Dogan’s Sugar Limited is incorporated in July 2013 in Lagos, Nigeria as a European invested company for the will to produce quality sugar products in Nigeria. The company is a subsidiary of Ata Ltd. Co.; Ukraine’s biggest and market leader cube sugar manufacturing company with more than %70 market share. Currently Ata is manufacturing more than 20 different FMCG products in Ukraine with different weights and packaging (see: www.ata.ua).
To start local manufacturing in Nigeria, our company has opened a new factory in Lagos and started its first commercial production in April, 2014 with a production capacity of 90,000 cartons (2,182.5MT) per month. Our company applies the latest International food standards for food safety and quality (FSSC 22000). In production of Dogan’s Sugar Cubes, it is only used full automatic high technology European sugar processing lines with zero hand contact with the product. As main raw material, we’re only using R1 grade granulated sugar with vitamin A.
Our mission is to follow the success story of our mother company Ata in Nigeria, is to give our consumers best quality products with affordable price by using local raw materials and generating local work force opportunities without sacrificing European quality standards and food safety.Key Tasks
Ensure compliance to raw material standards through maintenance of good supplier control.
Ensure compliance with product quality standards in terms of recipe and processing methods.
Manage food safety through the establishment of prerequisite programs and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Plan for operational processes.
Liaise with the statutory and the regulatory agencies such as NAFDAC, SON, LASEPA, NESREA, MDAs, LCDAs, and Public Health Officers.
Research and develop new product through competitor bench-marking.
Establish and maintain standard for stock-keeping such as FIFO, FEFO & LILO.
Establish standard for best Hygiene Practices.
Troubleshoot whenever there is a deviation in operational processes and standards.
Monitor Operational Quality Cycle.
Ensure compliance to Human and Environmental Safety Policy of the organization.
Train and retrain staff on Food Safety, Quality Management systems and Best Hygiene Practices.
Engage in periodic compliance audit of staff, operations, and equipment in relation to Quality and Hygiene standards.
Carry out corrective actions and preventive actions implementation and reports on observations and/or compliance directives from regulatory bodies.
Generate monthly and periodic reports to Management on Quality Circle Deviation.
Any other duty as may be assigned by the Management.
Competency & Technical Skill Requirements
Candidates should possess HND / B.Sc. Degrees in Food Science or any Biological Science fields with relevant work experience.
Vast experience in Food processing and manufacturing
Professional Certification in Quality, Food, Health, and Safety
Ability to think creatively and innovatively
Managing people.
Ability to work in a team
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to write technical reports.
Problem-solving.
Analytical minded.
Good planning ability.
