Olam International Limited is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Quality and Nutrition Manager
Location: Kaduna
Job Description
- The Quality & Nutrition Manager is ensuring compliance to quality norms, policies and procedures of the company with the objective of achieving a quality culture to achieve consistent quality with zero defect in collaboration with all stakeholders by constantly developing, planning and implementing quality systems & processes and training of plant personnel.
Key Deliverables
Quality Assurance:
- Develop, plan and implement quality systems to meet Food Safety standards in line with GFSI guidelines.
- Ensure food safety requirements including PRPs, audit processes (factory, market, warehouse, etc.), conducting root cause analysis, implementing corrective action plan, review compliance status for all the quality related observations and lead the process of sharing observations with all stakeholders for implementation/closure.
- Closely interact with other functions including R&D, Manufacturing, Sourcing, etc., and seek their inputs on improvement/ development of Quality Systems and Processes. Setup, maintain and operate lab to meet all requirements of testing of incoming, in-process and finished goods consistently.
Nutrition:
- Has a strong knowledge about the nutritional properties and quality specifications of different raw materials and feed additives used in the feed industry.
- Knowledgeable about the quality control system used in the animal feed industry (NIR, wet chemistry proximate analysis, process control, and in-market quality).
New Projects and cost efficiency programs:
- Liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers working with Plant Head to implement the company’s policies and goals seek to challenge their costs and performance to ensure cheap yet quality service.
Requirements
- Having a Master’s Degree in Animal or Nutritional Sciences with around 10-15 years of experience in food industry.
- Good communication skills, strong analytical and problem solving skills, assertiveness, negotiating capability. Thorough Knowledge of Food Safety systems, GMP, GLP, Auditing, Compliance, Training, Food testing (including sensory), basic regulatory knowledge.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
About Olam International:
Olam International is a renowned food and agribusiness that serves more than 19,800 clients globally by providing food, ingredients, feed, and fibre. With business in farming, processing, and distribution as well as a sourcing network of 4.8 million farmers, our value chain encompasses more than 60 nations. Olam seeks to address the numerous issues associated with meeting the demands of a growing global population while delivering good effect for farming communities, our planet, and all of our stakeholders through our objective to “Re-imagine Global Agriculture and Food Systems.” Olam, a Singapore-based company with a Singapore stock exchange listing, is now among the top 30 largest primary listed firms on the SGX-ST in terms of market capitalization.