Reporting to: Technical Manager (Ambient)

Location: Montague Gardens, Cape Town

The purpose of this role is to identify a Food Technology professional with a proven track record in the food industry focusing ensuring the quality, safety, and compliance of products within a specific category. They are involved in creating and maintaining product specifications, ensuring regulatory compliance, and overseeing product development. Essentially, they bridge the gap between product design, manufacturing, and quality control.

Key Job Functions:

Developing and maintaining product specifications

• This involves creating detailed documents that outline the technical requirements for a product, including materials, dimensions, performance, and safety standards.

Ensuring regulatory compliance

• They ensure that products meet all relevant legal and safety standards, conducting risk assessments and product safety reviews.

Overseeing new product development

• They may be involved in initial concept development, testing, and trials of new products.

Working with various stakeholders

• They collaborate with designers, manufacturers, and other departments to ensure that products meet the required specifications.

Maintaining documentation

• They are responsible for keeping all relevant documentation up-to-date and readily available.

Knowledge and Experience Required:

5-8 yrs experience in Product development, Legislation, New product development, Sustainability, Manufacturing and the ability to display competence in the following skills:

Technical Expertise

• A strong understanding of product specifications, materials, and manufacturing processes is essential.

Regulatory Knowledge

• Aware of relevant laws, regulations, and standards for their specific product category.

Analytical Skills

• The ability to analyze data, identify potential problems, and develop solutions.

Communication Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills are needed to work effectively with diverse teams and customers across multiple disciplines and functions.

Project management Skills

• The ability to successfully lead, manage and deliver projects related to new product development or process improvements.

Person Profile, Skills and Attitude:

• Able to translate technical knowledge into constructive professional decisions, advice and sound judgments
• Making key decisions based on expertise and experience in fast paced environment
• Able to manage relationships with customers and suppliers
• Able to communicate clearly and confidently and make presentations
• Able to manage information systems and processes
• Displays a concern for business values and ethical standards
• Strong attention to detail
• Passion for product and achieving excellence
• Sets high personal standards, is focused and self-motivated
• Valid driver’s license

Key Competencies:

• Quality Delivery
• Adapting to Change
• Applying Knowledge & Expertise
• Interpersonal Relations
• Planning and organizing
• Thinking and Innovation

Application:

Please note that you may on occasion be required to perform tasks that are not part of your normal daily duties but may be necessary due to the operational requirements of the Company. All interest applicants please forward your CV and any supporting documents to: Recruitment@rialtofoods.co.za. Application Closing Date: 22 August 2025.

Note: Preference will be given to EE candidates in line with the Company’s employment equity plan and BBBEE strategy.
Please note that you may on occasion be required to perform tasks that are not part of your normal daily duties but may be necessary due to the operational requirements of the Company. In order to consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information. The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), provides that when one processes another’s personal information, such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person’s personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.

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