Deadline of this Job: 11 August 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Aviation Regulatory Affairs
About You And The Role
We are looking for someone who can spearhead expansion of Zipline’s UAS commercial delivery operations in Zipline’s markets throughout Africa. As a member of Zipline’s Legal, Regulatory & Policy team, you will be responsible for obtaining international aviation regulatory approvals that enable Zipline to operate safely, efficiently, and at scale in various geographies around the world.
You will serve as the primary point of contact with key regulators and other government decision-makers in support of Zipline’s international commercial UAS operations. You will also advise Zipline’s internal teams on current and future regulatory requirements and how to meet them, and collaborate cross-functionally with external experts, regulatory bodies, and industry groups. To succeed in leading Zipline’s interactions with various international aviation and transportation regulators, you must quickly develop an extraordinary command of Zipline’s end-to-end commercial UAS operations.
As our Aviation Regulatory Affairs - Africa hire, you will have the uncommon opportunity to architect and execute the regulatory strategy that opens skyways for millions of people to reliable, on-demand access to essential medical supplies.
What You'll Do
Lead airspace integration and related regulatory approval processes in new markets across Africa.
Address any regulatory challenges to rapidly scaling in Zipline’s existing markets.
Build and maintain positive relationships with aviation regulators.
Ensure Zipline’s local teams understand relevant regulatory requirements and are empowered to meet them.
Within 3 months you will:
Achieve one or more key aviation regulatory goals that enables Zipline to serve a new geography in Africa.
Be the first point of contact for teammates and regulators on all aviation regulatory requirements applicable to Zipline’s current and future delivery operations.
Communicate directly with multiple civil aviation authority offices and teams regarding Zipline’s commercial operations.
Within 6 months you will:
Develop strategy and prioritize relevant African markets for regulatory efforts, working closely with Zipline’s regulatory and legal teams.
Be building and implementing the regulatory compliance framework to support Zipline’s commercial UAS operations at scale in a new country.
What You'll Bring
• Prior experience working directly with foreign civil aviation authorities, including senior-level management and technical staff, and owning strong partnerships with aviation bodies and other regulators (e.g. defense agencies, ministries of transportation)
• Strong language skills (fluent in English and French required)
• A resourceful, self-starter approach focused on delivering great outcomes and turning a ‘no’ into a ‘yes’.
• A quick grasp of complex technical concepts and regulatory issues and their implications on Zipline’s business.
• Analytical rigor and breakthrough creativity to be “first of a kind” through challenging regulatory processes.
• Willingness to get nerdy and dive headfirst into Zipline’s UAS technology and operations.
• Strong communication skills; a proven ability to work collaboratively with external and internal stakeholders.
• Grit, aptitude, and resilience to thrive in novel, uncertain and constantly-changing business and regulatory environments.
• Judgment to act decisively when armed to do so and conviction to otherwise ask for help from your team and/or mobilize internal resources to achieve goals.
• Willingness to travel internationally on a frequent basis.
JOB DETAILS:
Aviation Regulatory Affairs
About You And The Role
We are looking for someone who can spearhead expansion of Zipline’s UAS commercial delivery operations in Zipline’s markets throughout Africa. As a member of Zipline’s Legal, Regulatory & Policy team, you will be responsible for obtaining international aviation regulatory approvals that enable Zipline to operate safely, efficiently, and at scale in various geographies around the world.
You will serve as the primary point of contact with key regulators and other government decision-makers in support of Zipline’s international commercial UAS operations. You will also advise Zipline’s internal teams on current and future regulatory requirements and how to meet them, and collaborate cross-functionally with external experts, regulatory bodies, and industry groups. To succeed in leading Zipline’s interactions with various international aviation and transportation regulators, you must quickly develop an extraordinary command of Zipline’s end-to-end commercial UAS operations.
As our Aviation Regulatory Affairs - Africa hire, you will have the uncommon opportunity to architect and execute the regulatory strategy that opens skyways for millions of people to reliable, on-demand access to essential medical supplies.
What You'll Do
Lead airspace integration and related regulatory approval processes in new markets across Africa.
Address any regulatory challenges to rapidly scaling in Zipline’s existing markets.
Build and maintain positive relationships with aviation regulators.
Ensure Zipline’s local teams understand relevant regulatory requirements and are empowered to meet them.
Within 3 months you will:
Achieve one or more key aviation regulatory goals that enables Zipline to serve a new geography in Africa.
