As a Senior Business Development Manager, the role involves working closely with global manufacturers to drive business growth and achieve strategic objectives within South Africa. The focus is on aligning internal goals with customer needs, managing key partnerships, and identifying new opportunities for market expansion. This position requires a balance of strategic thinking and operational execution, ensuring that both company and client expectations are met through collaboration, innovation, and effective communication.

Manage and creating of CPA (Critical path analysis)Managing Quality Manager and QC’s.Managing NPD & Technical Assistant. Managing site Hygiene, Health, and Safety Supervisor.Responsible person for factory Audits and paperwork. Full management of QMS system. Responsible for supplier technical paperwork and NCR’s. Customer Complaints, RTV, and Mock Recall documentation and customer liaison. New Product Development working with suppliers and customers. Full technical and NPD integration for all departments of the facility (Commercial, Finance, Procurement, and Production).

Designing products to keep customers ahead of the curve or to differentiate them from competitors.Enhancing existing product range in order to simplify the supply chain, improve the taste profile and boost profitability. Determine Specifications Before factory run ensure a full set of specifications is drawn up.Oversee factory runs of new products on the floor or when current products are modified. Assist on the floor with factory run by training staff, eliminate obstacles, evaluate end product with quality or modify product, packaging or process if needed.Do market research; Evaluate current range vs competitors. Follow trends in the marketSupply costing information.

Develop new products to meet identified market needs.Implement product development plan.Lead development project from recipe formulation to first production run in alliance with cross functional departments (procurement, marketing, quality and production).Responsible for packaging requirements, innovations, trials and cost-saving initiatives.Analyze all relevant new product attributes, shelf life, nutrition, transit trials prior to launch.Process raw material data to effectively complete final product specification and labelling requirements.Attend to product exhibitions & consumer focus groups.Document raw material, final product and packaging specifications and technical processes.Support factory to deliver on KPI’s and Operational standards (QRMP).Understanding and knowledge of South Africa Food and labelling regulations.To develop a quality product which is compatible and cost competitive to drive market share.

- Leading the development function to deliver new products- Translating new concepts into manufactural, sustainable & feasible products- Ensuring product are presentable and enticing- Overseeing staff- Training staff when/where necessary- Effective bench marking and competitor analysis (pricing, product & quality)- Monitor product quality and standards- Recipe development & implementation where necessary with ready meals and in Hot Deli Sections for Spar Retail Group.- Oversee hygiene aspects within the factory

Manage and oversee: Day-to-Day activities of Quality Controllers. – Ensure that QC’s are conducting all tasks required of them as per their job descriptions and that all documentation to be checked and completed by the QC’s are checked and signed.Part of the FSQMS team: Attend Monthly FSQMS meetings, Conduct monthly internal Hygiene audits (And give thorough, detailed, concise feedback and raising of NCR’s), Conduct monthly raw material tracebacks (And give thorough, detailed, concise feedback and raising of NCR’s), Conduct monthly product tracebacks (And give thorough, detailed, concise feedback and raising of NCR’s). NPD: Run trials, sending kitchen / factory trial samples to customers, completing 4P documents, Artwork briefs, recipes, sending of travel tests, gold seals, taint tests, conducting shelf-life validation testing and feedback, compiling product specifications and loading onto Pathfinder, compiling of final product quality standards and give training Manage and oversee: Day-to-Day requirements of the on-site laboratory – Ensure that the lab is kept clean at all times, that all equipment used inside the lab are calibrated as required (With records kept) and in good, clean, functioning condition. Ensure that all lab staff are trained on relevant procedures and that all consumable & chemicals used in the lab are available and in stock at all times to prevent downtime to production. Ensure that lab procedures which are in place are compliant with relevant legislation. Training: Conduct training on the following procedures – Sorting, Sieving, Metal detection, Quality assurance procedures, Allergen management & Swabbing, Cleaning & Final product quality standards as/when new staff are appointed or annually as part of refresher training.

GIS data acquisition and preparationInterpretation and analysis of GIS data, GIS raster/image rectification and analysis GIS map layout, design and production. GIS database constructionGIS data interoperability managementExtensive data capturingGIS applications in agricultural crop suitability assessments, Google Earth, property analysis, mining exploration and socio-economic studies.