Quality Assurance Supervisor – Cereal at Johnvents Foods Limited

Job Summary

• The Quality Assurance Supervisor – Cereal is responsible for supervising in-line quality assurance activities within breakfast cereal production.
• The role ensures compliance with food safety standards, product specifications, and quality systems across all cereal manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise in-line QA activities across cereal production processes including extrusion, syrup preparation, drying, coating, and packaging.
• Ensure hourly monitoring and documentation of critical quality parameters during production.
• Verify raw materials and packaging materials before release for production use.
• Ensure only compliant finished products are released to the warehouse.
• Support QA Officers in in-line inspections and process control activities.
• Escalate quality deviations, food safety risks, and process abnormalities to the QA Manager.
• Monitor CCPs, GMP, hygiene, and sanitation compliance across production lines.
• Conduct routine checks on moisture, texture, weight, appearance, sealing integrity, and product consistency.
• Ensure proper sample retention, batch traceability, and accurate QA documentation.
• Support investigation of customer complaints and product non-conformances.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, FSSC 22000, and company SOPs.
• Coordinate with Production, Engineering, and Warehouse teams to ensure quality compliance.
• Participate in audits, CAPA implementation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• B.Sc. / HND in Food Science & Technology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Industrial Chemistry, or related discipline.
• 3–5 years FMCG manufacturing experience, preferably in breakfast cereal production.
• Strong understanding of cereal manufacturing processes (extrusion, drying, coating).
• Good knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP, GMP, FSSC 22000).
• Strong analytical, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Good leadership and supervisory ability.

Required Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of breakfast cereal production processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and process discipline
• Knowledge of food safety and quality systems
• Leadership and team supervision skills
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to work in a fast-paced FMCG environment.