Food Safety & Quality Assurance Associate at Vendease

Vendease is a fast-moving consumer goods e-procurement platform for B2B clients in Nigeria, with a mission to ensure hotels & restaurants are free to focus on catering for their customers. We take the problem of food supply-availability and quality off restaurant owners, so that they can focus on serving their customers. As an online marketplace, we give restaurants the opportunity to buy everything they need remotely and seamlessly from anywhere in the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Food Safety & Quality Assurance Associate

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Specifying quality requirements of Vendease supplier.
• Assessing customer requirements and ensuring that these are met.
• Investigating and setting standards for quality and health safety for Vendease.
• Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with specifications and standards.
• Implement improvements to storage processes that lead to overall increases in product quality.
• Ensure compliance to raw material standards through maintenance of good supplier control.
• Provide and maintain a safe work environment by ensuring quality assurance practice, good hygiene practice, and good housekeeping practice in the warehouse.
• Train other employees (e.g. Inventory, Warehouse, Logistics, Fulfilment Officers) for quality management systems and hygiene practices.
• Carry out periodic compliance audits of warehouse staff, operations, and equipment in relation to quality and hygiene standards.
• Carry out sensory evaluation and shelf life analysis on finished products.

Job Requirements

• B.Sc in Microbiology, Food Science, Industrial Chemistry and other related field
• Available to resume immediately
• 2 - 4 years experience in Food Safety & Quality Assurance in a hospitality or food industry
• Good time management
• Strong communication skills (both written and oral) 
• Proactiveness and ability to take initiative
• Natural ability to interact with people from various backgrounds and various levels
• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving
• Experience in food handling
• Strong knowledge of food quality standards.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online