Quality Control Manager Jobs

Overview

Responsibilities

• Provide forward-thinking insights for future business improvements.
• Provide training in the area of food science, regulatory requirements, and quality measurement systems to appropriate personnel.
• This role may require some travel (less than 5%)
• Deliver effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people impact
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
• Design and implement programs to monitor calibration and accuracy of all analytical procedures and equipment in the plant.
• This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally
• Lead the plant QC Pillar through the Continuous Improvement journey
• This role requires regular presence on the plant floor
• Lead risk assessment analysis throughout the plant. Manage issues with non-conforming product to assure proper control, minimize loses, and provide analysis to drive the elimination of future occurrences.
• Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
• Ensure compliance to the OSHA chemical hygiene plan and proper laboratory safety practices by involving all employees in an effective safety program; provide training, periodic review of hazards, and timely correction of hazardous situations.
• Lead and develop action plans with production, engineering, and division Quality Assurance to improve the product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs and ensure that they are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements.
• This role may require off-shift and weekend work
• Lead the salaried Quality professionals to ensure effective application of quality management techniques
• Serve as a key statistical resource. Verify product and process improvements through the implementation and analysis of statistically designed experiments and capability studies.
• Administer policies and procedures
• Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
• Lead the interpretation of in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvements, and assure resolution. Challenge results and drive improvements. Coach others in the interpretation of results.
• Ensure all internal and external sanitation is complete and properly meets quality standards
• Identify and lead efforts of product/process quality and cost management opportunities to achieve productivity gains
• Lead food safety and compliance audits, including FSSC 22000, AIB, QAS

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Food/Beverage Industry preferred
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and AIB standards.
• Ability to motivate, lead, and work with teams
• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications
• Lean Six Sigma and Project Management Experience preferred.
• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring others
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Covid-19 vaccination may be a condition of employment dependent on role and location. For specific information, please discuss role requirements with the recruiter.
• Clear understanding and working knowledge of process and compliance quality systems
• Proven ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment
• Clear understanding of Continuous Improvement Processes

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