Quality Assurance Officer - Nyeri

Almasi Beverages Ltd is a company which was born out of a merger of three Coca-Cola bottling companies of Rift Valley Bottlers, Kisii Bottlers and Mount Kenya Bottlers. Almasi’s purpose is to increase shareholder value by manufacturing, packaging, distributing and selling Coca-Cola products. 

The company is currently integrating its operations to one seamless organization. We have an innovative Change strategy which focuses on strong distribution & manufacturing, selling and building a strong and capable workforce. Our new business architecture is that of a centralized Commercial function, devolved manufacturing and distribution for revenue generation and a strong centralized support function of HR, Finance, IT, Procurement, Risk; for the purpose of creating sharper focus, efficiency and effectiveness to enable us achieve a double digit growth in 2014 and beyond. We shall deliver all these through close collaboration with Coca-Cola, our shareholders and other key stakeholders both externally and internally, including our people. 

The closing date for applications is 14th August 2014.

Job Purpose:

To monitor and document all production operations, in compliance to the established regulatory and Company standards to ensure production of quality products.

Main Responsibilities:

• Examine all incoming materials (including water) to ensure that the standards are to the agreed specification for both quality and quantity
• Calibration of the various laboratory and the entire production equipment
• Prepare various statistical records, process and deduce recommended statistical ratios and indices as per requirements
• Perform various microbiological tests and come up with appropriate recommendation on corrective action
• Analysis of various retention samples as per Company standards
• Process consumer quality complaints as per Company standards
• Monitor the production processes to ensure that they are being carried out according to the approved methods and sanitary conditions and that finished product is being manufactured to specified quality standards
• Develop sanitization and hygiene procedures to continually improve standards within the plant
• To assist in the training, appraising and disciplining of Quality Control technicians to ensure continuation of the above
• Provide reports to the Quality Assurance Manager on plant performance on Quality Control KPIs on regular basis
• Supervise destruction of materials and products as necessary

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology or related
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a busy manufacturing environment, one of which must be in supervisory position.

Key Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Action and results oriented
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Good problem solving and conflict management skills
• Good supervisory and administration skills

The specific location for this position is NYERI

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