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Job Location: Walkerville

Walkerville

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

We are a confectionery company founded 20+ years. Our Plant has been in operation for 16 years based in Walkerville. We are looking for a highly skilled person able to work in a fast-growing environment in an organised, intelligent way. Most importantly, we are looking for a person who is enthusiastic to be part of the Walkerville Plant team. The Quality Manager will manage resources available to ensure the business needs are met. Co-ordinate the activities of each area of the Department to ensure legality, safety, and quality to meet production and customers targets. Keep the management team aware of any issues regarding food safety, legality and customers complaints and make sure appropriate corrective actions are taken.

Main Responsibilities:

• Managing the overall quality agenda at the plant.
• Apply the Ferrero regional model for escalation, definition of priorities and strategic projects.
• Ensuring compliance of Ferrero South Africa with applicable food safety regulatory requirements, with the voluptuary certification schemes (FSSC22000 and ISO 9001), with Ferrero global Quality Requirements and Policies, and with Industry Best Practices.
• Managing and developing Quality staff
• Managing plant Quality budget
• Managing quality and food safety risks, product non-conformities, and issues on a daily basis
• Driving continuous improvement through management of CAPA and in close contact with the plant Industrial excellence program (FOX)
• Maintaining all the certifications required by the Group and clients (food safety, quality system, product system, ethic and religion, product). Implementing new certifications as required by group strategy.
• Connect with the markets for managing claims and feedbacks (consumer complaints, perceived quality, initiatives at regional level), both in relation to finished product and cocoa semi-finished shipped to other plants of the group.
• Implement projects and Action Plans for achieving objectives (KPIs).
• Gathers, applies and maintains updated all the internal regulations (Specifications, frameworks, Sampling plans) and external ones (voluntary and mandatory regulations) related to products, processes and linked structures
• Ensures the correct application of Ferrero Quality System, quality certifications and legal standards (marketability), in overall productive process
• Ensures the efficient and effective implementation, maintenance and application of Plant Quality System according to the Policy defined by Group Quality (product excellence, Food Safety, ISO 9001, ISO 22000 and to similar schemes required by the Group and clients), and based on the risk analysis according to HACCP method

Who we are looking for:

• National Diploma/Degree in Quality or Engineering Formal training in quality management system (ISO 9001; standard).
• At least 5-8 years’ relevant QA experience, 5 years of which must have been in a managerial capacity.
• Understanding current and emerging QC methodologies and principles.
• Knowledge of QC and systems related to production processes, standards, and procedures.

• Researching, analysing, and evaluating new QC methods and techniques.
• Interpreting and applying quality assurance policies and procedures.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are – dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.