Quality Systems Manager

Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager

Oversee all the manufacturing food safety and quality as well as continuous improvement initiatives. Initiates or consults on projects related to product quality and food safety.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Assist in troubleshooting with USDA-FSIS and FDA regulatory issues and food safety or quality deviations.
• Provide support to manufacturing plants in the absence of the Senior Quality Manager.
• Responsible for communicating and working across all functions and levels on changes to food safety and product quality programs and procedures.
• Develop and lead integrated process management teams to develop food safety and quality monitoring programs.
• Responsible for reviewing and managing food safety and quality documentation for suppliers.
• Liaison between training and FSQA to ensure training materials are kept up to date per procedural and program changes.
• Review the completion of adequate RCA and corrective actions for non-conformance in the FSQA system (deviations, customer complaints, FSIS non-compliance reports, etc.)
• Oversee Quality System performance and site KPI's and develop helps develop goals for each location.
• Participate in cross functional teams to ensure the continuous, on-going improvement of processes, methods, productivity, and quality while reducing costs.
• Assist manufacturing location with any audits or certifications as a food safety resource including but not limited to FSIS Food Safety Audits, SQF certification audits, and retailer audits.
• Conduct internal audits and employee interviews.
• Provide concise and timely feedback to the appropriate individuals regarding issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Location : Holland, MI, Jarratt, VA, New Castle, IN, Petersburg, VA

Time Type : Full time

Department : FSQA