Quality Control Technologist at Best Tropical Fruits Ltd

Primary Function

This role leads all quality aspects at the factory, overseeing raw material intake, inputs selection and use, processing flows, and finished product packing and shipment for dried fruits, fruit pulps, avocado oil, and other oils.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure all processing schedules are maintained and updated on a daily basis
• Input into product development of dried mango, banana, pineapple, pawpaw, and coconut products
• Input into product development of pulp products including mango, passion fruit, pawpaw, tree tomato, and tomato
• Contribute to overall product innovation, food quality improvement, cost innovation, productivity, and capacity improvements across all lines of business
• Address project and non-project related quality issues appropriately as they arise

Required Skills

• Ability to organize and maintain a clean, efficient processing line
• Excellent communication and planning skills
• Sound financial and resource management skills
• Excellent reporting skills
• Ability to lead and bring out the best from a team
• Ability to function effectively as a project manager, planner, coordinator, communicator, senior technical expert, and mentor

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in food technology, food science, or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of senior-level experience in the industry and in processing tropical fruits and vegetables, covering all aspects from simple grading to complex processing where raw material is significantly altered
• Strong knowledge of hygiene, food safety, and quality standards and certification requirements in Kenya
• Familiarity with food safety legislation including HACCP and ISO standards
• Fluent in English with strong oral presentation skills