Food Safety & Quality Manager

This position is responsible for managing the Food Safety and Quality (FSQ) and Sanitation functions for a manufacturing facility, ensuring compliance in the Company’s food safety and quality objectives.

What you will get from us:

• Opportunity to work on exciting, strategic projects in partnership with key leaders and showcase your creative, communication and technical skills
• A culture focused on ensuring the health, safety and well-being of its employees
• Support and mentorship from team members who are authentic, good-natured and highly skilled
• Competitive wages, incentive pay and a comprehensive package of benefits

Responsibilities:

• Directs activities necessary for the cleaning and sanitizing of production, packaging, dry storage areas and production equipment in accordance with USDA (US Dept of Ag), SSOP (Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures), HACCP (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points), Preventive Controls (FSMA compliance), FDA (Food & Drug Administration), and overall good manufacturing practices
• Serves as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) coordinator and Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for the facility. Also serves as the on-site retail coordinator
• Assures execution of daily product cuttings, specification approval, and SPC program execution. Serves as key contact with regulatory agency personnel (FSIS, FDA, Military, State)
• Leads resolution and remediation, utilizing plant and corporate resources, of regulatory issues and requests
• Leads resolution and remediation, utilizing plant and corporate resources, of customer, food safety, and product quality issues and requests
• Maintains strong working relationship with appropriate personnel in each Company Business Unit and provides support and maintains involvement with follow-up regarding quality and/or food safety issues noted by customers
• Responsible for the Food Safety of all products and processes (i.e., Hold Management program, Corrective Active program, facility audits)
• Maintains identify preserved products
• Responsible for specification compliance on ingredients, packaging and finished goods
• Responsible for maintenance of FSQ Documentation SharePoint site for facility
• Coordinates annual employee training programs for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), HACCP, and other food safety / quality issues as necessary
• Coordinates preparation for and corrective follow-up actions for third party facility / program inspections
• Directs, trains and develops subordinates
• Continuous Improvement Project Work
• Develops and implement food safety, regulatory, and quality strategic plan for site in concert with corporate strategic plan
• Identify areas of need to drive greatest improvement in food safety, quality, and product consistency for the facility providing positive impact to plant driven metrics. Able to utilize and critically evaluate data from a variety of sources to identify root cause and lead teams towards resolution
• Partner with key stakeholders to maintain active work on prioritized list of projects focused on improving product quality, consistency, food safety & regulatory compliance, with regular updates on progress. Effectively leads projects to completion in timely manner with demonstrated results
• Understand internal and external food safety & quality processes and report to facility leadership on quality issues, trends, and opportunities with the purpose of driving continuous improvement
• Apply continuous improvement tools (SPC, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.) in problem solving, data analysis, and implementation of process improvements to drive product consistency and reduce product defects (consumer complaints, foreign material, amount of held product, etc.) Design and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.  Plan and conduct the analysis, inspection, design, test and/or integration of processes to assure the quality of ingredients; packaging, work in progress (WIP) or finished product
• Actively lead and support continuous improvement activities and projects, deliver improved product consistency, and increase efficiency to impact the broader company and the FSQ team
• Responsible to conduct yourself and ensure your subordinates (if applicable) conduct themselves in a manner consistent with company mission, values, code of ethics, policies, and other standards of conduct

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Jeff Fee at jfee@cps4jobs.com.

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Technical Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor of Science degree (U.S. or foreign) in Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, Food Safety and Technology or a closely related field OR master’s degree in (U.S. or foreign) in Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, Food Safety and Technology or a closely related field
• With qualifying bachelor’s degree, 5 years of experience as FSQ Manager for a facility manufacturing food subject to USDA or FDA inspection
• With qualifying master’s degree, 2 years of experience as FSQ Manager for a facility manufacturing food subject to USDA or FDA inspection
• Strong technical skills in area of focus (microbiology and/or chemistry) with ability to interpret general technical and scientific results and perform analytical tests
• Sound mathematical and basic food science understanding
• Strong understanding of food safety, HACCP, and basic food regulatory requirements
• Working knowledge of basic quality control and quality assurance programs and concepts. Good knowledge of statistics and interpretation of experimental data
• Basic understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC) applications
• Strong analytic and project management skills
• Strong computer skills and ability to learn technical software
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of programs with strong Excel skills
• Proven people management and delegation skills
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with demonstrated influence management skills
• Strong technical and business writing skills
• Strong presentation and leadership skills
• Comfortable in small group and large group settings
• Detail-oriented, take initiative, and ability to work with a sense of urgency in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to develop positive relationships and work cross functionally

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Jeff Fee at jfee@cps4jobs.com.

JO:  338.23JF
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