Food Safety/Quality Assurance Manager

(Rowena)

ESSENTIALJOB FUNCTIONS

• Manages, plans, coordinates, and directs food safety and quality control program designed to ensure continuous production/service consistent with established standards.
• Formulates and maintains quality control objectives and coordinates objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other managers to maximize quality, reliability, and minimize costs.
• Manages the development and analysis of statistical data and specifications to validate present programs and to establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy.
• Manages workers engaged in activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, services, and products.
• Plans, promotes, and organizes training activities related to food safety and quality management.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists employees in solving work problems.
• Initiates root cause analysis and directs corrective action for procedural product or process deficiencies.
• Manages installation, inspection, and testing procedures for finished products.
• Recommends corrective action necessary to ensure conformity with quality and food safety specifications and standards.
• Manages and investigates customer complaints regardingfood safety and productquality and makesappropriate adjustments.
• Work as a part of a company team that is dedicated to accomplishing our company mission andiscommitted to food safety and qualitymanagement.
• Interact with customers and key accounts as related to quality, food safety and productimprovement/development.
• Provide guidance and technical support for the operations team that facilitates building quality into product without soleemphasis on inspection.
• Assist in administration of quality, food safety, andGFSI Certificationprograms including maintaining full document registry in an on-line information portal.
• Serve as a liaison for regulatory agencies including USDA-FSIS, USDA-AMSand FDA.
• Lead all food safety, quality audits andGFSIAudits.
• Administer and maintaincustomer requiredCertifications(e.g.,GAP).
• Administer the Quality Assurance Module in the companyShop FloorSystem.
• Manage product specification catalog.
• Provide technical assistance in FSIS and FDA labeling application and regulatory compliance.
• Responsible for administering Product Traceability, Product Recall and Product Hold program and assigning final disposition(s) to hold product.
• Responsible updating and reporting key elements to the management team.

JOBREQUIREMENTS

• Bachelordegree in a related field or commensurate experience in the food and beverage industry
• Typically, requires a minimum of 5 years DIRECTLY RELATED work experience; 2 years Slaughter experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of HACCP, SSOP and Prerequisite Programs
• GFSI (BRC or SQF) experience and/or certified preferred
• Knowledge of USDA-FSISregulations
• Self-motivated and able to work well withothers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient computer skills
• Team leader with high ethical standards
• HACCP Plan Development and Implementationrequired;
• Advanced HACCP-Verification, Validation and Auditing a HACCP System preferred.
• SQF Practitioneror BRC Trained

Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm $70,000 per year