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2017-01-16 04:54:28
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QA Manager Loc:Horse Cave, KY
2017-01-16 04:54:28
Job Type:
Full Time only
Budget $: 100,000 - 200,000
Budget $: 100,000 - 200,000
Job description
- Top technical individual at the plant level. This position leads the plant in assessing food safety and quality related to all aspects of the facility.
- Leads and participates in initiatives to improve products and processes related to quality, food safety and consistency.
- As a key member of the plant management team, assists the plant manager in providing quality and food safety leadership to employees.
- The QA Manager will participate / lead projects in conjunction with Corporate QA/Food Safety management.
- Manages a staff of Quality Assurance professionals that includes 3 Supervisors and 27 Quality Assurance Analysts Ensures compliance to quality, food safety and HAACP support programs; assures conformity to all company, customer and government standards.
- Makes recommendations and decisions involving food safety issues and quality issues having significant potential business impact to corporate and plant management.
- Develops and implements programs, policies, procedures, and work instructions for quality and food safety assessment and improvement.
- Coordinates plant quality and food safety audits (internal and third party). Works with plant manager to assign audit responsibilities to various members of the plant team.
- Serves as a key technical resource in plant and as a liaison between corporate R&D, Tech Services and plant operations.
- Resolves non-conformance issues/quality problems at plant facilities, warehouses, and in the market.
- Works with plant management team to develop corrective action plans and communicates plans to QA management, sales, marketing, and the customer as appropriate.
- Recommends and/or develops orientation and training programs for quality, food safety, GMP training.
- Assist members of the plant team in training as appropriate.
- Trains and instructs plant employees in recommended quality assurance testing and general housekeeping practices and advises on equipment sanitation; confirms these procedures are being maintained.
- Reports on key Quality Indicators to plant and corporate management.
- BS or BA degree in food science, food engineering, microbiology, chemistry, or other similar science related field.
- Lean Six Sigma Experience. Green Belt Certification desired.
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