Quality Assurance Supervisor

Quality Assurance Supervisor

The Quality Assurance Supervisor provides leadership for the development, implementation, and administration of the QA function to ensure product safety, conformity, and integrity with respect to the customer, company, and regulatory requirements. The Quality Assurance Supervisor is responsible for ensuring proper maintenance of existing programs (HACCP, PCQI, GMPs, Pest Control, etc.) while overseeing the development and maintenance of quality documentation, translation of sanitation guidelines into company policies, and management of audits conducted by third-party inspectors.

Duties and competencies will include, but are not limited to:

• Maintains customer quality satisfaction through the implementation and use of programs to control raw materials, in-process materials, production process, environmental conditions & finished products
• Assist and facilitate internal and external audits by third parties companies
• Executes plans for continuous improvement for operations.
• Ensure highly disciplined compliance with all regulatory and company defined food safety and sanitation standards, systems, and procedures.
• Leads/Mentors QA Team to develop specifications, recipes, inspection plans for raw materials and finished goods.
• Performs annual training on processes/systems such as HACCP, GMP’s, Food Security, Allergens, and other topics as they arise in quality and food safety.
• Develop and monitor SOP’s and SSOP’s
• Monitors daily QA documentation
• Monitors pest control program
• Participate in the plant safety program
• Conducts periodic Mock Recalls/Traces to ensure that the traceability program is functioning properly, and assure all other internal QA Programs are functioning properly.
• Serve as point-of-contact during annual auditing events conducted by third-parties with certifying body (BRC)
• Request and maintain all vendor documentation
• Interpret and implement departmental goals, objectives, and policies to ensure delivery of quality product
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Competencies

• Strong Communication skills (phone, email, verbal) with ability to communicate with subordinates, co‐workers, and management within areas of responsibility
• Demonstrated excellence with Microsoft Office software including Outlook calendar/email, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
• Excellent Data entry skills
• Organizational skills, attentiveness to detail, time management
• Demonstrate leadership qualities, ability to problem solve, and lead/work in a team
• Must be able to demonstrate ability to work with and maintain the confidentiality of highly sensitive information
• Must be approachable with good interpersonal skills and professional presentation
• Must be a self‐starter who can work independently, effectively prioritize and manage workload in a fast paced environment.
• Must have exceptional follow‐through, be detail oriented and able to multi‐task effectively
• Demonstrates reasoning ability, judgment, accuracy, thoroughness, and problem solving abilities

Education & Experience

• Minimum of three to five (3-5) years of experience within the food industry in a Quality Assurance/Quality Control capacity.
• Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory/management experience
• Minimum of two (2) years of managing annual auditing of GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) standards
• Thorough knowledge of HACCP, GMP’s, PCQI, OSHA, Auditing, and Plant Sanitation programs
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in agricultural engineering, food science, chemistry, food microbiology, or another relevant technical field.

Job Location: St. Louis, MO

Position Type: Full-Time/Exempt

This company is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. This employer recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer minorities/females/protected veterans/disabled.