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.