Quality Control Supervisor - Packaging at African Coffee Roasters EPZ Limited

Summary of the role

This position will be responsible for all quality variables for packaging materials: product development, online approval, incoming packaging materials, and finished products.

Materials

• Attend and monitor online approvals at the supplier’s premises.
• Conduct tests of all materials received against specifications before they go into production.
• Product development: samples description and analysis, generation, management, and follow-up.
• Liaising with sales, purchasing, and production teams to ensure that the final appearance and logistical usage of the packaging are considered.
• Running trials to check the packaging for suitability and testing for performance under various conditions.
• Record keeping of all incoming materials and status on quality.

Packaging process

• Carrying out inline quality checks like oxygen levels, leakage testing for sealing, and weight to ensure the quality level of the product during production.
• Carrying out the following checks before pallets are handed over to dispatch: front and back stickers, barcode stickers, print information, valve positioning, packet alignment, batch number, production date, expiry date, SSCC numbers, etc.
• Managing production samples throughout the process.
• Maintaining packaging testing R&D logs and data.
• Continuously checking the quality of the foil during packaging.
• Reviewing and conducting post-quality audits before products are released for dispatch.
• Help facilitate staling analysis on coffees in QC Archive along with Coffee QC.

Shipping

• Ensure all pallets are packed properly for dispatch.
• Ensure that all pallets have the right product ID, product description, weight, and other information like the number of cartons and units per pallet, EAN, etc.
• Any other tasks as will be required by management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in food science & technology or equivalent qualification and experience.
• At least 2 years of handling quality control of packaging
• Knowledge of food industry packaging and process requirements
• Strong regard for quality assurance
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications(Word, Excel, PPT, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.