Quality Assurance Supervisor

Reports to: Quality Assurance Lead

Duty Station: Nalweyo, Kakumiro District

About the role:

Implement Quality standards along the production and processing cycles in line with Quality Assurance protocols and industry regulations.

Duties and responsibilities

• In liaison with the Quality Assurance Lead, develop and implement Quality standards.
• Conduct Quality control including inspections, sampling and seed testing. Conduct field, maintain records of all, receive and dispatch stock, Conduct quality control checks on varietal products and seed sampling in the field and factory
• Participate in grow out activities through post-control sampling, plot layout, testing, evaluation, and reporting.
• Monitor that quality protocols. Seed shelling processes, Control sorting of varietal crops, Monitor the moisture content, treatment quality and random sampling.
• Carry out accurate Stock dispatch, verification, balanced stock takes and update processed products.
• Prepare and submit weekly and monthly reports to your line supervisor.
• Participate and contribute in weekly meetings.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Minimum Job requirements

Education: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or related Agriculture degree.

Professional Experience: At least two years’ experience in seed production and quality management.

Competencies: Supervisory skills; Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; Organizational skills; Keen and attentive to detail, Time management skills; Analytical and problem-solving skills; Self driven, High degree of integrity. Physically fit; able to work long hours under different weather conditions; Ability to ride a motorcycle with a valid riding permit; Understanding of the local languages of the selected area of operation; Computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel.