Section Head - Farm Quality (Farafra)

Who we are

For over three decades, Juhayna Food Industries has been a pioneer in Egypt’s dairy and juice sector, producing, processing, and packaging milk, yoghurt, cooking products, juices, and concentrates. Since 1983, we have built trusted household brands, expanding our presence across Egypt and the Middle East through a commitment to high-quality, safe, and healthy products.

Today, with four state-of-the-art plants, a vast distribution network reaching over 136,000 outlets, and a 5,000-feddan dairy farm housing over 7,000 milking cows, Juhayna continues to set benchmarks for premium Egyptian products. Our success stems from our people, who embody the values of Integrity, Achievement, Continuous Improvement, Innovation, Ownership, and Positivity.

Job Purpose

Enhance product quality while ensuring safety and environmental compliance within the organization through monitoring production processes, analysing raw materials, and evaluating final products to maintain high-quality standards.

What you will do in your role

• Manage the effective achievement of objectives through the leadership of sections & functions. setting individual objectives, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, provision of formal and informal feedback and appraisal to maximize subordinate and the performance of the Dept.
• Budgets and Plans
• Participate in setting the budget and monitor financial performance versus the budget so that the business is aware of anticipated costs/revenues, and areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, rectified promptly and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalised upon
• Direct the implementation of procedures and controls covering all areas of dept. activity so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service
• Drives the implementation of Good \Harvest \Agriculture Manufacturing/Warehouses/Lab Practices and reports compliance and efficiency.
• Maintains effective implementation of Global gap, FSSC22000, DBRC, NFSA &ISO 17025 and JQMS requirements.
• Provides on-going support in identifying Quality System compliance gaps and defines corrective action plans to abide by the quality systems.
• Ensures correct and cost-efficient functioning of the laboratory, including personnel safety.
• Follows up of analysis according to quality monitoring plan and ensure the timely release of RM, PM, semi and Finished products.
• Coordinates HACCP, TACCP, VACCP, GMP, and AIB procedures and makes sure that Juhayna Food Safety Management regulations are fully followed.
• Supervises internal process control teams and leading quality teams
• Acts as a Senior User for (SAP) system and coordinates the specification creation, distribution and revisions.
• Assists in the creation and execution of Quality Systems-related training programs and guarantees appropriate training validation.
• Oversees the resolution of customer/consumer complaints by the Quality team, confirms RCA, and reports them to the QAM on a regular basis.
• Assists in the preparation of the annual budget for the Department and manages its allocation and spending.
• Handles food safety concerns and non-conformities pertaining to incoming materials. reports on a regular basis to the procurement team to address and avoid recurrence.
• Puts quality culture and food safety initiatives into action and monitor them
• Leads & coaches quality training sessions of all staff to ensure promoting and developing the quality awareness culture, based on continuous improvement.
• Compliance with all regulatory rules applied within the HQ, Commercial (Tiba), Factories and Enmaa of Juhayna Group
• Manage the preparation of timely and accurate reports to meet organization and department requirements
• Ensure compliance to all relevant safety and environmental management procedures and controls across dept. to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/service and a responsible environmental attitude

What you will bring to the role

• Bachelor’s degree of (Agriculture – Science- Food Processing /Chemical Engineering).
• 6-9 years of experience in Food / Agri. industry.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret data trends, identify areas for improvement, and make data-driven decisions to enhance overall quality performance.
• Strong problem-solving skills.