FMCG Company Quality Assurance Manager Job in Mombasa, Kenya

May 30, 2016

Our client a leading FMCG Company in East Africa is currently seeking to fill the position of a Quality Assurance Manager for its Mombasa Plant. 

The incumbent will be tasked with a duty to create and maintain value and consistency in Product and to reduce customer complaint, maintain quality, continuous improvement in system and quality to meet organization’s business / strategic objectives.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

• Oversee incoming raw material & packing material monitoring & controls, approvals for artwork/ new packing material/ new ingredient after evaluation


• Evaluation of supplier’s ability to meet standards, audits, trials, score card tracking and vendor development.


• Tracking & Processing control parameters to achieve final product requirement, its intermediate storage, and Final inspection to meet quality objectives.


• Ensure continuous Process improvement by providing technical inputs to processing, packaging, supply chain and marketing.


• Ensure food safety (GMPs, HACCP) related development to meet organization objectives and standard.


• Ensure continuous product development (Lab & plant trails) in line to organization short & long term objectives


• Act upon market complaint/ Feedback, root cause (basic cause analysis), preventive & corrective action, response to customer (internal & external)


• Participate in market sampling, survey, product benchmarking, and competition analysis.


• Training of plant / sales/ mkt/ SCM teams about product & product handling.


• Making standard Procedures, standard specifications (raw material, packing material, processing, packing, SCM, market complaint & returns.


• Management Representative for external / customer audits.


• Giving inputs and driving Quality Policy for the organisation.


• Coordinating other functional heads to support for their functional objectives.


• Ensuring GLP practices in department.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors in food technology / Higher National Diploma graduate with at least 10 years’ experience


• At least 8 Years’ experience in FMCG manufacturing plant for (preferably Edible Oils)


• Good knowledge of QMS and MUST have implemented such systems


• Good knowledge of Product, Process and Quality systems and practices.


• Knowledge of Oils and fats, food chemistry.

Email CV to marie.amanda@cdl.co.ke on or before 1st June 2016