Assistant Quality Manager

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Continuously drive the facility’s culture toward a higher level of safety.
• Challenge status quo safety behaviors, engage in Safety initiatives and ensure safety related training is attended by all employees.
• Assist QA Manager with developing, implementing and maintaining Quality Systems.
• Cook up coordination of preparation and corrective actions for regulatory, customer and internal audits and inspections.
• Cook up coordination of process for timely issuance, distribution and compliance with plant procedures.
• Cook up coordination of FDA Record Review process.
• Administer plant Good Manufacturing Practices program.
• Review quality trends, track root cause of quality failures, coordinate corrective action.
• Cook up coordination of the sustainability and annual review of the Safe Quality Foods Program.
• Identify and implement developmental plans and training for supervisors and support staff reporting directly and indirectly.
• Food safety and regulatory responsibilities, and responsible for meeting the requirements of the SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacturing, and shall report food safety problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
• Ensure the department’s activities remain in or exceed the standards and specifications established by Quality Assurance.
• Engage and interact with all personnel on a regular basis assisting them with their concerns and questions.
• Drive key performance indicators to all levels within the organization related to Quality Assurance and participate in making recommendations for necessary changes to enhance the business objectives.
• Initiate and drive continuous improvement activities in department, operations, and other areas of the facility as part of the team to ensure plant sustainability.
• Manage employee’s performance through establishing expectations, holding people accountable and developing the understanding of the sense of urgency in addressing Operational needs.
• Partner with other departments regarding the resolution of ongoing problems, the implementation of new procedures or process, the injection of new products or product lines, and the development of new plan and designs.
• Ensure good business communication practices are engaged at all levels to ensure key stakeholders are well informed, have the ability to appropriately respond.
• Ensure all process changes, equipment changes or product changes are understood by all employees in a timely fashion.
• Ensure a decisive understanding of budgeting, uptime, problem solving techniques, motivational techniques, long range planning, and Employee & Labor Relations are understood and implemented during the course of business.
• In the absence of the QA Manager, the assistant QA Manager shall cover the QA Manager responsibilities.

Minimum Requirements

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Bachelor of Science in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry or related
• 3-5 years of experience managing people and related processes in a manufacturing environment
• Computer skills- Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SPC Programs, SAP or ERP
• Excellent communication and presentation skills -all levels of the organization
• Valid driver’s License
• Must be able to read, write and speak English

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in related field or MBA
• 1-3 years of experience in a Unionized environment preferred
• Food, Beverage or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing experience
• CMQ, CQA, CQE not required but preferred
• Safe Quality Foods Practitioner Certification

Company Information

• Better Process Control School PCQI
• An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans