Food Safety Quality Manager

Food Safety Quality Manager - Greater Topeka Area

Reports to: Plant Manager

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• Drive strategic continuous improvement efforts related to food safety and quality risks
• Lead capital pipeline planning and budget setting efforts for food safety and quality of the facility
• Directly coach and grow four Food Safety and Quality team members (Assistant FSQ Coordinator who coaches 3 FSQ Techs)
• Educate team members on food safety and quality applications and systems
• Develop future leaders as a pipeline for future food safety and quality roles and/or operational leadership positions
• Set metrics of success and identify trends and process variations in conjunction with the team
• Drive governmental, customer, and internal process compliances and improvements in Food Safety and Product Quality
• Be a resource to all plants for corrective actions to optimize safety and quality of products
• Participate and/or lead network-wide improvement teams
• Responsible for the performance of 3rd party sanitation contractor through the direct team
• Develop Utilize auditing skills to assist on supplier, copacker, and internal audits to minimize risks
• Keep facility updated and in compliance with regulatory policies
• Provide support for all third-party audits

Qualifications:

• BS/BA – Food Science, Microbiology or related field required
• Experience working in SAP Business Operating System preferred
• 5 years’ experience in a quality leadership role including project management and team leadership
• Experience in food production required
• Knowledge/experience of continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)
• Proficient with data management and Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Experience with fresh product shelf life and microbiology
• Strong knowledge of food safety, HACCP systems, USDA/FDA regulatory compliance