Be the first point of contact for teammates and regulators on all aviation regulatory requirements applicable to Zipline’s current and future delivery operations.
Communicate directly with multiple civil aviation authority offices and teams regarding Zipline’s commercial operations.
Within 6 months you will:
Develop strategy and prioritize relevant African markets for regulatory efforts, working closely with Zipline’s regulatory and legal teams.
Be building and implementing the regulatory compliance framework to support Zipline’s commercial UAS operations at scale in a new country.
What You'll Bring
• Prior experience working directly with foreign civil aviation authorities, including senior-level management and technical staff, and owning strong partnerships with aviation bodies and other regulators (e.g. defense agencies, ministries of transportation)
• Strong language skills (fluent in English and French required)
• A resourceful, self-starter approach focused on delivering great outcomes and turning a ‘no’ into a ‘yes’.
• A quick grasp of complex technical concepts and regulatory issues and their implications on Zipline’s business.
• Analytical rigor and breakthrough creativity to be “first of a kind” through challenging regulatory processes.
• Willingness to get nerdy and dive headfirst into Zipline’s UAS technology and operations.
• Strong communication skills; a proven ability to work collaboratively with external and internal stakeholders.
• Grit, aptitude, and resilience to thrive in novel, uncertain and constantly-changing business and regulatory environments.
• Judgment to act decisively when armed to do so and conviction to otherwise ask for help from your team and/or mobilize internal resources to achieve goals.
• Willingness to travel internationally on a frequent basis.
Deadline of this Job: 16 August 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Deputy Director, Logistics
Job Ref. No KEMSA/HPT/2022/002
Scope of Work /Duties /Responsibilities
• 1Promoting a culture of high performance and continuous improvement in the department
• Creating a team environment that supports transparent communication and ownership of responsibility.
• Providing guidance and support while empowering the team to be innovative using their expertise and knowledge to make decisions.
• Setting performance targets and monitor performance for all staff in the department
• Providing career development, coaching, training and skill building for all staff in the HPT Planning & Market Research to meet both organizational and personal development goals
• Ensuring the HPT supply chain processes are supporting sound financial practices and operational efficiencies.
• Developing the logistics budget with regular monitoring of actual expenditure against forecast and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Planning, directing and coordinating all activities of the warehouse;
• Coordinate warehousing at central stores and comply with Good Distribution Practices (GDP);
• Optimizing warehouse processes including receipt, storage, order picking, packing, and dispatch schedules to meet customer requirements;
• Instituting mechanisms to guard against stock losses through expiries and damages;
• Undertaking continuous monitoring and evaluation of warehousing key performance indicators.
• Setting performance targets for staff in the warehouse division
• Providing career development, coaching, training and skill building for all staff in the warehouse division to meet both organizational and personal development goals; and
• Monitoring and evaluating key performance indicators in receiving, storage and order fulfilment to ensure that customer/stakeholder requirements and supply chain metrics are met.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in the following fields: Business, Commerce, Health Care Management, Health Economics, Health Systems Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, Supply Chain Management.;
• Master’s Degree in the following fields; Business, Health Economics, Supply Chain Management;
• Membership to a professional body where applicable;
• Mangement course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results; and
• Fulfil the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
Experience
• A minimum period of ten (10) years in relevant work experience and at least three (3) years in a Supervisory position in the Public Service or Private Sector;
Role Description / Responsibilities
The Warehouse Project Lead will be responsible for:
• Setting quality standards, procedures and SOPs for an efficient warehouse function
• Procedures for ensuring short expiries are well managed
• Ensuring 0 stock variance
• Set up innovative warehouse technologies to reach company goals
• Train team on effective and efficient warehouse processes
• Manage stock levels, ensure FEFO
• Execute continuous stock take processes
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s level+ with excellent academic achievement
• 2+ years work experience in complex warehousing
• Experience in food handling (frozen, ambient, chilled) is a massive plus
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Super analytical and communicative
• Perfectionistic and driven to implement solutions end to end
• Hyper structured
• Excellent in working with Excel and ERP systems
Job Title Deputy Director Strategy & Planning
Reports To DIRECTOR STRATEGY & PLANNING SERVICES
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Director Strategy and Planning, the successful candidate will be responsible for spearheading and initiating policy formulation, performance management, monitoring & evaluation, resource mobilization including development and reviewing strategic plan of the Authority.
