Quality Assurance Manager

Job Duties

• Manages Quality and Sanitation department.
• Manages all food safety and quality programs.
• Follows all Federal and local or State guidelines and manufacturing processes.
• On-site recall coordinator, key contact with all regulatory personnel.
• Manages plant good manufacturing practices.
• Verifies and ensures compliance with the internal specifications of the products.
• Prepares Quality reports when required, key performance indicators (KPI’s).
• Detection of opportunities for Food safety and Quality improvement in the process areas.
• Manages correction of the deviations detected in the production process.
• Verifies the proper handling of allergens in the different stages of the production process.
• Maintains Quality System.
• Performs required finished product testing and the effective completion of documentation and data entry.
• Coordination of Food Safety Inspections.
• Coordination of GMP and SSOP daily inspections.
• Responsible for food safety regarding all products and processes.
• Responsible for all Quality and Sanitation documentation.
• Coordinate all program inspections (Internal Audits).
• Manages and administers the elements of the quality management system, including the quality manual, operating procedures and working instructions.
• Conducts quality assurance audits to assure company standards are maintained and product integrity is preserved.
• Manages all customer claims: gathers data, generates corrective actions and liaises with plant.
• Develops and implements a regime for incoming product inspection and acceptance/rejection criteria.
• Acts as the focal point for all quality related issues and reports to management as needed.
• Schedule and coordinates all internal and external audit activities, addresses non-conformities and maintains audit history.
• Evaluates and presents trends in quality data to identify potential opportunities for improvement.
• Organizes plant calibration programs and activities.
• Provides and documents standard tools for continuous improvement activities.
• Manages product testing and certification for both internal and external purposes.
• Maintains quality documentation as required.
• Develops and implements SQF system.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 10 years of Quality Assurance experience.
• Attention to detail.
• Planning and organizing.
• Effective decision making.
• Teamwork.
• Communication skills – verbal and written.
• Other duties assigned by management.
• Bilingual in Spanish (read, write, speak).