Packhouse Manager at Greenlands Agroproducers Ltd

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that the company quality policy is well understood and maintained by all staff involved in all stages of production process in terms of product safety, quality and legality.
• Ensuring that traceability is implemented and maintained in all stages of the production process and at all times.
• Monitoring and advising on all matters involving maintenance of the packhouse sanitation, personal hygiene, first aid and pest control services.
• Maintain the HACCP system that identifies all hazards associated with the products and following the monitoring systems and controls to reduce or eliminate the hazards.
• Identify and recommend training needs of the staff involved in ensuring product safety and quality.
• Doing investigations in case of a product complain or rejection by the clients and ensuring measures have been put in place to avoid a reoccurrence.
• Coordinate all the aspects of quality assessment audit such as BRC Global standard on food safety, internal audits and second party audits.
• Ensures that there is enough and efficient labour in running of daily packhouse activities.
• Ensures that raw material sourcing is done in an effective and efficient manner.
• Ensures proper planning is in place to meet daily customers' orders.
• Ensure that all packed products are well labeled as per customers' specification.
• Coordinate third party audits which include: BRC, GLOBAL GAR TN 10, GRASP and all other audits carried out by KEPHIS, HCDA and other regulatory bodies.
• Company systems auditor both farms and packhouse.
• Is the HACCP Team leader.

Knowledge/skills/Competencies

• Bsc. in Food Science and Technology/Agriculture related science or any other relevant field from a recognized university.
• 10 years’ experience in the food processing industry with 4 years’ experience as a Quality Manager and 2 years as a Packhouse Manager.
• Trained as a Lead auditor. HACCP. Internal Auditor, First aider, Health and safety among others.
• Must possess excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills
• Good Managerial/leadership and Organizational Skills