Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager Company Culture is at our Core! We are a growth stage food manufacturing company based in Northeast Ohio. We currently produce multiple innovative, product lines that are the taste, quality and nutrition leaders in their categories. We put our employees and customers first in everything we do, including feeding the world as we feed our own families. This position is a lifetime opportunity to grow with us as a part of our rapid expansion, both people and products, while challenging yourself and the world to realize our vision that busy people deserve better. What You Will Be Doing The Manager of Food Safety and Quality is responsible for leading, managing, and executing the day-to-day operations of Food Safety & Quality Assurance at our Northeast OH facility. This position reports to the President and COO. The Manager of Food Safety and Quality Assurance will be responsible for leading the Food Safety, Quality Assurance, and Sanitation efforts of the company. Responsibilities will include assuring all facility policies, procedures and practices adhere to USDA and FDA Regulations, SQFI requirements, and Good Manufacturing Practices while meeting customer requirements. The Manager of Food Safety and Quality will actively and vigorously ensure that all aspects of the food and plant are always safe from contamination of any kind that could put a consumer at risk. Champion a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization. The position will ensure our company achieves customer expectations and provides for continuous process improvement. This position will be the primary liaison between our company and USDA, FDA, ODA, customers, and auditors. This position will lead cross-functional teams in the root cause analysis and corrective action of food safety issues. Monitors Quality KPIs (i.e. Customer Complaints, FTQs, Food Safety incidents, etc.), reacting to trends or emerging issues that would negatively affect performance by engaging the appropriate functions and process owners (i.e. operations, maintenance, Innovation) Lead the development of sanitary design and operating practices. Provide sanitary design recommendations for new and existing equipment and modifications and /or installations of existing/new equipment. Manages projects for food safety training, development, and delivery (SQF, Sanitation, Microbiology, Pest Control, Allergen Management, HARPC, HACCP, FSMA, SQF, GMPs, SOPs, Internal Auditing, and external audits - USDA, FDA, SQF). Maintain and continuously improve existing validation programs for CCPs, Preventive controls, Sanitation. Lead and mentor the operations team and supervise the quality control coordinators. Validate effective process controls and prerequisite programs and coordinate Mock Recall and Food Defense assessments. Maintain (including paper and electronic) records of monitoring to verify that processes and products continuously meet program and policy requirements. Analyze data collected using quality tools to identify trends, potential issues and opportunities for improvement. Develops and analyzes statistical data and product specifications to determine present standards and establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy of finished product that meets and complies with all regulatory requirements. Utilizes these data for continuous quality improvement where appropriate. Implement processes of record review, process verification and validation, facility inspection and others to ensure the facility is always prepared for internal, external and regulatory audits Ensure compliance with state, local, and federal regulations, maintaining the highest standards in the food industry. Manage swabbing program and results including vendor relationships What You Bring To The Table BS Degree in Food Safety or Science Minimum 5 years of Food Safety Management experience in a food processing facility USDA/FDA, HACCP, SQF, or BRC experience, including leading facility audits 2-3+ years of prior employee leadership experience Flexibility to work weekends, and varying shifts as needed. Competence in basic math and Excel. Ability to communicate in English. What’s Really Exciting to Us Having a passion for food Prior experience in bakery food manufacturing with specific experience dealing with meat processing. #J-18808-Ljbffr Arlington Valley Farms