Quality & Production Manager
Full-time
Expires In -4 weeks
Kampala & Operational Locations
Duty Station -
Kampala & Operational Locations
Bachelor's Degree
3 years
experience
Engineering
Agriculture
Other
Quality & Production Manager
Role Mission
Protect Comcof's reputation by establishing disciplined quality, traceability, production, and process-control systems across its coffee operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage quality-control and quality-assurance procedures
- Coordinate coffee sampling, inspection, grading, testing, and release processes
- Monitor supplier and incoming-product quality
- Maintain quality records, traceability information, and product documentation
- Coordinate warehouse and production quality requirements
- Support production planning and process-control activities
- Monitor losses, defects, inconsistencies, contamination risks, and process deviations
- Coordinate with laboratories, warehouses, processors, suppliers, exporters, and buyers
- Support compliance with customer specifications, export requirements, food-safety standards, and applicable regulations
- Prepare quality and production reports; investigate complaints and quality incidents
- Recommend corrective and preventive actions and train operational teams on quality procedures
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in Food Science, Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Quality Management, Production Management, Agribusiness, or a related field
- At least 3 years of relevant quality, production, processing, food, agricultural, warehouse, laboratory, or manufacturing experience
- Strong documentation and reporting ability; strong attention to detail
- Ability to work across office, warehouse, production, and field environments
Preferred Experience
Coffee quality, coffee processing, cupping, grading, export standards, warehouse management, food safety, traceability, or commodity quality systems. Relevant training from coffee-sector or quality-assurance institutions is advantageous.
What You Will Gain
You will define what quality means at Comcof: the standards, records, and habits that every future lot, warehouse, and production line will be measured against, with the authority to enforce them.