1. Scope of Work /Duties /Responsibilities PLANNING
1.1. Coordinate the development, implementing and reviewing the Authority internal policies, regulations, guidelines;
1.2. Developing the agenda items for management on issues of corporate planning and Resource Mobilization;
1.3. Ensure alignment the Authority’s strategies with national and county
1.4. policies, plans and strategies;
1.5. Coordinating corporate performance management process of all the departments and divisions at the Authority;
1.6. Coordinate the development of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual organizational performance reports;
1.7. Ensure preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Authority’s work plans and Performance Contract (PC).
1.8. Ensuring production of quality planning reports
1.9. (Guiding the performance contracting process for the Authority
1.10. Developing, implementing and reviewing resource mobilization, strategies and programmes;
1.11. Developing a framework for stakeholders’ collaborations,
1.12. Preparing reports to donors and relevant agencies;
1.13. Participate in drafting and revision of agreements with partners;
1.14. Identifying and mapping of potential and emerging sources of funding and assessing their current usage and potential for the future;
1.15. Participate in the development of proposals for funding;
1.16. Identifying key strategic partners and maintaining a database
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
1.17. Developing tools for corporate monitoring and evaluation
1.18. Carrying out corporate monitoring and evaluation;
1.19. Identify, formulate, examine, analyses and initiate review of policies
1.20. touching on the Authority’s programs and services
1.21. Participate in preparation of policy position papers
1.22. Participating in the performance contracting process for the Authority
1.23. Prepare, collect data, analyses, report, monitor and evaluate Performance Contract.
1.24. Undertake studies as per organizations Strategic Plan and Performance Contract such as Sectorial Studies; Customer, Employee Satisfaction, Work Environment Surveys.
1.25. Ensuring alignment of corporate strategies with national and county policies, plans, programs and priorities
1.26. Preparing quarterly, biannual and annual implementation reports 1.27. Preparing the budget and work plans for the division;
1.28. Identifying performance targets for the division.
1.29. Monitoring the implementation of the division’s budgets; and
1.30. Participate in developing strategies for stakeholder consultations and engagements.
2. Qualifications
2.1. Bachelor’s Degree in pharmacy, Medicine, Business Management, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or any other related field from a recognized University.
2.2. Master’s Degree in a relevant field.
2.3. Professional qualification. Bachelor's Degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Strategic Management, Business Development, Development Studies, and Business Administration or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
2.4. Master’s Degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Strategic Management, Business Development, Development Studies, and Business Administration or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
2.5. Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
2.6. Member of a relevant professional body in good standing where applicable;
2.7. Proficiency in computer applications; Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance.
2.8. Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution
3. Experience
3.1. A minimum period of ten (10) years in relevant work experience and at least three
(3) years in a Supervisory position in the Public Service or Private Sector.
4. Key competencies
4.1. Strong analytical skills
4.2. Communication skills
4.3. Strategic and innovative thinking
4.4. Strong interpersonal skills
4.5. Ability to mobilize resources
4.6. Negotiation skills
Job Purpose:
• Supplier Quality Technologist is responsible for the representing and managing SQA sub function of Commercial function in Kenya. This position manages the development and implementation of Supplier Quality programs and plays a key, critical role to ensure Food safety and Quality of our ingredients and packaging incoming materials to our factory in Kenya country in line with both MQM and PQM standards.
• The Job holder is the MEA SQA Digital champion, responsible for developing and driving the digitalization agenda in line with the Global expectations. He/She will be leading the MEA SQA team to assess the As-IS and develop the To-Be of our digitalization roadmap.
• Ongoing responsibilities of the role include ensuring continuous supplier process improvement, identifying and executing cost improvement initiatives, assuring food/human/product safety, continuous quality improvement, and performing supplier site visits and audits.
• NAI SQA Technologist leads the execution of premia quality management PrQM sourcing process across MEA region. deploys the Mars Inc. PrQM sourcing methodologies for a range of premia materials and risk levels.
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Work closely with commercial team, souring managers and factories quality to ensure ingredient and packaging materials fully comply to MW requirements, including Food safety requirements, material specification, regulatory requirements and other requirements.
• Lead implementation of MQM (Material Quality Management), PQM (Packaging Quality Management) and PrQM (Premia Quality Management) Programs in Kenya & SSA to ensure full compliance, as per roadmap of MQM/PQM/PrQM implementation developed.
• Lead MEA Digitalization Roadmap ensuring MEA SQA is delivering objectives aligned with Global commitment, and representing MEA in the regional and global systems forums.
