Head of Quality & Food Safety at Fan Milk

Fan Milk (part of Danone Company) is a leading manufacturer and marketer of healthy, nutritious and safe frozen dairy and non-frozen dairy food products with distribution channels across the length and breadth of Nigeria. Fan Milk Nigeria is a well established and fast growing food processing industry offering wide range of products.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Quality & Food Safety

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job type: Full-time, Permanent
Work type: On-site

About the Job

• We are looking to hire a Talent to lead our Quality and Food Safety team as Head of Quality & Food Safety.
• He/She will develop and mobilize the local Quality & Food Safety (QFS) Strategy for the Nigeria business and lead end to end quality and food safety compliance & performance.
• This individual will be accountable and responsible for implementation, verification & continuous improvement of the Quality and Food Safety Management Systems, Culture of Quality and Quality and Food Safety Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• He/She will be the single point of contact in Nigeria for Quality and Food Safety.

Responsibilities
The candidate will be responsible for the following:

• As the custodian for Quality & Food Safety, brings value to the overall business unit, management & performance.
• Provide leadership to drive change, culture of quality and transformation.
• Ensure that Quality & Food Safety constitutes key strategic levers for the monitoring of the business.
• Boost sustainable and superior Quality from Raw and Pack to Finished Product, compliant with regulation, customer & consumer expectations, at every step of the product life.
• Develops, steers and maintains Quality & Food Safety Policy & systems, in accordance with Corporate & Division guidelines, including all stakeholders needs.
• Ensure compliance with existing food regulations.
• Manages budget related to the total CBU Quality function.
• Ensure consistent product food safety and quality and make it a lever of business developpement.
• Develop a strong Quality Mindset and product superiority culture, across all functions for all Danoners.

Requirements
The ideal candidate should have:

• Excellent interpersonal, conflict resolution, people & change management and leadership skills
• A degree in Food science and technology, Biochemistry, Microbiology or any other related discipline with at least 5-10 years’ leadership experience in a manufacturing environment (preferably Dairy, Foods)
• Knowledge of FSMS (FSSC 22000) and QMS is required
• Knowledge of six sigma and process capability improvement tools (TPM, WCM)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.