QC Manager for CPG Food Company

Job Description

Job Description

QC Manager for Specialty Food Company in Bensenville, IL
Our client, a fast growing $20 million specialty food company is seeking a dynamic, professional QC Manager to help propel their company forward. The position is based in Bensenville, IL (USDA Bakery), but will require up to 25% of the time at the corporate office and production facility in nearby Wheeling (FDA & Kosher). Client has been governed by HAACP since 2014. This client has government, international and major retailers such as Walmart, Sams Club, Costco, Woodman’s, White Castle, Jasons Deli. This position pays a highly competitive wage, bonus and benefit structure with a path for advancement.

This President is seeking someone who is hungry, humble, and smart who is looking to advance in their career. The QC manager must be someone that is 100% reliable and mature.

Duties of QC Manager
QC Manager will assist the Senior QC manager with support of Junior QC Techs.
Identify and assist broad based product quality & food safety programs and improvements to set a level of superior performance against customer expectations.
Facilitate internal & external operational audits in the quality and food safety areas of responsibility.
Provide quality & food safety leadership and input into product and process development activities.
Work with plant & R&D personnel to ensure product consistency.
Monitor trends and emerging issues within the quality & food safety business environments
Serve in crisis management role for quality & food safety issues.
Facilitate, monitor and manage product controls, allergens, rework and rejected products, and customer complaints.
Food defense and security, sanitation, pest control, micro-testing and water quality maintenance.
Review Quality Control or vendor deviations.
Assist Regulatory Technical Information Systems and Research & Development with new or revised specifications for raw materials, finished goods and packaging.
Conduct Preventive Control and other general food safety audits.
Leads customer and third-party audits, including annual GFSI compliant (i.e. BRC) audit.
Calibrate and maintain lab equipment such as scales, titrators, moisture analyzers, colorimeters, etc.

Requirements of the position:
Food QC management: 3 years
SQF Audits: 3 years (Preferred)
GMP: 3 years (Preferred)
Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, NFPA/AIB, BRC audits and laboratory, sanitation programs and apply these principles to the daily work environment.
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in a Life Sciences program, or 3 Years of comparable managerial experience in the food manufacturing industry.

If you or anyone you know, is qualified, available and motivated enough to elevate your career in an entrepreneurial “can-do” environment then please send your resume to us for immediate consideration.

LabPersonnel is not a general staffing firm, we specialize on recruitment in the Engineering, Pharma, Food, Energy, Power, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Paints and Petroleum.

As market specialists in these areas we understand your market and product solutions in considerable depth. This knowledge plays a key role in the process that enables us to source the best candidates using the most time efficient methods.

Company Description

LabPersonnel is not a general staffing firm, we specialize on recruitment in the Engineering, Pharma, Food, Energy, Power, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Paints and Petroleum.\r\n\r\nAs market specialists in these areas we understand your market and product solutions in considerable depth. This knowledge plays a key role in the process that enables us to source the best candidates using the most time efficient methods.