• Own and facilitate the supplier qualification process to ensure MW uses qualified ingredients and packaging from approved suppliers. This includes tracking status of qualification projects with system like NEXUS, and coordinate with internal (innovation, commercial, SRA, Quality) and external (supplier) to facilitate the process effectively.
• Assure all suppliers and materials are documented within the Nexus/ATLAS systems. Provide training for internal and external users to ensure correct and effective use of the Nexus systems.
• Work closely with suppliers to implement the auditing program, including audit planning, supplier gap analysis, follow up of supplier CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Actions), including tracking and reporting supplier audit status, leading/participating in audits.
• Nonconformance administration/management. This including tracking status of Corrective actions with system like Nexus. Work with various partners internal and external to ensure effective resolutions of supplier non-conformances.
• Lead suppliers’ capability development and continuous improvements on facilities, process and people competency, through on-site visiting, training & regular internal & external supplier performance reviews.
• Drive the SQA deployment of Commercial FAB for NAI as part of MEA Cluster.
• Build and develop relations with other Mars segments SQA Technologists & managers, to foster cross-segment collaboration, and synergy, best practices sharing.
• Timely prepare and support Regional Supplier Quality Manager with reporting / SQA KPI’s tracking as it relates to Kenya.
• Lead Premia standard implementation and compliance across MEA.
• Partnering in developing Premia SQA strategies with multiple Commercial Business Teams which are aligned with overall Global Business Strategies.
• Assures quality and consistency of packaging/premia within the market by performing supplier site audits, ensures completion of identified corrective actions, creates material risk assessments and supplier improvement plans. Performs supplier performance reviews and manages supplier performance metrics
• Work with suppliers to improve Premia items consistency and supplier performance.
• Representing MEA in Premia global category forums.
• Review and ensure full compliance of all Premia items foreign suppliers before commercial deals and after alignment with the line manager and the country commercial primes head
• Reference point in supporting the country and MEA commercial strategies for Premia supplying options.
Context & Scope
• This position is accountable for managing Raw and packaging materials’ suppliers quality and food safety in Sub Saharan Africa.
• This position is accountable for PrQM deployment and compliance across MEA region
Qualifications and Experience:
• Technical Bachelor or above degree in Food or Chemical Engineering, Food Science, Microbiology, with Quality Assurance working experiences.
Experience:
• 7-10 years of SQA/QA/ food manufacturing Management, experiences.
• Solid knowledge and experience in food safety management systems (ISO22000, HACCP, etc) is required. Experience in food safety auditing, preferred with FSSC 22000.
• Knowledge about Gum manufacturing.
• Knowledge of web-based database management.
• Adaptable and Flexible. Easily adjusts to shifting work priorities, multiple demands, adversity and change.
• Effective communication skills including verbal, writing & presenting in English.
• Strong leadership, people management skills. Be a strong team player.
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JOB DETAILS:
Deputy Director, Logistics
Job Ref. No KEMSA/HPT/2022/002
Scope of Work /Duties /Responsibilities
• 1Promoting a culture of high performance and continuous improvement in the department
• Creating a team environment that supports transparent communication and ownership of responsibility.
• Providing guidance and support while empowering the team to be innovative using their expertise and knowledge to make decisions.
• Setting performance targets and monitor performance for all staff in the department
• Providing career development, coaching, training and skill building for all staff in the HPT Planning & Market Research to meet both organizational and personal development goals
• Ensuring the HPT supply chain processes are supporting sound financial practices and operational efficiencies.
• Developing the logistics budget with regular monitoring of actual expenditure against forecast and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Planning, directing and coordinating all activities of the warehouse;
• Coordinate warehousing at central stores and comply with Good Distribution Practices (GDP);
• Optimizing warehouse processes including receipt, storage, order picking, packing, and dispatch schedules to meet customer requirements;
• Instituting mechanisms to guard against stock losses through expiries and damages;
• Undertaking continuous monitoring and evaluation of warehousing key performance indicators.
