KTDA Assistant Quality Assurance Manager Job

Kenya Tea Development Agency Ltd is a key player in the tea industry providing management services to the smallholder tea sub-sector for the efficient production, processing and marketing of quality teas.

To ensure continued success and growth, we are seeking for a dynamic and highly talented professional to join our management team in the following challenging position.

Assistant Quality Assurance Manager

The Role

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing quality assurance standards in the company and ensuring compliance of product to quality assurance standards and specifications.

Key Responsibilities
• Interfacing with the customers and/or users to establish a strategy for organizing and coordinating planned and systematic assurance and controls.
• Participating in the planning, development, coordination and presentation of training and educational programs as per the quality assurance needs.
• Assisting in the implementation of ISO 9001, HACCP and GMP systems in the factories.
• Collecting, analyzing and overseeing data entry on relevant quality performance indicators.
• Designing, scheduling and conducting quality review audits.
• Assisting in scheduling and conducting of internal audits
• Conducting and reporting statistical analysis and trend charts

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

The ideal candidate must possess the following qualifications and competencies:-
• BSc. Production /Engineering /Food Science and Technology
• Knowledge of Management Systems i.e. ISO 9001 and HACCP
• At least 5 years relevant experience, 3 of which must be at management level.
• Knowledge of data collection techniques.
• Must be computer literate.
• Excellent interpersonal Organization and Planning skills
• Ability to investigate and analyze information and to draw conclusions.
If you fulfill the above requirements and wish to be considered, please write to us enclosing your detailed CV to reach the undersigned not later than 11th March 2011

The General Manager – Human Resources & Administration
Kenya Tea Development Agency Ltd
P.O. Box 30213 - 00100
Nairobi

Email: recruitment@ktdateas.com