Quality Assurance Manager position at PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc

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We are currently recruiting for the Position of:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager
Location: Lagos
The Role:
The Successful candidate will be required to:

• Effective Site Quality Assurance and Management System.
• Ensure appropriate testing procedures are introduced to maintain cost effective Q.A/Q.C within the factories.
• Ensure Bill of Materials for new products and improved current products and packaging are generated accurately and promptly using PLM system.
• Initiate HACCP programme for new lines/products and review existing HACCP system.
• Work closely with functional managers to investigate and resolve quality issues arising through customer complaints or internal problems and recommend to management procedures or methods that needs to be introduced or corrected.
• Identify relevant QA training needs and opportunities for the staff members. 
• To continuously improve products/service compliance to standards and specifications.
• To continuously satisfy external and internal customers.
• Standardization of Quality Assurance Systems in both the factories where applicable.
• Successful implementation, certification and subsequent maintenance of ISO 22,000 certification.
• Successful transition of "paperless" automated quality system.
• Timely and accurate results from laboratories.
• Timely and effective quality investigations and studies.
• Hygiene and housekeeping standards.
• Signed-off and implemented preventive actions.
• Halt production, quarantine, reject and recall non-complying product or product suspected of non-compliance at any time.
• Agree specifications on raw materials and support packaging department in maintaining and improving standards.

The Person:
The Right candidate must possess:

• M.Sc./B.Sc. in any food science discipline
• Have minimum of 6 years of hands on work experience in Quality Control and Assurance.
• Have detailed knowledge of all Food Testing procedures, methods and laboratory equipment used.
• Have knowledge of preparing for and handling regulatory agencies during their visits to company and support scale up trials will be advantageous. 
• Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values - COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS.
• Have a significant understanding of Quality Assurance and Quality Management system operations.
• Have a good knowledge of handling of Customer complaints and Bill of Materials management.
• Have a fair knowledge of food technology, statistical analysis, reports presentations together with understanding of computer skills.

Method of Application
Qualified and Interested candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected] using Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Application Deadline 20th December, 2013.

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