Position Title: Qhse Manager
Employer: Lesaffre
Employment: Full-Time | Contract
Place of Work: Sebeta - Ethiopia
Posted date: 2 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
Position Overview
Directly reporting to the General Manager and working closely with the production team, you will ensure that the production of bread improvers and the packaging of dry yeasts is in compliance with customer requirements (quality, food safety, lead times), safety regulations, staff working conditions, and environmental standards at local, regional, and Group levels.
Key Responsibilities
Health and Safety
- Leading development of safety culture within the organization.
- Ensuring the occupational health & safety of working processes and conditions.
- Guaranteeing compliance with good practices, behavior, and procedures in terms of health and safety for production and baking personnel and visitors.
- Working with the MEA team on the follow-up and completion of the safety roadmap of the company.
- Organizing and providing necessary technical and organizational safety training for the team throughout the year.
- Observing, tracking, advising, preparing, and distributing the monthly occupational health and safety performance via KPIs for Group and MEA Region.
- Advising on health and safety to the country leadership team for sustainable health and safety performance.
- Leading accident investigations and publishing the Flash accident report.
- Following up on the efficiency of the existing health and safety management elements to ensure they are effectively in place.
Quality
- Ensuring the availability of control, measurement, and test results as defined in the control plan or deemed necessary for process and production control.
- Involved in the choice of raw materials suppliers (carrying out tests, etc.) and alerting any problems with suppliers.
- Performing audits of suppliers and external service providers. Participating in supplier risk analysis.
- Ensuring that product recipes are in accordance with the formulas submitted by the group.
- Ensuring that non-conformities (finished products, raw materials) are dealt with, analyzing discrepancies, finding the causes, and implementing corrective actions.
- Ensuring that the food safety protection devices are in constant operation and are in good condition.
- Investigating customer complaints and non-conformity issues (finding the causes, implementing corrective actions).
- Implementing the necessary certifications required and ensuring their renewal and daily application (GMP, HACCP, Group standards, Halal, etc.) and the interface with the corresponding authorities/institutions.
- Responsible for the HACCP team (Food Safety Management System).
- Acting as an internal auditor in maintenance, development, and auditing of the company quality and food safety system.
- Assisting in products releasing or suspending, especially being responsible for ingredients.
- Issuing products quality testing reports according to concerning procedures.
- Preparing and sending the samples to customers.
- Responsible for raw material control such as inspection, release, supporting documents management, complaints to the supplier, etc.
- Supporting in answering customers’ questionnaires and other requests on product quality and food safety.
- Assisting in the training for improving the awareness of quality, sanitation, and food safety for related personnel within the factory.
- Developing and maintaining an accurate documented quality and food safety system.
- Guaranteeing that the company is aligned with EFDA and IES standards and recommendations, ensuring the obtention and on-time renewal of all necessary certifications.
Management
- Releasing information on the field and in meetings with operators in terms of quality, safety, and results.
- Making feedback of team wishes concerning internal mobility, professional development, training, and professional projects.
- Reporting to the General Manager on team operations, particularly in cases involving breaches of internal regulations, potential damage to the company’s reputation, or risks to achieving established objectives.
- Managing the quality responsible (Annual interview, feedback, salary review, etc.).
Investments/Budget
- Proposing the operating budget (quality, hygiene, and safety) and monitoring it within the limit of the allocated amount.
- Implementing the selected projects, in liaison with the MEA Industrial Department.
Reporting
- Ensuring the feedback of data and comments for the month-end closing (safety, quality, etc.) and upon request of its hierarchy.
Lean
- Proposing and studying improvement actions (quality, food safety, productivity, reliability, health, and safety on site).
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Management, Business Administration, or a related field is a plus. Minimum 5 years of experience in occupational health and safety, ideally within the food industry.
Hard Skills
- Proficient in computer skills: Office 365, ERP of the company
- Ability to develop monitoring dashboards and KPIs
- Familiarity with project management
- Knowledge in quality culture, safety culture, lean culture
- Experience in team management (recruitment, AI, labor law, planning, etc.)
- Skilled in using equipment and tools in your workshop, applying food safety and hygiene rules
- Preferably holding NEBOSH IGC certification
Soft Skills
- Professional leadership
- Strong problem analysis and problem-solving skills
- Effective teambuilder and team worker
- Excellent time-management ability, result-oriented
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- High attention to detail
- Flexible and willing to learn
- Autonomous, can work under low supervision
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