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RESPONSIBLE TO: HEAD – QUALITY ASSURANCE

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITY
Responsible for managing, coordinating and executing all packaging development/improvement initiatives. Also provide technical research and support on all new packaging development to meet customers’ requirement profitably, while ensuring Good Manufacturing Practices.

MAIN FUNCTIONS

• Manage all packaging development initiatives with the Group Packaging team, local Marketing team and external strategic partners.
• Coordinate and facilitate plant trials and new packaging development start up, working with vendors/suppliers.
• Ensure that all packaging materials meant for production use are suitable and certified okay.
• Manage and oversees packaging test, shelf life testing, label legal claims and packaging specifications.
• Ensure that the M&E team as well as other team members receive development initiatives feedback regularly.
• Ensure periodic verification/calibration of all packaging machine in the factory with the M&E team for consistency in packaging quality, control of variances and production efficiency.
• Carry out periodic online quality checks/tests and advise the production team to make adjustments, preventive/corrective measures where necessary for conformity to packaging specifications.
• Ensure that samples of the finished products are taken for packaging analyses and evaluate the results before the products are released to trade.
• Make available packaging dummy for NAFDAC packaging verification before commercial run
• Manage and maintain records of all bar code allocation for all packaging element.
• Verify all packaging artwork, KLD adaptation and PIFA for all vendors/supplier prior to colour cylinder approval.

3. RELEVANT INFORMATION

• A good university degree in Food Science & Tech, Chemistry or Physics with a minimum of 5 years practical experience in a food manufacturing or packaging company.
• An innovative, skillful and self-motivated team player.
• Analytically minded, and proficient in the use Windows.