Quality Supervisor - IM-PET

ALPLA Group; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

ALPLA Group is seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor in Randburg, Gauteng. The role involves leading a quality control team, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and maintaining customer relations. Candidates should have a degree in science, at least five years of relevant experience, strong leadership skills, and proficiency in quality testing equipment. Benefits include a market-related salary, professional growth opportunities, and supporting programs.

Benefits

Market-Related Salary

Pension Benefit

Medical Aid

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of work experience in Quality Control and Assurance.
• Ability to manage customer relations effectively.
• Self-motivated with strong proficiency in MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with quality and food safety standards.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and corrective action responses.
• Lead quality staff meetings and manage team efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Customer Relations

Organizational Skills

Communication

Education

4-year degree in chemistry or science

Tools

Physical lab testing equipment

Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

Job description

What You Will Enjoy Doing

Main tasks & responsibilities:

Measurement and Testing

• Ensure that all required measurements per internal and customer-specified requirements (dimensional, functional and visual attributes), are performed and recorded according to schedule.
• Maintain optimum performance and internal calibration checks on quality-related equipment
  
  

Customer Relationship Management regarding Quality issues

• Work with production and customers to determine optimized process settings to meet specified requirements (specifically during the sampling and product qualification process).
  
  

Quality and Food Safety Systems

• Ensure compliance with all statutory (ISO 9001 quality management system and FSSC 22000 food safety management system) and other ALPLA system requirements.
• Assist in hazard analysis and HACCP program, as well as PRP assessments and implementation of corrective actions.
  
  

Documentation

• Maintain signed customer product specifications.
• Develop and maintain all internal product and packaging specifications.
• Facilitator of Root Cause Analysis process by involving relevant departments in developing appropriate corrective action responses.
  
  

Quality Control

• Assess and ensure that test plans cover all the statutory, customer and internal requirements.
• Monitor and trend online testing through daily checks of SPC data analysis.
• Responsible for promoting quality and Food Safety mindset in all plant employees; perform routine line inspections / assessments in area of responsibility.
  
  

Colour of products

• Responsible for ensuring that appropriate colour matching occurs with each new product start-up.
  
  

People Management

• Live the ALPLA identity and lead by example.
• Regularly schedule quality staff meetings with the team.
• Ensure the team works together as efficiently as possible.
• Recruit (with HR) new employees in their area of responsibility.
  
  

What makes you great

• 4-year degree preferably in chemistry or science area or equivalent experience
• Experience with physical lab testing equipment, callipers, scales, digital height gauge and compression force testing equipment and with Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM).
• At least 5 years of work experience in Quality Control and Assurance and Food Safety combined with a demonstrated track-record of accomplishments as a QA Supervisor, preferably in the manufacturing environment.
• Proven track of leading people and passion for developing employees.
• Highly self-motivated and self-driven
• Profound MS Office skills (Excel, Word etc.).
• Ability to work well with other departments.
• Ability to manage Customer Relations.
• Able to handle multi-task environments with excellent organizational skills.
• Profound English and local language skills.
  
  

What you can expect working with us

What You Get In Return

• Market-Related Salary
• Professional working environment with Global Exposure
• Pension Benefit
• Medical Aid
• Employee Assistance Program
• We facilitate a smooth start through individual and accurate training and professional guidance and support.
• We offer you a challenging task with a high degree of personal responsibility.