Ensures that all Quality Assurance and Quality Control policies and practices are maintained and followed and that products distributed by the company are within food safety and quality specifications.
Department: Quality Assurance Department.
Direct Reports: Quality Assurance Supervisor.
Quality Assurance Lab Team Lead.
Quality Assurance Lab Technicians.
Essential Functions:
? Manages Quality Assurance staff to ensure they perform verification, validation, and quality duties properly.
? Ensures adherence to OSHA, FDA, FSMA, GMP's, HACCP, SOP's, Organic, Non-GMO, SAI
Global regulations and policies.
? Ensures compliance with company sanitation procedures and ensures that sanitation is
documented and recorded.
? Review and recommend disposition of held raw material, WIP, and finished products.
? Provide independent oversight of the production lines, record the product weight, bag seals, code, and test the metal detectors. Effectively communicate deviations from standards or process procedures.
Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related field.
Min 5+ years' supervisory or management experience in a food manufacturing environment working in or with Production, Quality Control, Inspection, or Sanitation
HACCP and FSMA certification. SQF or BRC certification helps. Comprehensive knowledge of FDA, Organic, Non-GMO, and SSOP requirements.
Highly organized with excellent attention to detail
Qualifications
Bilingual: English, Spanish
At least three years of experience leading training classes.