Quality Manager

About the role

The Quality Manager provides expertise for product quality management and food safety systems that result in enhanced customer satisfaction and increased profits.

Responsibilities

• Manage and assess the effectiveness of food safety and quality policies/programs (SQF, FDA, Food Safety and Quality).
• Coordinate the development and delivery of quality and food safety training programs for plant management and personnel.
• Mentor and take action with plant management and associates in quality and food safety.
• Conduct risk analysis regarding food quality for food safety incidents (Class 1, 2, or 3).
• Provide expertise to plant management in current good manufacturing practices (GMPs), sanitary design, and sanitation practices.
• Review, analyze, and react to shop floor operational data and QA product tests.
• Use statistical tools to optimize the process.
• Lead external regulatory or customer food safety audits.
• Coordinate corrective action to identified deficiencies.
• Ensure that in your absence, food safety/quality duties will be covered by QA Supervisor/HACCP Coordinator.

Requirements

• Job experience in quality and food safety systems.
• Statistical process control, corrective action, and continuous process improvement experience.
• Cost of quality analysis experience.
• Specifications, calibration, and process capability experience.
• Total quality management knowledge.
• Planning and designing quality projects and procedures experience.
• Implementation of quality initiative experience.
• Developing, delivering, and evaluating quality and food safety training programs.
• Assessing quality and food safety system performance experience.
• Working knowledge of food processing, regulatory requirements, food preservation, foodborne illness, food allergies, pest management, sanitary design, sanitation, and food microbiology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science or related field preferred.
• Certification in SQF, HACCP, PCQI, or other related programs.
• In-depth knowledge of plant sanitation, HACCP, FSMA, SSOP, and GMP program writing.
• Knowledge of food manufacturing industry and regulation inspection procedures is highly desired.
• Proven supervisory and leadership abilities and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Five (5) years of operations experience in a food manufacturing company.

Pay

$90,000–$110,000 per year.