Technical & Quality Manager
Exceed Human Resource Consultants
- Bellville, Cape Town
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop, implement, and maintain robust quality assurance systems across all produce lines;
- Ensure compliance with all relevant food safety regulations, certifications (e.g., Global G.A.P., BRC, HACCP), and customer specific standards;
- Oversee and manage all product inspections, customer-specific standards, cold chain integrity, packaging standards including labelling, and post-harvest handling protocols;
- Ensure Packhouses have the correct packaging and labels;
- Lead customer audits and visits, managing non-conformances and corrective actions proactively;
- Oversee customer audits requirements and renewal of specifications and MRL Levels/Legislation;
- Monitor the timing of supplier residue analysis and analise results to fall within requirement of target market weekly;
- Weekly analysis of customer quality data and compilation of grower annual review report;
- Full quality data management on customer reports:
- Analysis and evaluation
- Distribution and good record keeping of information
- Follow-up communication
- Assistance with claim evaluations and quantification
- Temperature download analysis
- Continuous populating of weekly arrival reports for communication to growers
- Analyse all relevant data such as:
- Farms (quantity and quality)
- Varieties
- The cold chain
- Packaging
- Transit time
- Arrival quality
- Pullout quantities
- Packing and resorting quantities;
- Quality and management (controlables) related claims.
- Collection of historical data from producer;
- Ensure alignment of marketing plans, preparation, and farm quality with standards, covering:
- Pruning practices
- Canopy management
- Harvest control
- Color treatment
- Harvest preparation & process
- Post-harvest treatment
- Identify and explore new opportunities, varieties, and trials
- Conduct research and recommend new block/variety establishment
- Assess farm blocks to identify challenges and opportunities
- Classify blocks based on quality-identifying those with issues for specific markets and those with premium potential for high-value markets.
- Packaging Management
- People Management
- Customer & Supplier Interface
- Strategic & Operational Responsibilities
- Internal Audits
- Tertiary qualification in Agriculture (Degree or Diploma)
- Minimum 8 years' experience in fruit industry and farming
- Fresh product knowledge (Included but not limited: Table grape, citrus, blueberry , tomatoes, peppers and onion)
- Understanding the dynamics and interaction of fruit production, packaging, supply chain and marketing
- Knowledge of Paltrack, Dipar or QX system will be advantageous.
- Email your comprehensive CV to
- If you are already registered, please forward your CV and the relevant reference number to the consultant with whom you are currently registered in order to avoid duplicity on our system.
- We reserve the right to only conduct interviews with candidates of choice.
- Applicants who have not received feedback within 30 days from the closing date must please accept their application as unsuccessful.
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