Quality Compliance Supervisor

Job Duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist with the evaluation, understanding, and development of plans to comply with customer requirements.
• Create metrics to monitor compliance to customer and agency requirements.
• Support the Compliance Manager with presenting information in all customer and 3rd party audits.
• Affiliate in supporting audit related CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action) to closure.
• Assist in serving as technical liaison/leader for the facility to maintain all aspects of the SPC program ensuring that finished product is set up and run in compliance with customer or internal specifications.
• Partner with Quality Systems on supplier approval, incoming ingredient requirements, and ingredient hazard analysis.
• Act as secondary quality resource and coordinator on sanitary design & change control activities.
• Affiliate in facilitating internal auditing processes & maintain/perform training on departmental-specific policies, procedures and programs.
• Affiliate in managing compliance schedules with all departments.
• Support Compliance Manager to ensure all HACCP and Food Safety Plans are up to date, verified, and validated.
• Affiliate in integrating customer and compliance requirements into internal specifications.
• Affiliate with Quality Assurance department as necessary, in other areas.
• Assist in serving as a backup for the Compliance Manager if needed during his/her absence.

  Required Competencies & Knowledge

  • Knowledge of: Ingredient hazards in accordance with FSMA Intentional Adulteration Risk Assessments Food Defense
  • Knowledge and experience with SAP preferred
  • Advanced computer skills and a knowledge of project management tools

  Skills

  • Skilled in maintaining harmonious working relations with employees from all departments
  • Skilled in maintaining harmonious working relations with management from all levels
  • Skilled in communicating effectively with all employees and management
  • Comfortable with leading difficult decisions
  • Flexible, agile, creative, able to lead by example and be ready to be part of a multidisciplinary department team
  • Skilled in communicating effectively both verbally and in writing
  • Skilled in managing multiple projects/trackers at one time
  • Skilled in ensuring collaborative relationships with industry, trade, other associations, regulatory agencies and Maker’s Pride staff
  • Skilled in leading 'best in class' behaviors with focus on safety, quality, and policy focus

  Problem Solving

  • Skilled in creating hypothesis for a challenge, elaborating on test plans, analyzing and interpreting results, critical thinking
  • RCA-CAPA Tools (5-Why, Fishbone, etc.)

  Work Environment

  • Ability to work in a light to high noise environment
  • Communicate in English to give acknowledgement
  • Handle daily employee issues
  • Travel up to 25% is possible

  Physical Requirements

  • Reaching with hands and arms throughout shift
  • Ability to use hands and fingers
  • Ability to see, hear and talk
  • Employee frequently required to sit
  • Occasionally required to walk, climb and/or balance
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 20 lbs
  • Walk up to 400 yards to work and break areas

  Minimum Qualifications

  • 4-year College or university program certification in food safety, microbiology, biology or experimental scientist related background is preferred
  • Or three or more years related experience and/or training
  • SQF or ISO certification a plus
  • 2 or more years of supervisory leadership experience is required
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in product compliance and/or commercialization in the food industry, product development or similar discipline, in a related environment
  • Familiar with state and federal food processing regulations
  • ISO, ASQ and/or SQF/BRC certification preferred
  • HACCP and PCQI Certifications
  • Must be accurate and detail oriented
  • Excel (conditional formatting, formulas, drop downs, trend charting, pivot tables, etc.)
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and at times independently

  Company Information

  • Relocation is not available for this opportunity
  • Sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position
  • It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are legally authorized to work in the location to which they apply
  • Maker's Pride is an Equal Opportunity Employer