Kleine Zalze Wines, an award-winning wine farm outside Stellenbosch and part of the AdVini Group, is looking for a qualified and experienced QC manager to ensure the quality standards throughout the company.
The successful candidate must have a BSc Food Science/Microbiology degree or an equivalent relevant qualification, with a minimum of 5 years QC experience in a wine-production environment.
Responsibilities and tasks will include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Development and maintenance of quality management and food safety systems, including HACCP, IPW, and assistance with WIETA, Fairtrade and BSCI
- Manage and ensure quality of all the production processes across various production facilities
- Ensure quality compliance of dry goods, including machine pass of new products, intake QC, etc. Work with suppliers to solve dry goods-related quality issues
- Manage labs and QC assistants
- Supplier and product approvals
- Supply chain mapping and supplier site updates
- Developing and maintaining material and product specifications
- Bottling requests and service provider spec sheet approval
- Maintain all product- and quality-related information on platforms of our importers and distributors
- Record and assist in investigation and solving of client complaints
- Assistance in new product development. Obtain and maintain SAWIS label approvals.
A market-related salary, in line with qualifications and experience, is on offer.
Please submit your CV and cover letter to wine@kleinezalze.co.za by 20 January 2026. If you do not hear from us within two weeks after the closing date, your application was unsuccessful.