Food Safety / QA Manager (Newnan, GA)

Job Description

Job Description

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 300 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards.

Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 500 employees (Americas Zone Region). We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success!

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for managing and improving all food safety and quality assurance activities and programs for the LKK site(s) in Georgia state to ensure product quality, food safety and compliance with US and target market regulatory standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Manage QA functions to ensure products comply with established quality standards (customer, LKK, certifications) and government regulations.
• Manage HACCP program, FSMA Food Safety Plan and allergen / special ingredients control program.
• Manage environmental monitoring program and coordinate with related functions to effectively implement sanitation and GMP programs.
• Manage product release program, including Kosher, CDPH products.
• Coordinate with all related functions and lead the auditing process conducted by third party auditors, customer auditors, and government food safety audits. Manage and maintain customer and LKK required certifications (GFSI, ISO 9001, GFCP, etc.)
• Oversee plant operational team training program involving product quality and safety.
• Manage customer and internal complaints handling program, and non-conformance products, including root cause investigation, corrective actions, verification of their effectiveness and trend analysis for continuous improvement.
• Manage supplier approval program and conduct risk assessment. Coordinate audits as required.
• Manage incoming inspection, WIP inspection and release, line inspection and finish product release program.
• Supervise lab (physicochemical and microbial) testing and lab equipment maintenance program; ensure accurate and timely lab testing results.
• Manage all quality and safety related policies and procedures and ensure all work according to applicable standards and regulations and monitor all quality metrics for Quality Assurance activities.
• Manage and ensure control of non-conforming materials and products.
• Maintain accurate records of quality control procedures, test and audits.
• Responsible for planning QA resource needed to ensure successful quality management system and continuous improvement program.
• Manage Pest Control Program
• Coordinate internal audit programs
• Coordinate mock recall and mass balance test.
• Work together with production and engineering team to complete validation of equipment and test machines upon installation.
• Work together with R&D to ensure compliance of FSVP for imported products for Lee Kum Kee (USA), Inc.
• Other activities or projects assigned by direct supervisor, global QA or top management.
• Responsible for on time monthly management KPI / BSC report for HQ.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has supervisory responsibilities for the quality team reporting directly or indirectly to this position.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and / or ability required.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

LANGUAGE SKILLS

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ideal candidate must compute rates, ratios, and percentages and draw and interpret bar graphs. Analytical mind is required.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to read and comprehend equipment manuals and electrical diagrams for set-up control loops. Candidate must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSE, REGISTRATIONS

HACCP / PCQI, GFSI Scheme related trained certificates are required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; walk, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision ability is required, including close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust and stay focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and / or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shocks; explosives; risk of radiation; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud

It is Lee Kum Kee’s policy to seek and employ the most qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.