• Setting performance targets for staff in the warehouse division
• Providing career development, coaching, training and skill building for all staff in the warehouse division to meet both organizational and personal development goals; and
• Monitoring and evaluating key performance indicators in receiving, storage and order fulfilment to ensure that customer/stakeholder requirements and supply chain metrics are met.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in the following fields: Business, Commerce, Health Care Management, Health Economics, Health Systems Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, Supply Chain Management.;
• Master’s Degree in the following fields; Business, Health Economics, Supply Chain Management;
• Membership to a professional body where applicable;
• Mangement course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results; and
• Fulfil the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
Experience
• A minimum period of ten (10) years in relevant work experience and at least three (3) years in a Supervisory position in the Public Service or Private Sector;
Deadline of this Job: 10 August 2022
JOB DETAILS: Role Description / Responsibilities
The Warehouse Project Lead will be responsible for:
• Setting quality standards, procedures and SOPs for an efficient warehouse function
• Procedures for ensuring short expiries are well managed
• Ensuring 0 stock variance
• Set up innovative warehouse technologies to reach company goals
• Train team on effective and efficient warehouse processes
• Manage stock levels, ensure FEFO
• Execute continuous stock take processes
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s level+ with excellent academic achievement
• 2+ years work experience in complex warehousing
• Experience in food handling (frozen, ambient, chilled) is a massive plus
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Super analytical and communicative
• Perfectionistic and driven to implement solutions end to end
• Hyper structured
• Excellent in working with Excel and ERP systems
Deadline of this Job: 16 August 2022
JOB DETAILS: Job Title Deputy Director Strategy & Planning
Reports To DIRECTOR STRATEGY & PLANNING SERVICES
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Director Strategy and Planning, the successful candidate will be responsible for spearheading and initiating policy formulation, performance management, monitoring & evaluation, resource mobilization including development and reviewing strategic plan of the Authority.
1. Scope of Work /Duties /Responsibilities PLANNING
1.1. Coordinate the development, implementing and reviewing the Authority internal policies, regulations, guidelines;
1.2. Developing the agenda items for management on issues of corporate planning and Resource Mobilization;
1.3. Ensure alignment the Authority’s strategies with national and county
1.4. policies, plans and strategies;
1.5. Coordinating corporate performance management process of all the departments and divisions at the Authority;
1.6. Coordinate the development of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual organizational performance reports;
1.7. Ensure preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Authority’s work plans and Performance Contract (PC).
1.8. Ensuring production of quality planning reports
1.9. (Guiding the performance contracting process for the Authority
1.10. Developing, implementing and reviewing resource mobilization, strategies and programmes;
1.11. Developing a framework for stakeholders’ collaborations,
1.12. Preparing reports to donors and relevant agencies;
1.13. Participate in drafting and revision of agreements with partners;
1.14. Identifying and mapping of potential and emerging sources of funding and assessing their current usage and potential for the future;
1.15. Participate in the development of proposals for funding;
1.16. Identifying key strategic partners and maintaining a database
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
1.17. Developing tools for corporate monitoring and evaluation
1.18. Carrying out corporate monitoring and evaluation;
1.19. Identify, formulate, examine, analyses and initiate review of policies
1.20. touching on the Authority’s programs and services
1.21. Participate in preparation of policy position papers
1.22. Participating in the performance contracting process for the Authority
1.23. Prepare, collect data, analyses, report, monitor and evaluate Performance Contract.
1.24. Undertake studies as per organizations Strategic Plan and Performance Contract such as Sectorial Studies; Customer, Employee Satisfaction, Work Environment Surveys.
1.25. Ensuring alignment of corporate strategies with national and county policies, plans, programs and priorities
1.26. Preparing quarterly, biannual and annual implementation reports 1.27. Preparing the budget and work plans for the division;
1.28. Identifying performance targets for the division.
1.29. Monitoring the implementation of the division’s budgets; and
1.30. Participate in developing strategies for stakeholder consultations and engagements.
2. Qualifications
2.1. Bachelor’s Degree in pharmacy, Medicine, Business Management, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or any other related field from a recognized University.
2.2. Master’s Degree in a relevant field.
2.3. Professional qualification. Bachelor's Degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Strategic Management, Business Development, Development Studies, and Business Administration or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
2.4. Master’s Degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Strategic Management, Business Development, Development Studies, and Business Administration or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
2.5. Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
2.6. Member of a relevant professional body in good standing where applicable;
2.7. Proficiency in computer applications; Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance.
2.8. Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution
3. Experience
3.1. A minimum period of ten (10) years in relevant work experience and at least three
(3) years in a Supervisory position in the Public Service or Private Sector.
