We are a food tech business in Ghana on a mission to produce West & Central Africa\’s most cost-effective, nutritious, resource-efficient and accessible form of protein, palm larvae, with technology and farming systems proudly built in Ghana.
Role Description: Legendary Foods Ltd. is looking for a passionate person to manage processing operations of its products.
Qualifications and skills
- A degree in Food science and technology, Food processing engineering or any related field with 2 or more years of work experience in food processing, food and beverage industry
- Must have a strong leadership experience
- Scheduling and routine production activities
- Inventory management and production plan scheduling
- Strong understanding of food safety principles
- Running food quality control checks and updating quality assurance documentations
- Implementation of food quality management systems such as HACCP and ISO
- Strong problem solving skills relating to food processing, quality and safety issues
- Strong usage ability of Word and Excel
- Must have experience managing a team for a minimum of 12 months
- Must have strong verbal and oral communication
- Must have the ability to report on one’s activities in written and electronic format and the activities of their team
- Must have customer service experience
- Must be self-disciplined and have high integrity
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of at least 6 members to prepare products, manage inventory and be efficient to maximize sales
- Train and retrain processing staff, implement protocol changes across a team and departments
- Following recipe in making of dishes with consistency in taste, appearance, and presentation. o Running quality control checks and updating quality assurance documentations
- Support for establishment and maintenance food safety systems
- Innovate new products that can generate a profit margin; i.e. restructure menu
- Run processing facility operations and keep facility in order
- Act as the first line of support for troubleshooting should processing and food quality issue arise
- Conduct sensory evaluations o Liaise with labs to conduct necessary lab tests
- Document & organize information such as: health & safety instances, protocols, protocol changes, recipes, sensory feedback, customer feedback
- Track raw materials, finished products and packaging materials’ inventories
- Prepare existing and new products under strict hygienic protocols
- Innovate packaging ideas for different sales channels
- Innovate process to optimize efficiency of personnel, ingredients & time
- Provide support to sales staff
- Provide support to product development staff
- Provide support to business development operations
- Additional desired qualities o Food safety certifications
- Ability to work with little or no supervision o Driving skills
How to Apply | Products Supervisor at Legendary Foods Africa
Please submit your cover letter or letter of intention and CV using the position as the subject of the email.
Include a copy of all relevant certificates including a link to the program description.
Address your email to Augustus Marfo, hr@legendaryfoodsafrica.com.
Please ensure your CV includes– A listing of software used in any role.
Where applicable, a description of the tasks performed at a former employer(s) that are relevant to the Core Competencies.
All documents should be in PDF format and the email must be titled the position
Only qualified applicants will be contacted