Food Safety Consultant

To start January 2025

Email your CV to recruit@onlinepersonnel.co.za

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Diploma/Degree in a food-related field such as Food Technology, Agriculture, Consumer Science or Microbiology

• Excellent understanding of food safety systems such as FSSC 22000, BRCGS, GLBALG.A.P and SIZA

• Trained Food Safety Lead Auditor highly advantageous

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a food environment

• Willing to travel if required

• Candidate must be highly organized and detail-oriented

• Excellent communication skills essential

• Proficient in writing and presentation skills at a professional level

• Comfortable training and consulting with all levels within an organisation

• Communicate comfortably in English and Afrikaans – fully bilingual

• Good at project management, general workload planning and time management

• Intermediate computer literacy in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Willing to learn and master the implementation of new compliance management software system for clients

Key Performance Areas:

• Develop detailed tailored project plans in line with project proposals for all implementation project

• Manage the implementation projects to ensure that the project runs efficiently within the timelines and deliverables as per project proposal

• Develop, create, update and tailor compliance documents and checklists per project to ensure the documents are of a professional standard and will be practical for the client as well as meet the relevant compliance standard

• Conduct gap audits, internal audits, hygiene audits and readiness audits of a professional standard and ensure that reports are submitted within 5 working days from conducting the audit

• Prepare for, manage and facilitate training interventions to ensure that every intervention is of a professional standard, and that delegate feedback is positive

• Complete learner assessments according to company assessment procedures and process

• Ensure that all portfolios and batch QMS are completed correctly and submitted within required timeframes

• Attend weekly planning sessions

• Co-ordinate and plan the training and consulting schedule together with the Marketing and Sales Manager

• Liaise with the clients in advance to confirm planned consultations

• Prepare for each consultation with clients to ensure that billable time spent with the clients is spent productively and efficiently

• Account for billable time spent with clients by providing client contact sheets per visit per client that will cross- reference to the project plan

• Report on any project deviations or concerns in time to remedy potential issues with all relevant parties

• Assist with the estimation of consultation time required for implementation projects by analysing client checklists and master document list

• Communicate professionally and in a timely manner with any client queries or communications

• Utilise any free time/admin days effectively by taking the initiative to improve on any auditing and consulting templates or training material

• Uphold all QMS processes, polices and procedures and suggest improvements where these are identified