and facilitate a meeting of sign off on all products dumped due to poor quality


• Train other staff in performing quality inspections


• Participate in production of annual and monthly for quality department


• Compile reports from weekly samples of cereals and cereal products and prepare statistical spreadsheets and graphs for trend analysis


• Send product samples to outside labs for assurance testing and advise QAS on deviations of specifications


• Wok with production departments to fulfill prospective client requests for samples and analysis of products


• Attend industry events such as workshops, seminars, trainings where applicable and represent the company in professional manner


• Carry out other duties as assigned from time to time.

• Result oriented


• Quality oriented


• High level of integrity


• Able to work transparently with all team members


• Ability to motivate people and to ensure quality guidelines are being followed


• Open to change and learning new systems


• Effective planner


• Time conscious

• Bachelor food technology/science, biology, chemistry, microbiology etc.


• Minimum 2 years work experience in core essential responsibilities and duties.