4. Key competencies
4.1. Strong analytical skills
4.2. Communication skills
4.3. Strategic and innovative thinking
4.4. Strong interpersonal skills
4.5. Ability to mobilize resources
4.6. Negotiation skills
Deadline of this Job: 09 August 2022
JOB DETAILS: Job Purpose:
• Supplier Quality Technologist is responsible for the representing and managing SQA sub function of Commercial function in Kenya. This position manages the development and implementation of Supplier Quality programs and plays a key, critical role to ensure Food safety and Quality of our ingredients and packaging incoming materials to our factory in Kenya country in line with both MQM and PQM standards.
• The Job holder is the MEA SQA Digital champion, responsible for developing and driving the digitalization agenda in line with the Global expectations. He/She will be leading the MEA SQA team to assess the As-IS and develop the To-Be of our digitalization roadmap.
• Ongoing responsibilities of the role include ensuring continuous supplier process improvement, identifying and executing cost improvement initiatives, assuring food/human/product safety, continuous quality improvement, and performing supplier site visits and audits.
• NAI SQA Technologist leads the execution of premia quality management PrQM sourcing process across MEA region. deploys the Mars Inc. PrQM sourcing methodologies for a range of premia materials and risk levels.
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Work closely with commercial team, souring managers and factories quality to ensure ingredient and packaging materials fully comply to MW requirements, including Food safety requirements, material specification, regulatory requirements and other requirements.
• Lead implementation of MQM (Material Quality Management), PQM (Packaging Quality Management) and PrQM (Premia Quality Management) Programs in Kenya & SSA to ensure full compliance, as per roadmap of MQM/PQM/PrQM implementation developed.
• Lead MEA Digitalization Roadmap ensuring MEA SQA is delivering objectives aligned with Global commitment, and representing MEA in the regional and global systems forums.
• Own and facilitate the supplier qualification process to ensure MW uses qualified ingredients and packaging from approved suppliers. This includes tracking status of qualification projects with system like NEXUS, and coordinate with internal (innovation, commercial, SRA, Quality) and external (supplier) to facilitate the process effectively.
• Assure all suppliers and materials are documented within the Nexus/ATLAS systems. Provide training for internal and external users to ensure correct and effective use of the Nexus systems.
• Work closely with suppliers to implement the auditing program, including audit planning, supplier gap analysis, follow up of supplier CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Actions), including tracking and reporting supplier audit status, leading/participating in audits.
• Nonconformance administration/management. This including tracking status of Corrective actions with system like Nexus. Work with various partners internal and external to ensure effective resolutions of supplier non-conformances.
• Lead suppliers’ capability development and continuous improvements on facilities, process and people competency, through on-site visiting, training & regular internal & external supplier performance reviews.
• Drive the SQA deployment of Commercial FAB for NAI as part of MEA Cluster.
• Build and develop relations with other Mars segments SQA Technologists & managers, to foster cross-segment collaboration, and synergy, best practices sharing.
• Timely prepare and support Regional Supplier Quality Manager with reporting / SQA KPI’s tracking as it relates to Kenya.
• Lead Premia standard implementation and compliance across MEA.
• Partnering in developing Premia SQA strategies with multiple Commercial Business Teams which are aligned with overall Global Business Strategies.
• Assures quality and consistency of packaging/premia within the market by performing supplier site audits, ensures completion of identified corrective actions, creates material risk assessments and supplier improvement plans. Performs supplier performance reviews and manages supplier performance metrics
• Work with suppliers to improve Premia items consistency and supplier performance.
• Representing MEA in Premia global category forums.
• Review and ensure full compliance of all Premia items foreign suppliers before commercial deals and after alignment with the line manager and the country commercial primes head
• Reference point in supporting the country and MEA commercial strategies for Premia supplying options.
Context & Scope
• This position is accountable for managing Raw and packaging materials’ suppliers quality and food safety in Sub Saharan Africa.
• This position is accountable for PrQM deployment and compliance across MEA region
Qualifications and Experience:
• Technical Bachelor or above degree in Food or Chemical Engineering, Food Science, Microbiology, with Quality Assurance working experiences.
Experience:
• 7-10 years of SQA/QA/ food manufacturing Management, experiences.
• Solid knowledge and experience in food safety management systems (ISO22000, HACCP, etc) is required. Experience in food safety auditing, preferred with FSSC 22000.
• Knowledge about Gum manufacturing.
• Knowledge of web-based database management.
• Adaptable and Flexible. Easily adjusts to shifting work priorities, multiple demands, adversity and change.
• Effective communication skills including verbal, writing & presenting in English.
• Strong leadership, people management skills. Be a strong team player.
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