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

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 candidate’s 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