Quality Assurance Manager - for a leading Food and Beverage Company
- Quality Assurance Manager
- Cabool, MO
A leading Food and Beverage company is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager who is genuine, talented, and collaborative to join their ever-growing team. Do you have Quality experience, or enjoy providing leadership, preparation, and resources to help create a high-functioning work environment? If you answered yes to any of these questions, enjoy being part company with a steady path of evolution and are looking to take your career to the next level, then apply now!
Summary:
The Quality Assurance Manager - Will plan, coordinate, and direct facility Quality Assurance and Food Safety Programs in compliance with all company policies, procedures, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements. Work collaboratively with the plant management team to improve overall plant performance. Support and implement a culture of quality. Inspire employees to greater levels of professionalism, quality, productivity, and engagement with the company-wide team
The Quality Assurance Manager - should have the following skill set:
- Bachelor's degree - Degree in Food Science, Biological Sciences or related field preferred
- 5 years of experience in food processing environment - Experience in dairy manufacturing preferred
- PQCI Certification preferred
- Demonstrated Supervisory responsibilities
- SQF Practitioner certified
- HACCP certification
- LACF experience
The Quality Assurance Manager - will:
- Ensure daily plant Quality and Food Safety operations are in compliance with company policies, procedures, customer requirements, and local, state, and federal regulations
- Ensure escalation of non-conformance events to the proper operations and corporate QA personnel
- Maintain robust and effective Food Safety and Quality Plans with supporting prerequisite programs. Collaborate with plant and corporate resources to ensure the plant is always at a regulatory state of readiness for all applicable food safety regulations. Monitor and make recommendations for improvement
- Lead customer specification management
- Ensure that the plant has the capabilities to meet the customer specifications
- Ensure SAP is aligned to report tests results and required information correctly on the certificate of analysis (COA's)
- Monitor compliance to customer specifications and communicate any issues/concerns
- Manage "Hold and Release" programs for finished products and ingredients
- Manage standardized operating procedures (SOP's)
- Facilitate internal, customer, corporate, and regulatory audit visits
- Manage CAPA systems (Corrective Action/Preventive Actions)
- Manage all Quality and Food Safety CAPAs. Oversee team assignments to ensure proper root cause analysis and implementation of corrections and verification of effective/sustainable actions
