Quality Assurance Manager (Food and Beverage)

Job Description

Job Description

Ideal Candidate

Solid QA experience in the Food and Beverage manufacturing industry.

Experience managing a Quality team.

POSITION SUMMARY :

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for managing CAPA program, including customer complaint, vendor complaint, holds and site audit nonconformance programs and root cause analysis thereof.

Responsible for management of change control and portions of commercialization process. Provides leadership to develop and implement food safety, preventive controls and prerequisite programs (eg: HACCP/HARPC, Pest Control, Recall, Allergen, Sanitation, and environmental monitoring.)

Responsibilities

Maintaining customer the implementation and use of programs to control raw materials, in-process materials, production process, environmental conditions and finished products.

Empowers and develops their team and cross functional teams. Performs evaluations and creates development and or training plans for team members and manages employee relations.

Ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations such as FDA, EPA, OSHA and other state and federal agencies. Ensures compliance with contracted third-party certifications such as GFSI, Kosher, Halal, RSPO or others as needed.

Conducts or coordinates Customer, Vendor and/or third-party audits and regulatory inspections. Executes plans that drive operational excellence for the operation.

Prepares and oversees customer site visits and audits.

Interacts with other Quality Managers, and corporate leadership and ensures timely issue escalation. Leads quality team in commercial product onboarding and trial reviews, specification creation, formula and label reviews, inspection plans for raw materials, in process materials and finished materials.

Manages departmental staffing, management commitment and review process, budget & expenses and capital projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field

Project Management & Change Management Experience

5+ years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry.

Familiarity with FDA

GFSI Scheme (ie SQF, BRC)

Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI or HACCP