Plant Quality Supervisor

Objective

To supervise all activities related to the quality assurance of seed products at the processing plant and advise the supply team on measures to improve quality results during seed processing.

Responsibilities

• Promote an actively caring culture for safety amongst all personnel, contractors and visitors.
• Give technical advice to plant supervisors and operators regarding processing activities in order to maintain high seed quality during processing.
• Coordinate the implementation and upkeep of the quality management system in the plant.
• Assist in the collection of reliable data which can be applied in continual improvement for plant and seed processing activities.
• Collect reliable post-control data and analyze it in order to allow proactive remedial actions where necessary and the application of such data for continual improvement of seed and plant quality.
• Continuously monitor plant production processes from receiving to final product to ensure that a high standard of quality is maintained.
• Generate reports and incident rates required for the evaluation and measurement in the quality program.
• Collaborate with site personnel on internal/external audits, trending efforts, non-conformance investigations and associated corrective and/or preventive action.
• Participates in plant operations such as packaging, warehouse / inventory management / distribution, carryover, etc.
• Responsible for the following up regarding quality testing: sample submission and batch results follow up.

Minimum Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Science or related field.
• Must have at least 1 year experience in a similar capacity from a recognized institution.
• Must be fluent in English.
• Must know how to use MS Office software (Excel, E-mail, Word, Project etc.).
• Should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Should possess analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Should possess strong work ethic and be flexible to work across the departments functional areas.
• Should be able to positively influence others and deliver results.

Interested and qualified applicants should send their resumes to [email protected] before 23rd April 2018, with the position title as the email subject. Please ensure that you mention www.gozambiajobs.com as the source of this job advertisement.