Key Responsibilities:
Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Food Safety duties
Manage the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of FSMS.  Promote food safety culture.
Coordinate changes within FSMS and ensure improvements are made
Responsible for managing and organise the work of the food safety team
Manage and coordinate activities from Department - VPH, FSA and Veterinarians
Facilitate Department of Veterinary health and FSA audits.  Coordinate HAS Audits
Feedback on corrections, corrective actions, and implementation of latter on HAS audits and HMS
Coordinate the activities related to abattoir with regards to feedlot and feedback to management
Ensure that activities related to verification is managed, controlled, and updated when required.
Ensure that all the relevant training is performed in line with needs analysis and that competency is verified
Responsible for ensuring that all FSMS communication is managed to all staff and management
Report to top management on the effectiveness of the FSMS as well as suitability to improve the FSMS
Facilitate management review meetings
Establish communication channels to address FSMS on all levels
Adherence to the duties and responsibilities set out in Food Safety Team Protocols
Ensure overall quality of products are maintained and comply with set specifications
Prepare reports for each test performance for measuring product quality, quantity, and composition for certificate of analysis
Management of quality control and QA activities
Responsible for setting quality standards and communicating with the quality control staff
Trending of all activities.  Analyzing verification activities
Coordinate inputs from external experts and advisors
Preparation and communication of non-conformance reports and communicating to relevant parties.
Arrange, coordinate, and participate in external audits (FSSC, HALAAL, HAS, WW&PPECB), internal audits, and customer audits.
Remain up to date with all relevant Legislation as well as standards and/or customer requirements
Ensuring and management of compliance to all relevant religious certification requirements