Quality Supervisor

About the role

Provide technical quality support to Quality Assurance, Operations, and Product Development with an emphasis on continuous improvement, consumer/customer requirements, and continuous product quality. Act as the official back-up for the Plant Quality and Food Safety Manager. Support, implement, and maintain food safety practices as required through SQF. Responsible for completing job duties in a manner that supports all plant safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and management of the prerequisite programs including: hold logs and ERP dispositions; environmental swabbing and follow-up investigations; calibration, water, and air programs
• Conduct/manage Internal Audits
• Manage and develop plant Quality Technicians
• Support site-wide activities where technical expertise is needed
• Develop and ensure that the Quality and Food Safety training plan is executed and meet internal, 3rd party, regulatory, and SQF requirements
• Conduct QA training as part of plant's new-hire onboarding/orientation
• Manage Sales support by: creating finished goods COA's; conducting first run evaluation and presentation and control sample reviews; handling retrieval kits and samples
• Serve as primary back-up for QFS Manager, potentially including supporting meetings and other plant leadership team activities
• Back-up other positions in the department as needed

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree in Food Science, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, or other related field of study required
• Preventative Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI), HACCP, Food Defense and SQF Certification preferred
• Minimum of 5 years food product experience required, preferably as a QA Scientist or Quality Supervisor

Skills

• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
• Ability to work with a PC and have demonstrated math/statistical computation skills
• Knowledge of SPC
• Ability to work safely with chemicals, as well as in and around equipment
• Ability to compile, analyze and present collected data in summary form as well as being capable of performing a variety of tests
• Ability to communicate technical, scientific, and regulatory information, both written and verbally
• Interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to make presentations, facilitate meetings, probe for root cause, and provide training to various groups within the organization
• Knowledge of CI problem solving tools