Job Title: Quality Officer
Organisation: Ibero Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is the world’s leading green coffee services group, consisting of 50 companies across 26 countries and including more than 2,600 colleagues working within exporters, importers, farms, mills and services.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct analysis and generate reports on both Arabica and Robusta coffee for purchasing, export, and other purposes.
- Monitor coffee quality throughout processing stages, including grading, gravity tabling, colour sorting, and mixing/bulking, and record observations for traceability.
- Assist in preparing, handling, and dispatching various samples (approval/PSS, stock lot, type, shipments, and offer samples) to clients, and maintain accurate tracking records.
- Manage and maintain records of samples in the Quality Laboratory.
- Oversee off-loading, loading, and sampling processes.
- Inspect export and storage containers/trucks before loading to ensure they are free from contaminants and safe for coffee transport.
- Ensure that the coffee produced meets UCDA standards and client specifications
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Proficient in English and any other local languages.
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Food Science, Agriculture, Agronomy, or a related field.
- At least 2-3 years of experience in quality control, preferably in the coffee processing industry.
- Experience with coffee quality assessment, grading, and certification processes is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with coffee grading standards and quality control procedures.
- Strong analytical skills to evaluate coffee quality and detect defects.
- Willingness to travel to off-site stations such as warehouses, suppliers and production facilities as required from time to time.
- Experience in primary processing of Arabica coffee is an added advantage
- High level of personal integrity and empathy.
Attention to Detail
- High resilience, reliability as well as ability to manage deadlines.
- Effective Team work and coordination
- Problem solving
Proactiveness
- Our staff appreciates
- International: Working in an international atmosphere in a growing and progressive company
- Have we sparked your interest?
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24