Food Safety & Hygiene Manager Job in Kenya

Job Description

Company Profile: A multinational company that deals in the Manufacturing and Production of Nutritional and dairy products, coffee, tea, beverages, chocolate and confectionery
Reports to: Regional Quality Analyst Manager
Job Details
Main Responsibilities
Management responsibilities will be to:
 • Ensure implementation of Food safety programme as per guidelines, covering all type of food safety risks like Pathogens, chemical contaminants, allergens and foreign bodies in the factory;


• Review of HACCP in case of any change in the process/recipe, food safety incident, line/procedure modifications;
• Review Food safety related complaints and follow up on the corrective actions;
• Analyze the food safety related quality assurance parameter trends (like EB, FBs etc) to assess and improve the food safety programme.
Functional Responsibilities:
• The incumbent will be responsible for trending, reviewing & carrying out assessments in
1. Microbiology & particularly in pathogen monitoring
2. Chemical contaminants in (Raw/packaging materials & Finished products)
3. Allergens management
4. Nutritional composition of the products
• Involvement in foreign body prevention measures;
• Assessment of food safety management system at vendors and vendor audits;
• Ensure implementation, validation & verification of HACCP;
• Provide technical assistance for Food Safety issues to other factories including Water, Marketing, Food services, Supply chain, Purchasing etc
• Assist factory Quality Assurance, Production and Engineering to investigate Food safety related complaints;
• Review and assess food safety related complaints on monthly basis and analyze the trend for corrective actions;

The ideal candidate should possess the following skills and competencies:
• B.Sc. or MSc Degree in Food science / Microbiology/ Biochemistry or related field from a recognized university;
• Minimum 5 years experience in food safety (Microbiology, Chemical & allergen etc), preferably with an FMCG background;
• Excellent leaderships skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills with good relationship building skills;
• Ability to drive results and obtain information from a team;
• Self initiative and proactive;
• A proven team player with creative problem solving skills;

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line. Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted