Senior Quality Assurance Lead

1 week ago

Philippines Talent Flare Full time

Please note this role requires the successful candidate to relocate to Espiritu Santo.

Forney Enterprises is seeking a highly skilled and certified Senior Quality Assurance Specialist to support the development and maintenance of the Quality Management System at site, ensuring through actions and observations that Food Safety System is compliant to SQF v10 and product quality risks are identified and mitigated. The role interacts continuously with production from operational level through to supervisory and management with the goal of keeping Quality embedded into culture.

Key Responsibilities

QMS Development:

Support the QA manager in the development and implementation of Quality Systems compliance with the requirements of SQF v10.

Quality and Compliance:

  • Work with Production to maintain product quality, hygiene and traceability. Identify potential shortcomings and report to manager for Risk Assessment and CAPA.
  • Undertake internal audits of QMS elements to ensure ongoing compliance to SQF requirements.
  • Support external audits and inspections with accurate records and corrective actions.
  • Review and analyse quality data to identify and report trends.
  • Generate and refine QMS documentation and support compliance to the document control system
  • Investigate root cause of customer complains and other product quality deviations. Propose appropriate, effective solutions and verify their implementation
  • Deliver Food Safety and GMP training to employees across the business and continuously reinforce standards
  • Support process development as required through generation of experimental protocols and interpretation of experimental data to support business decisions

Production Oversight:

  • Overview incoming daily kava quality, providing guidance to kava sorting team leads.
  • Ensure hygiene and GMP standards are maintained throughout the plan
  • Monitor daily product compliance to Food Safety standards. Report non-conformances and track resolution
  • Supervise, train and mentor team leads and production supervisory staff in GMP and maintenance of GMP standards

Ideal Candidate Profile

Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Microbiology or related field
  • GFSI (HACCP, SQF, BRC) qualification with SQF strongly desirable

Technical Experience

  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in food quality assurance in a GFSI accredited business, with at least 5 years in a quality supervisory role.
  • Experience in powder handling and/or vegetable processing
  • Experience in an export focused business, particularly export to the USA is highly desirable.
  • Competitive expatriate salary package.
  • Long-term career development and leadership opportunities.

About Forney Enterprises:

Forney Enterprise kava exporters is a family owned and operated business, established in 2005 and located on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. We are the largest kava processing factory and exporter of kava powders in the world.

Our Vision is:

To lead universal appreciation for the highest quality noble Kava products through innovation and technological advancement whilst preserving the rich cultural Vanuatu communities and the traditions they uphold.

Our company values are:

Positivity – Quality – Sustainability - Honesty

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Quality Assurance and Manufacturing

Industries: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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