Job Description :

Job Title: Quality Analyst

Reports To: Quality Manager

About the Function:

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realizing our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture

About the team:

UBL operates within a multi-cultural, multinational, multi-currency environment and is a member of Diageo PLC. It is a Fast-Moving consumer Goods Company (FMCG) and categorized into Demand and Supply. The quality analyst role works with in the Supply business that is involved in production of beer and spirits. The Quality Department is responsible for developing and monitoring systems to control the quality of beer and spirits as well as protecting the environment from harmful effluent. The main aim being to achieve a standard product that meets and exceeds customer expectations while keeping the environment safe. This role works closely with brewing, spirits and packaging shift leadership and the Quality Manager.

Financial: This role works with a shared budget in the quality department of UGX 1Billion per year and takes care of Lab equipment that are critical in beer analysis worth 700,000GBP.

Market Complexity: The company makes both beer and spirits and operates 24 hours. To beat competition, an effective Quality Control/Assurance system is very critical. The process involves monitoring process inputs (Local raw materials) process control and finished product. To remain at the top in the market and satisfy the expectations and needs of the consumer at competitive cost, requires highly skilled and trained quality analysts.

Leadership Responsibilities: This position works within the Quality Team and has responsibility of influencing shift managers and operators and to respond timely to decisions that guarantee quality of the products.

Purpose of Role:

Role ensures that the beer produced in a brewery is of exceptional quality. Works with the primary goals of improving brewery operations, improving product quality, improving customer satisfaction levels, reducing costs (e.g. reworks) and also helps to ensure that food safety standards are adhered to and maintained.

Role Responsibilities:

Adherence to analytical sampling plans ensuring 100% coverage.

Production of timely, accurate, reliable results and reports, and ensure closure of process none conformances by engaging relevant stake holders.

 Ensure analytical lab performance KPIs are met.

Generate statistical process control charts, monitor and advise any process deviations to ensure product consistence.

Validate the performance of measuring systems critical to quality with in the process to ensure product safety and meet regulatory requirements

Ensure sensory evaluation is conducted for in process and finished product to guarantee product quality. Where applicable, managing sensory tests in the spirits plant.

Participate in Best Practices as prescribed by MANEX team

Experience / skills required:

A holder of BSc preferably in food science and technology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Industrial Chemistry or microbiology.

Experience:

Minimum of 2 - 3 years relevant work experience.

Knowledge of Quality, Safety and Environmental Management systems.

Working Knowledge in Microbiology/ hygiene, Brewing and Packaging process.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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