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Reporting to Senior Technical Support Manager, Senior Quality Specialist will provide Quality Management System support to processors with an objective to assist them to achieve improved Quality of Finished products through proper designing & implementation of various QMS tools & GMP systems.
S/he will identify the gaps in existing systems and suggest a plan to improve it which will ultimately lead to better quality products. S/he will support implementation of a tailored action plan with each processing unit to address those gaps as per agreed goals and milestones.
Primary Functions & Responsibilities
Provide support to a portfolio of up to five processors to build robust QMS to address specific constraints related to quality system & practices in particular sections of cashew processing (warehousing, calibration, steam cooking, shelling, oven drying, peeling, grading, fumigation, packing, and storage)
Assist processors to optimize the grade parity of cashew kernels and minimize the losses
Compile, analyze, and report data on progress of processing units with key internal and external stakeholders
Lead the training and development programs of processors staff as well as key participants of the broader cashew processing ecosystem
Ensure that women and other disadvantaged groups are sustainably integrated into quality activities
Support processing units to attain their traceability and various certification objectives
Support processors to implement improved environmental practices, including effective waste management
Support the establishment of processing units for cashew byproducts
Supervision of quality control on shop-floor
Implementation of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) & QMS
Audit of the process controls points and GAP analysis to prepare improvement plans
Improvement in grade parity of cashew kernels.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor degree in Science/Chemistry/ Microbiology/ Bio-Chemistry with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in food processing.
Alternatively, 3 years’ experience with a Masters’ degree.
A minimum of 3 years’ in quality management experience including managing individuals and teams with diverse backgrounds, quality control on shop-floor, implementation of food safety management system (fsms) & quality management system (qms).
Knowledge and experience on audit of the Process controls points and GAP analysis to prepare improvement plans and Improvement in grade parity of Cashew Kernels.
Experience in food/cashew processing in Nigeria is must.
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