Reporting to: Food Technologist

Location: Montagu, Western Cape

About the Libstar Wet Condiments Category

The Wet Condiments Category is part of the Libstar Ambient Products Category, with business sites located in Montagu, Cape Town, and Johannesburg. We operate within a dynamic, forward-thinking organization dedicated to driving innovation, fostering growth, and creating a supportive, inclusive work environment. As part of the broader Libstar team, our goal is to grow our food brands and category solutions in a sustainable and profitable manner. We prioritize building strong relationships with our customers and aim to be South Africa’s leading producer and distributor of high-quality products and brands. To achieve this, we believe that our people are our greatest asset, and we are committed to investing in their development and well-being.

Purpose of the Role

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Junior Food Technologist to join our dynamic team in a fast-paced FMCG environment. The purpose of the role is to ensure that all the internal maintenance requirements of production are met on a daily basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Packaging approval: Work with the Regulatory & Compliance officer to approve labels and different types of packaging including execution of transit trials.
• Supplier documents: Obtain updated documents from all the suppliers to submit for annual review by the Food Technologist and the Packaging Technologist including for new suppliers.
• External Supplier Information: Support the maintaining of a robust system relating to all final products and communicating any changes to the Regulatory & Compliance officer.
• Alternate suppliers: Assist with the gathering of relevant documentation for alternate supplier requests to enable risk assessments before approval.
• Incoming materials: Assisting in managing raw materials that do not correspond to specifications on file and raising of NCRs to suppliers.
• Supplier Quality Assurance: Schedule surveillance audits for low-risk suppliers
• Food Fraud: maintain and update the food fraud and VACCP system to ensure incoming materials are safe.
• Facility Audits: Assist with audits as required. Compile the information required for mock recall and traceability studies as may be required by the auditor. Support implementation of corrections and corrective actions.
• Traceability, Mass Balancing & Recall: Participate in conducing traceability and mock recalls exercises and mass balance studies across all lines.
• Customer Complaints & Queries: Provide investigation reports to the Food Technologist to finalise and report back to customers on complaints across all lines.
• Customer SQA systems: Understand how customer online systems work and upload required documents on time.
• Training: Train receiving QC on acceptance criteria for incoming raw materials and packaging as well as training production and pre-weigh team.
• Project work: Ad hoc projects as assigned by Technical Manager

Behavioural Competencies

• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to take instructions and execute diligently
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Good communication and teamwork abilities
• Ability to work in a fast paced manufacturing environment and meet deadlines
• Computer skills (MS Office, data recording)

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in food science/ food technology/ chemistry/ biotechnology
• Quality control and assurance
• Product testing
• Documentation and reporting

Additional Information

You may occasionally be required to perform tasks outside your normal responsibilities, depending on operational requirements.

Application

Please e-mail your CV to francene.koopman@montfoods.co.za. Late applications will not be considered.
Include the position you are applying for in the email subject line.
Application deadline: 10 June 2026
If you have not received a response within two weeks of the closing date for applications, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

NOTE: 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.

To give effect to the above, we are required to provide you with information regarding the processing of your personal information. This information is recorded under the HR Processing Notice, which can be accessed and viewed on the Company website at https://www.libstar.co.za/legal/.