Quality and Food Safety Manager


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Job Title: Quality and Food Safety Manager
Location: Brits, International/Other

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Career Type: Medical/Health/Safety
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Quality & Food Safety Manager

Location: South Africa

Employment Type: Full-time


The Role

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Quality & ISO Manager to lead, maintain and continuously improve Quality and Food Safety Management Systems within a manufacturing environment.

This role is responsible for ensuring that products, processes and operational activities comply with customer requirements, applicable ISO standards, food safety requirements, internal procedures and regulatory obligations. The successful candidate will work closely with production, receiving, laboratory, logistics, suppliers and other key stakeholders to drive a strong culture of quality, compliance, food safety and continuous improvement.

Your Responsibilities
  • Lead, implement, maintain and continuously improve the Quality and Food Safety Management System.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable ISO standards, food safety standards, customer requirements and regulatory obligations.
  • Manage internal audit programmes, non-conformances, corrective and preventive actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Lead and maintain HACCP programmes, GMP standards and prerequisite programmes.
  • Oversee quality control activities for incoming raw materials, production processes, packaging and finished products.
  • Monitor product quality trends, food safety risks, customer complaints, returns and non-conforming products.
  • Support compliance of product labels, packaging information and related documentation.
  • Oversee laboratory quality activities, including testing procedures, calibration, equipment controls and analytical processes.
  • Monitor, analyse and report on quality and food safety performance indicators.
  • Identify opportunities to improve processes, reduce risk and strengthen compliance.
  • Develop, coach and support employees on quality, food safety, HACCP, GMP and ISO requirements.
  • Collaborate with suppliers, service providers, third-party partners, customers and regulatory authorities on quality-related matters.
  • Promote a proactive quality and food safety culture across the site.
Your Profile

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Quality, Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Engineering or a related field.
  • ISO 9001 and/or ISO 22000 certification or relevant training.
  • HACCP training.
  • Internal auditing qualification or proven internal auditing experience.
Experience and Knowledge
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in a quality and food safety supervisory or management role.
  • Experience within a manufacturing, production or food-related environment.
  • Strong knowledge of Quality and Food Safety Management Systems.
  • Practical understanding of HACCP, GMP, prerequisite programmes and internal auditing.
  • Good knowledge of applicable quality, food safety and regulatory requirements.
  • Laboratory knowledge, including quality testing, calibration and analytical processes.
  • Strong problem-solving, root-cause analysis and corrective action management skills.
  • Experience managing customer complaints, supplier quality issues and non-conforming products.
Your Strengths
  • Strong leadership and team collaboration skills.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability.
  • High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure.
  • Proactive approach to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
  • Strong work ethic and commitment to quality, compliance and food safety.
Key Stakeholders

This role will work closely with site management, quality and laboratory teams, production, receiving, logistics, suppliers, customers, service providers, third-party partners and regulatory authorities.

Join Us

If you are an experienced quality and food safety professional who is passionate about continuous improvement, operational excellence and building a strong quality culture, we would like to hear from you. Apply now and be part of a team committed to delivering safe, compliant and high-quality products.

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Job Post Date: 09/09/26
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