Quality Manager

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