Quality Assurance Manager

Employment Type: Full-time

Available Positions: 1

Location: On-Site

Application Deadline: April 9th, 2024

Summary

The Quality Assurance Manager will be responsible for establishing and maintaining quality assurance standards, procedures, and controls. This role serves as the site leader in creating the appropriate policies, procedures, and methodologies to support quality/food safety best practices, including regulatory compliance, HACCP, GMP, and SQF

Key Activities

• Establishes the analytic testing and auditing processes to ensure ingredients, finished products, and packaging comply with order specifications and quality/food safety policies including regulatory compliance, HACCP, GMPs, and SQF.
• Creates the processes to accurately and efficiently document and record various measurements and test results in compliance with record-keeping policies and requirements.
• Professionally and effectively communicates and collaborates with internal departments as warranted to ensure needed product or packaging quality adjustments are enacted.
• Tracks microbiological trends, sanitation program performance, and product shelf life within the plant and communicates results to plant team members and corporate quality assurance.
• Develops and implements a system of statistical analysis in order to manage food safety and quality programs with an emphasis on ensuring continuous improvement.
• Organizes and oversees the internal sanitation team within the plant.
• Develops site validation techniques and quality-based methods to ensure processes, raw materials, products, and packaging operations are within specified guidelines.
• Coordinates with the Operations Department and internal stakeholder teams to investigate product and customer issues and respond on time.
• Serves as the primary contact for customer, third party, and SQF audits as necessary.
• Develops, trains, and mentors both department personnel and Production Operators as needed to ensure food safety and quality best practices are implemented during the production process

Preferred Skills

• Prior food manufacturing experience is highly desirable

Educations & Experience

• Food Science/related Bachelor’s Degree, or directly equivalent experience, is required.
• At least 5 years’ experience working in a regulatory compliance environment
• Must have a demonstrated thorough understanding of SQF/GMP/HACCP requirements

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Job ID: 7168