Manager, Quality

Responsibilities

• Follows plant safety procedures and guidelines
• Knows emergency procedures and what to do in the event of power outages, machine failures, workplace injuries, etc.
• Wears and utilizes personal protective equipment (PPE) as required
• Understands and identifies Lock-out/Tag-out procedures
• Informs supervisor of safety issues; reports any workplace injury or incident immediately
• Supports SQF through compliance with SQF standard practices and policies
• Aids SQF teams, audits, and documentation as necessary
• Maintains and achieves internal quality targets, measurements, and KPI’s
• Manages and organizes daily activities for all employees assigned to the Quality department
• Investigates customer (internal & external) quality issues from performing root cause analysis to issuing of CAPAs
• Oversees the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the SQF System (food safety fundamentals and the food safety plan)
• Takes appropriate action to ensure the integrity of the SQF System and communicates to relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of the SQF System
• Validates changes to food safety fundamentals and food safety plans that have an impact on the supplier’s ability to deliver safe food products
• Participates as facilitator or leader of Kaizen and other cross-functional quality improvement team events
• Ensures consistency with Company quality standards, practices, and policies
• Leads change efforts at manufacturing plant to improve and enhance quality systems
• Strengthens role, presence and impact of the Quality department within the manufacturing plant
• Implements and provides training of quality procedures throughout the plant
• Liaises with Sales, Client Services, Operations, and Supply Chain groups to respond to any customer concerns
• Liaises with Operations and Supply Chain groups to coordinate and drive internal corrective actions of identified quality problems
• Works with the Operations group to assist in their achievement of schedule attainment goals
• Directs and supervises Quality department employees
• Identifies required training of plant employees in SQF and related quality and food safety plans
• Carrries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws
• Conducts regular meetings with employees to review performance
• Prepares for, coordinates, and leads inspections by clients, governmental agencies, or other entities
• Maintains and tracks quality performance metrics
• Oversees document control over the Quality department
• Issues quality reports to management

Qualifications

Commensurate with experience

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

See above

Pay

TBD

Schedule

N/A