Quality Control Manager (Rice Farming and Milling Company) at Stresert Services Limited

Location: Kogi (Site accommodation available)

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for quality checks for better production and high yield during processing;
• 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;
• Develop, plan and implement quality systems to meet Food Safety standards;
• 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;
• Continuously improve quality awareness and standards including sensory evaluation of raw materials, intermediates and finished goods;
• Setup, maintain and operate lab to meet all requirements of testing of incoming, in-process and finished goods consistently;
• Coordination with external laboratories and external calibration agencies for all testing requirements and new methods;
• Support vendor quality improvement programs and looking for opportunities for improvement with vendors;
• Overall responsibility for managing the quality of rice milling operations;
• Perform Quality incident investigation and corrective actions;
• Monitoring end-to-end QA process and logistics;
• Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.

Additional Qualification/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree/HND, or M.Sc.;
• At least 7 years experience in the food industry; particularly rice milling
• Food Science/Technology or other related courses;
• Good communication skills;
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
• Thorough knowledge of food safety systems, GMP, GLP, Auditing, Compliance, Training, Food testing (including sensory), basic regulatory knowledge;
• Ability to independently develop standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for routine analysis of products (e.g. basic panels – protein, moisture, carbohydrate, ash, etc.);
• Conduct routine chemical and compositional analysis of new and existing product lines;
• Deploy and operate analytical equipment in the laboratory, as well as identify areas for expansion or improvement of our analytical capabilities;
• Provide routine quality control oversight and input to manufacturing units to ensure establishment, maintenance and/or compliance with standards;
• Interface with external laboratories and service providers to supplement our in-house analytical capability;
• Provide reasoned and commercially relevant advice to management on ways to continually enhance in-house analytical capability.