Quality Controller at Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia

Closing Date

2025/09/15

Reference Number

CCB250908-1

Job Title

QUALITY CONTROLLER

Job Category

Manufacturing

Company

Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia

Job Type

Permanent

Location – Country

Zambia

Location – Province

Not Applicable

Location – Town / City

LUSAKA

Job Description

Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia requires the services of a Quality Controller, the primary role of the Quality Controller is to monitor control environment and conduct tests and analyses to control and ensure compliance to quality requirements across the Supply Chain. The position report into the Quality Assurance Technician.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Applying organizational understanding to drive a Quality Culture
Ensure that Quality Management Systems are implemented in the laboratory and related quality processes
Ensure that quality objectives are measured as identified in goals and objective documentation
Maintenance of the Quality system and ensure CCBA and TCCC standards are met.
4-hourly Quality testing verifications on all 30 minutes and hourly test frequencies. Daily verification of 4 hourly tests.
Interpretation of SPC data and ensuring that the teams understand the SPC measures and can analyse the data
Inspection and release of Isolations
Sanitation Matrix review and monitoring of matrix compliance
Daily Data review, with interest in recorded data trends, amount of out of control and out of spec data points.
Reviewing Infinity events for correct logging of comments and reasons
Data integrity: Ensure lab equipment connectivity to Infinity (both in lab and on the line)
Review is all out of spec data is isolated and if required RCA documentation has been received from the line team
Responsible for Carbonation retention studies
Calibration and Verification of Cobrix
Managing the non-conforming product program – Retest of isolations and making decisions about release and destructions. Ensuring that non-conforming product program is applied in all areas in syrup room, production and warehouse. Verify that isolated products are not available for stock picking.
Checks meeting boards to ensure that the data is correctly updated and that the correct KPI’s are measured at level 1 meetings (relevant to the team).
Review quality of RCA documentation and support teams in problem solving.
Attend production team meetings on a scheduled basis (at least meeting per line per week)
Review simple syrup, final syrup manufacturing and release processes
Review water treatment process, result and waste water treatment process and results.
Engage with Internal Customers to Develop Partnerships and Capability
Support of shift teams and unit teams in problem solving, also reviewing outputs of problem solving sessions
Interpretation of SPC data and assisting teams to use this information in problem solving sessions
Monitoring of effectiveness of corrective actions to solve issues
Identify improvement opportunities
Maintain health, safety and environmental standards
Contribute to the management of Sustainable Development drivers

Skills, Experience & Education

COMPETENCIES

Assertiveness
Compliance, Governance and Ethics
Detail Focused
Problem Solving and Analysis
Analytical and Methodical
Self-motivated Innovative
Innovative
Result and Execution Driven
Resilient and energetic
Sound understanding of Statistical Process Control
Sound understanding and knowledge of production and quality processes
Sound understanding of water treatment and waste water treatment processes

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Minimum requirement : Diploma in Food Science, Food Technology or equivalent.
Added advantage: Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science or equivalent
Experience: 2 years’ work experience in FMCG environment

Closing Date	2025/09/15
Reference Number	CCB250908-1
Job Title	QUALITY CONTROLLER
Job Category	Manufacturing
Company	Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia
Job Type	Permanent
Location – Country	Zambia
Location – Province	Not Applicable
Location – Town / City	LUSAKA
Job Description	Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia requires the services of a Quality Controller, the primary role of the Quality Controller is to monitor control environment and conduct tests and analyses to control and ensure compliance to quality requirements across the Supply Chain. The position report into the Quality Assurance Technician.
Key Duties & Responsibilities	Applying organizational understanding to drive a Quality Culture Ensure that Quality Management Systems are implemented in the laboratory and related quality processes Ensure that quality objectives are measured as identified in goals and objective documentation Maintenance of the Quality system and ensure CCBA and TCCC standards are met. 4-hourly Quality testing verifications on all 30 minutes and hourly test frequencies. Daily verification of 4 hourly tests. Interpretation of SPC data and ensuring that the teams understand the SPC measures and can analyse the data Inspection and release of Isolations Sanitation Matrix review and monitoring of matrix compliance Daily Data review, with interest in recorded data trends, amount of out of control and out of spec data points. Reviewing Infinity events for correct logging of comments and reasons Data integrity: Ensure lab equipment connectivity to Infinity (both in lab and on the line) Review is all out of spec data is isolated and if required RCA documentation has been received from the line team Responsible for Carbonation retention studies Calibration and Verification of Cobrix Managing the non-conforming product program – Retest of isolations and making decisions about release and destructions. Ensuring that non-conforming product program is applied in all areas in syrup room, production and warehouse. Verify that isolated products are not available for stock picking. Checks meeting boards to ensure that the data is correctly updated and that the correct KPI’s are measured at level 1 meetings (relevant to the team). Review quality of RCA documentation and support teams in problem solving. Attend production team meetings on a scheduled basis (at least meeting per line per week) Review simple syrup, final syrup manufacturing and release processes Review water treatment process, result and waste water treatment process and results. Engage with Internal Customers to Develop Partnerships and Capability Support of shift teams and unit teams in problem solving, also reviewing outputs of problem solving sessions Interpretation of SPC data and assisting teams to use this information in problem solving sessions Monitoring of effectiveness of corrective actions to solve issues Identify improvement opportunities Maintain health, safety and environmental standards Contribute to the management of Sustainable Development drivers
Skills, Experience & Education	COMPETENCIES Assertiveness Compliance, Governance and Ethics Detail Focused Problem Solving and Analysis Analytical and Methodical Self-motivated Innovative Innovative Result and Execution Driven Resilient and energetic Sound understanding of Statistical Process Control Sound understanding and knowledge of production and quality processes Sound understanding of water treatment and waste water treatment processes QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE Minimum requirement : Diploma in Food Science, Food Technology or equivalent. Added advantage: Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science or equivalent Experience: 2 years’ work experience in FMCG environment