QA Manager - Food Manufacturing

Job Description

Quality Assurance Manager - Food Manufacturing

The QA Manager will lead and drive an efficient and robust food safety program. This position is responsible for product safety, quality, legality, regulatory compliance and customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Provide leadership in consumer and product safety, product quality, regulatory, and technical excellence

Manage multiple objectives and assuring the safety and quality of all products that leave manufacturing facility while balancing the needs of production

Manage the internal auditing program, assessing the performance of the quality system, reporting its effectiveness to the management, and proposing actions for improvement

Communicate site quality vision/state of quality to plant management

Enable and maintain a culture of quality awareness and compliance in the plant

Work with the plant leadership team to ensure all quality programs and systems are implemented

Maintain robust food safety program (e. g., HACCP, BRC or SQF)

Ensure compliance/audit readiness review all quality systems and Quality Programs annually

Track, report, and review the Quality Performance Indicators on a regular basis to drive continuous improvement

Manage regulatory relationships and inspections

Ensure adherence to good hygienic practice, pest management programs, cleaning procedures, and clear zoning principles in the factory

Develop and train plant quality and sanitation team

Build and document knowledge about latest methods, trends, and developments in food safety and quality assurance for the pertinent products

Ownership of customer/consumer complaint investigation and resolution

Conduct effective root cause analysis and implement corrective action and prevention action

Ensure that products are produced to specification to meet safety, quality, and regulatory requirements

Work Safety Ensures that all tasks and functions of position are performed in a safe manner at all times and that all procedures and requirements are properly followed to accomplish assigned tasks

Qualifications

Four-year degree in Food Science, Quality, or other relevant scientific discipline preferred; equivalent experience in lieu of a degree will also be considered

Five years of relevant job experience

Must have prior supervisor experience in a manufacturing environment

Strong verbal communication skills

Mathematical aptitudeCompany Description

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Full-time