What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA MANAGER position at DIVERSIFIED FOODS & SEASONINGS?
Description
Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for ensuring regulatory, customer, and company requirements are met at the manufacturing facility
– Partner with the plant leadership team to ensure buy-in and commitment to quality assurance and food safety programs.
– Partner with plant leadership teams to upgrade sanitation practices and good manufacturing practices.
– Establish a pattern of internal audits and develop corrective action plans and monitor the results of plans as necessary. Review programs at least annually and identify gaps in compliance with GFSI/BRC/AIB and Customer standards.
– Prepare facility for food safety audits by 3rd Party and Regulatory bodies.
– Integrate HACCP and FSMA principles into production processes.
– Conduct root cause and preventive action analysis and reports for customer complaints and production failures.
– Establish and maintain the Quality budget for the facility.
– Ensure the performance of Quality Assurance procedures, including microbiological, chemical, organoleptic, and facility inspections; quality-related inventory management and audit analysis are proficient, efficient, accurate, and timely.
– Lead the QA (7 QA Techs) and Sanitation (5 Sanitation Techs, 1 HK Associate) team by coaching, goal setting, performance appraisals, and professional development.
– Responsible for USDA and FDA inspections, communication, and partnerships.
– Generate necessary reports in order to track MBO’s, KPI’s and other relevant information required by DFS.
–Day-to-day activities of the laboratory and the staff, responsible for verifying, reviewing, and trending QA documentation including SSOP, SOP, HACCP, internal audit, chemical, and microbiological documentation, and responsible for maintaining laboratory supply inventory and ordering laboratory supplies as needed.
- Carry out other duties as needed and assigned by your immediate supervisor.
Salary : $82,200 - $104,000
