Products Supervisor at Legendary Foods Africa

Role Description: Legendary Foods Ltd. is looking for a passionate  person to manage processing operations of its products.

Qualifications and skills

• A degree in Food science and technology, Food processing engineering or any related field with 2 or more years of work experience in food processing, food and beverage industry
• Must have a strong leadership experience
• Scheduling and routine production activities
• Inventory management and production plan scheduling
• Strong understanding of food safety principles
• Running food quality control checks and updating quality assurance documentations
• Implementation of food quality management systems such as HACCP and ISO
• Strong problem solving skills relating to food processing, quality and safety issues
• Strong usage ability of Word and Excel
• Must have experience managing a team for a minimum of 12 months
• Must have strong verbal and oral communication
• Must have the ability to report on one’s activities in written and electronic format and the activities of their team
• Must have customer service experience
• Must be self-disciplined and have high integrity

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of at least 6 members to prepare products, manage inventory and be efficient to maximize sales
• Train and retrain processing staff, implement protocol changes across a team and departments
• Following recipe in making of dishes with consistency in taste, appearance, and presentation. o Running quality control checks and updating quality assurance documentations
• Support for establishment and maintenance food safety systems
• Innovate new products that can generate a profit margin; i.e. restructure menu
• Run processing facility operations and keep facility in order
• Act as the first line of support for troubleshooting should processing and food quality issue arise
• Conduct sensory evaluations o Liaise with labs to conduct necessary lab tests
• Document & organize information such as: health & safety instances, protocols, protocol changes, recipes, sensory feedback, customer feedback
• Track raw materials, finished products and packaging materials’ inventories
• Prepare existing and new products under strict hygienic protocols
•  Innovate packaging ideas for different sales channels
• Innovate process to optimize efficiency of personnel, ingredients & time
• Provide support to sales staff
• Provide support to product development staff
• Provide support to business development operations
• Additional desired qualities o Food safety certifications
• Ability to work with little or no supervision o Driving skills