Quality Assurance Supervisor Featured

BPIL is looking to recruit a suitable candidate for the position below:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Supervisor

Reports To: Quality Assurance Manager

Duty station: Kigunga – Mukono

Job purpose:

The purpose of the role is to ensure compliance to food safety management systems, good systems, Good and safety

practices across the entire Feed mill operations and outlets/ shops.

Key Responsibilities:

• Submits weekly quality report to Quality Assurance Manager to solve work-related problems and review weekly performance on quality matters.
• Supervise and coordinate quality activities of workers engaged in Poultry feeds processing at the feed mill.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in cleaning the feed mill and waste collection area to ensure high quality of the products, facility and environment.
• Direct workers in quality assurance audits and inspection including scheduling and sample submission for laboratory testing at the feed mill.
• Reports results of verification activities and Food Safety Systems updating activities to quality assurance manager monthly.
• Monitors compliance with food safety, health and safety rules by the general feed mill staff, visitors and contractors.
• Accomplishes quality assurance human resource objectives by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, and disciplining employees, communicating job expectations and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned and as per the company Food Safety Management Systems which cuts across the organization.
• Ensures good Environmental, Health and safety practices at all times and monitors and submits weekly reports to the Quality Assurance Manager.
• Ensures good personnel and Plant hygiene practices at the feed mill at all times.
• Monitors analytical and performance trends of the microbiology and analytical tests of key tests (Boiler, NIR and Farm audit reports in time)

Education:

• A minimum of a diploma in food science biochemistry
• ISO training and Food safety management

Skills and Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in quality assurance in an FMCG environment
• Quality inspection, auditing and testing experience.
• Experience in enforcing SOPs
• Ability to supervise and coordinate quality assurance activities
• Data capture and reporting skills
• Training and mentoring skills
• Excellent monitoring skills
• Good verbal communication and presentation skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and within a big dynamic team
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage a complex workload and work to tight deadlines
• Time Management.
• High level of honesty and integrity
• Conflict management and problem-solving skills

Competencies:

The ideal candidate should demonstrate the following BPIL High Performance Behaviors:

• Common purpose
• Open communication
• Setting and Achieving Targets
• Sense of Urgency & Agility
• Accountability
• Collaborate Effectively
• Result-Driven Mindset
• Trust & Mutual Respect
• Customer Focused
• Innovation & Continuous Learning
• Sense of Belonging