Job Description
Overview
We are PepsiCo
PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive. Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.
In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.
Responsibilities
What we’re looking for:
We are looking for a Quality Assurance Supervisor to join our dynamic team. The main purpose is to motivate and guide a team of Lab Technicians in order to achieve required outputs against cost, quality, service and people. In addition a Quality Assurance Supervisor must have the ability to conduct trouble shooting and lead improvement projects to be able to deliver better than planned results.
Accountabilities
- To manage the laboratory testing as well as the staff compliment in the laboratories to ensure that the daily as well as weekly plan is on target.
- To ensure the optimum utilisation of shift labour by effective labour planning and training and development of employees
- To follow up on daily NCRs and ensure that the correct process is followed as per procedure including the signing off of NCRs
- To track effectiveness of product holds by ensuring communication with CDC and production teams
- To attend daily Quality Wall meetings – process and packaging.
- To ensure packaging quality is in place per shift: weigh control checks, packet quality assessment, case counts, date code checks during the shift.
- To sign off Lab calibration checks
- Provide feedback monthly on training and support requirements.
- To manage flavour changes in terms of Allergen management.
- To ensure food safety is maintained through metal detector verifications and audits.
- To ensure quality through auditing, investigations, troubleshooting, proposing corrective actions, and coordinating projects to foster continuous improvement.
- To facilitate a smooth shift as well as an efficient shift handover, ensuring that a comprehensive shift report is completed in line with the necessary requirements.
- To ensure that AIB, food safety and quality standards are maintained throughout.
- The jobholder must ensure that the achievement of the four KPI’s of cost, service, quality and people are maintained as per their PDR.
- To conduct job observations for improvement.
- To manage attendance daily including myHub, leave, sick leave.
- To manage career development discussions.
- To drive supplier quality assurance on site
Qualifications
What will qualify you for the role
- Relevant degree or diploma
- Computer literate, MS Office.
- Communication and Leadership Skills
- Food Safety & Quality Systems
- Science and Technology expertise.
- FMCG Environment
- Quality Systems Management.
- Quality Information Management.
- Problem Solving skills.
- Understanding of Manufacturing Quality Standards.
- Food Safety and Hygiene.
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“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act"