(Quality Assurance Manager)

• Weekly SHEQ Inspections
• Incident investigations
• Coordination, planning, auditing, leading of SHEQ  & supplier audits
• Coordinating and involved in mock drills and occupational hygiene surveys  
• Responsible for consulting on quality issues, facilitating root cause analysis in operational areas, closure of corrective actions and customer complaints
• Advising on policy, the setting of objectives and targets, implementation and management of a document control system.
• Various levels of problem solving root cause analysis, advising on compliance and non compliance
• Quality awareness training
• Report writing & presentations
• Writing & reviewing SHEQ procedures
• Document Control Management & Management Review
• SHEQ Standby duties
• Participates in 5S, Kaizen Projects & MDT Teams
• Management of staff

• Coordination, planning & leading of SHEQ systems, audits, non-conformances 
• Responsible for specialist field i.e. The Palabora Quality Management System (QMS).
• The elements of the QMS include advising on policy, the setting of objectives and targets, implementation and management of a document control system.
• Various levels of problem solving root cause analysis, advising on compliance and non compliance. 
• Management Review (custodian of entire management review process - Exco level)
• Advise management on status of QMS and make recommendations on systems improvements. This would include analysis of the systems.
• Investigate continual improvement on the system.
• Rio Tinto Social and Environmental Assurance Reporting Tool: Significant incident and corrective action reporting 
• Development / design, implementation and maintenance of Palabora QMS.
• External liaison with the Certification Body in terms of standard requirements.
• Business administrator of the Rio Tinto Social and Environmental Assurance Reporting Tool.
• Administrator of Pivot for incidents and audits module.
• Management of Data 9000 legal database.
• Coordinating quarterly and annual reports to the Department of Minerals and Energy, Water Affairs and Forestry and other regulating authorities as well as Rio Tinto.
• Designing, improving and maintaining of Hazardous Substances System.
• Controlling the SHEQ library, records, permits and other legal records.

Quality Systems Coordinator - 2006-12 to 2008-01

• Conducting, coordinate scheduling and supervising quality audits.
• Document control of ISO 9001:2000 & HACCP systems, reporting and updating quality assurance records, retail audits, supplier audits and Diageo audits.
• Providing training, guidance and supervision to junior technicians & inspectors.
• Proactive communication with immediate and process teams, to ensure process quality and efficiency are achieved.
• Enforcing quality, document control procedures and standards for all incoming goods, WIP and outgoing finished goods.
• Monitoring quality performance and identifying improvement activity.
• Identifying quality trends and suggested actions.
• Interpreting and acting on results.
• Online Quality supervision, issuing corrective action request and reports
• Supplier liaison, performance monitoring, reporting - Incoming goods quality
• Compilation of quality procedures and specifications for all products
• Implement and maintain H&S, Quality and Environmental procedures 
• Control and upkeep of Material Safety Data Sheets
• Coordinate and report writing of consumer complaints

Lab Technician - 2003-09 to 2006-11

• Lab analysis- GC and HPLC and other lab equipment
• Ingredients approval, 
• Processing of results on SAP.
• Ordering of lab consumables
• Planning, coordinating and conducting nosing and tasting panel
• QA activities: 
• Microbiological analysis 
• Consumer complaints analysis and reports 
• HACCP, housekeeping, Internal auditing ISO 9000 
• Document control- ISO and HACCP 
• Retail and Internal audits
• Training shop floor on world class practices
• Research and development:
• Various product improvement and shelf life analysis and other projects
• Reports: 
• Product Isolation report
• Consumer complaints report 
• Traceability report 
• Microbiological report
• Product development progress reports
• Contribute to monthly conversion and KPI report