QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER – FRUIT INDUSTRY – GAUTENG

This position is based at the Midrand stager with regular travelling inside and outside of Gauteng. The primary function of this position is to manage quality, stock and customer satisfaction related to the Midrand stager.

Responsibilities & Duties

1. Management of Gauteng staging operations and quality control of product

• Weekly reporting
• Daily visits
• Stock and inventory management
• Quality control of incoming and outgoing product
• Regular engagement with Stager as required
• Optimization of processes & protocols
• SOP measurements/audits
• Regular DC visits
• Engagement with the customer technical team

• Regular engagement with market agents
• Attend to quality and admin related matters
• Assist with enforcement of quality & brand specs
• Stock control

• Visit Northern Packhouses – Hoedspruit, Nelspruit, Burgersfort
• System optimization
• Manage accreditations and retailer requirements
• Packaging inventory management and quality of packing materials

• Assist with import/local program quality control
• Assist with enforcement of quality & brand specs
• Engage with retailer team on any quality challenges
• Investigate substandard product & packaging

• Visit stores to benchmark product
• Assist with the management of in store tasting
• Regular DC site visits with customer representatives
• Relationship management with resident customer quality team

Skills and Competencies

• Knowledge of fresh fruit quality assurance – preferably citrus
• Competency in systems and processes
• Good acumen continuous process improvement
• Leadership skills with the desire to further develop
• Team player
• Ability to travel and work remotely
• Attention to detail
• Strong administrative and reporting skills

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (BSc/Quality assurance/Business Administration)
• Minimum three years’ experience
• Driver’s license

Applications close on 30 April 2025.

Email CV in WORD format: cvs@agricruitment.co.za

Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks.

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