Food Technologist
Minimum Requirements
- Food Technologist diploma or post graduate degree with 2-5 years’ experience in the relevant food related field
- Strong understanding of Fresh Produce and category-specific legislation
- Ability to integrate food safety aspects into product development process
- Must be familiar with the applicable regulations (DALRRDFF); Standards (SANS), Labelling regulation R146 (DOH), Hygiene R638 General Hygiene requirements for Food premises, the transport of food and related matters (DOH) and industry related guidelines (CFA)
- Must be computer literate (MS Office Programmes)
Competencies
- Ability to constantly identify discrepancies, inconsistencies and mistakes.
- Controls Quality and Standards
- Results Orientation/Drive Initiative
- Be able to gather reviews and interprets information to identify trends, draw conclusions and generate appropriate responses
- Need to be able to work systematic, thorough and independently
- Ability to work together in a spirit of co-operation and teamwork
- Able to establish and maintain relationships with all stakeholders
- Always searches for improvement in order to achieve better results through new ideas, methods and approaches
- Positively influences the opinions, attitudes and behaviour of others
- Have good admin skills in relation to timely and accurate report writing, communication and summary collation.
Key Responsibilities
- Building Supplier relationships & verifying suppliers’ adherence to regulations, standards and PnP requirements
- Effective management of product and packaging information in terms of accuracy, relevance, availability and adherence by suppliers to specifications, regulations and PnP standards
- Ensure that quality and food safety standards are being maintained at all stages of the supply chain.
- Product Quality and Food Safety Management
- Quality assurance including product testing and product assessments
- Manage Customer complaints
- Ensure that product range remains up to date & relevant to industry and stays up to date with industry trends.
- Search for improvement in order to achieve better results through new ideas, methods and approaches.
- Assist with new product developments through factory trials, product analysis (chemical, microbiological and physical analysis), shelf life and packaging analysis
- Effective management of product specifications in terms of accuracy, relevance, availability and adherence by vendors.
- Maintain an organized category through time management, effective administration & saving onto SharePoint.
- Attend supplier meetings with buyers, providing supplier product or facility information.
- Conduct product benchmarking
- Store visits to assess quality
Closing Date: 31 May 2025
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