Job Description

Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia works with the world’s most cherished trademark and invests in the most exciting events. Our Office currently has the following opportunity available for a dynamic individual with energy and initiative, keen to impact from the outset.

The position falls under the Manufacturing Department – SHEQ and will report to the Quality Assurance Technologist. The main responsibilities of the Quality Controller are to perform a systemic role in ensuring that the bottling process meets the CCBA product and packaging quality requirements and providing support with quality coaching and root cause analysis knowledge.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Applying organizational understanding to drive a Quality Culture

Ensure that Quality Management Systems are implemented in the laboratory and related quality processes

Ensure that quality objectives are measured as identified in goals and objective documentation

Maintenance of the Quality system and ensure CCBA and TCCC standards are met.

4-hourly Quality testing verifications on all 30 minutes and hourly test frequencies. Daily verification of 4 hourly tests.

Interpretation of SPC data and ensuring that the teams understand the SPC measures and can analyse the data

Inspection and release of Isolations

Sanitation Matrix review and monitoring of matrix compliance

Daily Data review, with interest in recorded data trends, amount of out of control and out of spec data points.

Reviewing Infinity events for correct logging of comments and reasons

Data integrity: Ensure lab equipment connectivity to Infinity (both in lab and on the line)

Review is all out of spec data is isolated and if required RCA documentation has been received from the line team

Responsible for Carbonation retention studies

Calibration and Verification of Cobrix

Managing the non-conforming product program – Retest of isolations and making decisions about release and destructions. Ensuring that non-conforming product program is applied in all areas in syrup room, production and warehouse. Verify that isolated products are not available for stock picking.

Checks meeting boards to ensure that the data is correctly updated and that the correct KPI’s are measured at level 1 meetings (relevant to the team).

Review quality of RCA documentation and support teams in problem solving.

Attend production team meetings on a scheduled basis (at least meeting per line per week)

Review simple syrup, final syrup manufacturing and release processes

Review water treatment process, result and waste water treatment process and results.

Engage with Internal Customers to Develop Partnerships and Capability

Support of shift teams and unit teams in problem solving, also reviewing outputs of problem-solving sessions

Interpretation of SPC data and assisting teams to use this information in problem solving sessions

Monitoring of effectiveness of corrective actions to solve issues

Identify improvement opportunities

Maintain health, safety and environmental standards

Contribute to the management of Sustainable Development drivers

Mandatory participation in sensory evaluation and proficiency testing

Skills, Experience & Education

Minimum requirement: Diploma in Food Science, Food Technology or equivalent.

Added advantage: Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science or equivalent

Experience: Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Quality Controller. Good process knowledge preferably in a bottling environment.

General

Competencies

Assertiveness

Compliance, Governance and Ethics

Detail Focused

Problem Solving and Analysis

Analytical and Methodical

Self-motivated

Innovative

Result and Execution Driven

Resilient and energetic

Sound understanding of Statistical Process Control

Sound understanding and knowledge of production and quality processes

Sound understanding of water treatment and waste water treatment processes