Quality Assurance Manager

Position Title: Quality Assurance Manager

Terms: Full-Time

Location: Kenosha, WI

Description:
Ensure consistent production of safe, quality product by following corporate and government guidelines. Supervise Quality Assurance associates. Perform all jobs safely, efficiently and accurately to maintain and improve the performance of the entire plant in the areas of Safety, Quality, Reliability (SQR) and our Customer 1st strategy. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide leadership to the plant in areas of food safety and product quality.


• Serve as liaison for governmental inspections.


• Participate in corporate regulatory compliance inspections and audits.


• Audit plant sanitation process through environmental testing, product testing and physical inspections.


• Assure that Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are consistently and effectively followed and ensure pest control program compliance.


• Support quality initiatives by participating in routine Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) walkthroughs and participating in or leading any food safety or quality initiatives.


• Monitor to ensure that Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls (HARPC), Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), allergen programs, formulations, and finished product consistently meet specification.


• Assure that Quality Assurance staff is properly trained and resourced.


• Ensure thorough and effective annual training of Safe Quality Foods (SQF), Good Manufacturing Practices GMPs and Food Safety Programs.


• Assure that record keeping is accurate and meets organization, SQF and government regulations.


• Ensure receiving procedures for incoming and outgoing ingredients are in compliance with quality and safety standards.


• Investigate consumer comments, collaborate with production on resulting action plans.


• Assist Corporate Food Technology (CFT) with product development, product audits and calculation of raw materials.


• Provide support to production in continuous improvement effort.


• Provide feedback to suppliers to improve relationships and resolve quality issues.


• Assist the staff management team in all Safe Quality Food policies and requirements.


• Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the SQF 2000 Systems.


• Accountable to the organization's Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.


• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports.


• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in food science or a related field


• Preventative Control Qualified Individual certification


• SQF practitioner certified


• 5 year's quality assurance lab experience


• Ability to read, analyze and interpret scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents


• Ability to apply statistical process control concepts


• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; able to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

Desired Previous Experience:

• Thorough working knowledge of food safety and microbiological concepts


• Plant QA Assistant Manager

Leadership Behaviors: Achieves Results through Teamwork, Coaches and Develops Others, Communicates Effectively and Candidly, Executes with Excellence, Leads Change and Innovation, Leads through Positive Influence, Provides Clear and Strategic Direction, Puts the Customer First.