Quality Team Manager (Lab)

Quality Team Manager (Lab)

McCormick is always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team. We are looking to hire a Quality Team Manager immediately in our Gretna, LA plant. In addition to the benefits you'd expect from a global leader, we also offer competitive compensation, career growth opportunities, flexibility and support for diverse life stages and choices, and wellbeing programs.

Position Overview: Under the general direction of the Quality Manager II, the Quality Team Manager leads, engages and develops approximately 10 non-exempt laboratory technicians and to ensure continuous distribution of products consistent with established standards and/or customer specifications. The Quality Team Manager works within the High Performance Cultural Framework; actively teaching, coaching, developing and mentoring team members while demonstrating a deep respect for the capabilities of all people.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and manages the laboratory technicians to achieve key indicator results that support the MMC's strategic objectives, goals, strategies
• Provides direction and supports the daily management and work prioritization of approx. 15 direct reports to achieve flawless process and product quality goals
• Assist with the creation and implementation of site's Quality Systems, and provide 3rd party audit & Regulatory inspection support
• Creates and leads the structure of High Performance to engage the team to utilize continuous improvement and lean tools to optimize results within the quality team
• Assures compliance with Corporate QA/QC policies and procedures, as well as Federal, State, and local regulations
• Manages fiscal responsibility to ensure the department spend is consistent with business requirements
• Investigate, identifies, and communicates documented root cause and corrective actions for quality defective material
• Maintains customer quality satisfaction through inspection of raw materials, in-process materials, production processes, environmental conditions, and finished products
• Ensures the timely compliance to all corporate, divisional, and customer correlation/calibration programs
• Conducts and participates in customer visits and audits as needed

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master's Degree in Engineering, Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or another technical field
• Certification and/or Licenses Experience - functional/industry/commercial knowledge, business acumen
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours to manage a 24/7 four shift operation
• Minimum one (1) year of experience leading others through a project or initiative.
• Minimum three (3) years working in Quality in food, beverage, flavor, pet food, and/or ingredient manufacturing plant(s)
• Demonstrated knowledge of increased complexity such as working in another functional or technical area, significant project assignments, job rotation, etc.
• Experience with food manufacturing sanitation programs
• Sustained demonstrated leadership in a High Performance / High Performance Systems (HPS) environment
• Successful management of projects through to successful completion
• Demonstrated understanding of how day to day decisions affect business results, customers, staffing, materials, processing and maintenance
• Experience reacting to multiple and changing priorities and achieving results within a compressed time frame
• Experience recognizing problems, analyzing them, offering solutions and using logical thought processes when making decisions
• Experience reading and interpreting technical documents such as specifications, procedure manuals and technical data sheets
• Experience developing, coaching and motivating employees in a team based environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification and/or Licenses: SQF Practitioner Certification
• PCQI certification
• Knowledge of and experience working with Food Safety Programs
• Working knowledge of statistics
• Experience managing Quality Systems and Pre-requisite Programs
• Experience working with SAP software system
• Experience with High Performance Organization (HPO) Programs
• Demonstrated analytical skills to determine root cause and deliver corrective actions
• FDA and USDA experience

Work Environment Designation: Production McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.