Quality Assurance Manager

About the Role

Ultimate responsibility for Safe, Quality Food at a manufacturing site. Actively engaged in improving food and laboratory safety, quality, and efficiencies in the QA laboratories and production. Maintains intimate knowledge of laboratory policies and test procedures. Fosters a high-performance work culture in all Quality Assurance labs by ensuring Good Laboratory Practices are maintained and Technicians are routinely trained and tested for accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and secure all aspects of food safety and quality from raw material receipt to production and shipment of food.
• Lead staff and plant operational teams to ensure compliance with HACCP, SOPs, SSOPs, and cGMPs.
• Develop, train, and sustain Good Laboratory Practices.
• Ensure product safety and quality testing is maintained and recorded at facilities.
• Oversee laboratory training of all Technicians to ensure accurate and consistent test results.
• Approve the facility QA budget and capital projects.
• Maintain intimate knowledge of laboratory and production processes; evaluate processes to remove waste and reduce cost.
• Identify process locations and attributes to predict quality, maintain consistency, and reduce finished product testing.
• Set finished product quality attributes with targets and ranges, considering process capability.
• Support specification changes and publish updated test procedures in a timely manner.
• Determine root causes of food safety and quality deficiencies and resolve them quickly.
• Ensure deficiency corrective actions are validated and maintained.
• Coach, develop, and train direct reports and their staff, as well as support plant operations training in food safety, quality, and customer requirements.
• Work closely with Technology, Marketing, Sales, and customers to ensure products perform as designed.
• Proactively manage safety by ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and internal Company policies.
• Complete behavior-based safety observations and correct unsafe conditions promptly.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree required.
• Five to seven years of related experience and/or training.
• HACCP Certification.
• SQF Practitioner Certification.

Skills

• Accounting software
• Database software
• Human Resource systems
• Internet software
• Inventory software
• Manufacturing software
• Order processing systems
• Project Management software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word Processing software

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Manufacturing plant environment.
• Ability to move/lift up to 50 lbs.