Quality Manager

Description

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

Key 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 responsible for taking action with plant management and associates in

quality and food safety.

· Conduct risk analysis in regard to food quality for food safety incidents (Class 1, 2, or 3).

· Provide expertise to plant management in current good manufacturing practice (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 her/his absence the food safety/quality duties will be covered by QA

Supervisor/HACCP Coordinator.

Requirements

Technical Knowledge

· 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, food borne illness, food allergies, pest management, sanitary design, sanitation, and food microbiology

Education and Experience 

· 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 a plus and regulation inspection procedures is highly desired.

· Proven supervisory and leadership abilities and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Five (5) years Operations experience in a food manufacturing company