Plant Quality Leader

Plant Quality Leader

A Fortune 100 client in the retail space is seeking a Plant Quality Leader to join the team at their bakery manufacturing plant. This resource will be responsible for ensuring quality programs are in compliance, leading audits, improving the plant, and more. Other daily responsibilities include :

• 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 & Risk-based Preventive Controls (HARPC), Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), allergen programs, formulations, & finished product consistently meet specifications
• 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 Kroger, 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

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