Quality Compliance Manager

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, understand, and develop plans to comply with customer requirements.
• Create metrics to monitor compliance to customer and agency requirements.
• Facilitate all customer and 3rd party audits.
• Manage audit related CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action) to closure.
• Serve as technical liaison/leader for the facility/procurement on supplier related defects and improvement opportunities.
• With procurement develop a supplier rating, corrective/preventative process to improve supplier quality.
• Partner with Quality Systems on supplier approval, incoming ingredient requirements, and ingredient hazard analysis.
• Act as primary quality resource and coordinator on sanitary design & change control activities.
• Facilitate all internal auditing processes & maintain/perform training on departmental-specific policies, procedures and programs.
• Manage compliance schedules with all departments.
• Ensure all HACCP and Food Safety Plans are up to date, verified, and validated.
• Support Quality Manager and commercialization teams in integrating customer and compliance requirements into internal specifications.
• Support Quality Assurance department as necessary, in other areas.
• Serve as a backup for the Quality Manager if needed during his/her absence.

Qualifications

• 4-year College or university program certification in food safety, microbiology, biology or experimental scientist related background.
• Or two or more years’ related experience and/or training.
• SQF or ISO certification a plus.
• 2 or more years of supervisory leadership experience is preferred.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in product compliance and/or commercialization in the food industry, product development or similar discipline, in a related manufacturing environment.
• Familiar with state and federal food processing regulations.
• ISO, ASQ and/or SQF/BRC certification preferred.
• HACCP and PCQI Certifications are ideal.
• Must be accurate and detail oriented.
• Excel (conditional formatting, formulas, drop downs, trend