Main accountabilities

• Drafting and reviewing procedures and policies needed for Quality, food safety, SGC, Social Accountability management of international standards; SGC, ETI, BRC, FSSC.
• Planning and coordinating both internal and external audits for food safety management system, sustainably grown certification, social audits.
• Monitoring supplier compliance with social and food safety standards.
• Reporting to top management on the performance and any need for improvement of all management systems.
• Management systems meetings-Organise, attend, take minutes, distribute minutes and file corresponding documentation.
• Proactively communicating regulatory code changes to management team, reviewing company processes and operations to avoid compliance issues.
• Tracking and monitoring company compliance to applicable regulatory/ statutory and international standards requirements.
• Managing document systems both in Q-pulse and on hard copies to ensure correct versions are in use and issue numbers to new documents and records.
• Managing and follow up of WIBA Compensation.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, audits, and corrective actions.
• Monitoring compliance with labor laws, human rights standards, and ethical sourcing policies.
• Support social audits (e.g Sedex, SMETA, etc.).

Requirements

The ideal candidate should meet the following requirements:

• University Degree in Food Science, Social sciences, Environmental Science or Agriculture
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the same capacity.
• Good management system knowledge in HACCP, FSSC 22000, IFS or BRC, SGC and SA 8000.
• Lead Auditor in FSSC 22000/ISO 14001:2015/Sustainably Grown Certification
• Fair Knowledge of local and international laws, regulations and directives for a food establishment.
• PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual)
• Sedex/SMETA or SA8000 training