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Quality Assurance Manager
KY, KYRESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with internal plant team and customers on proactively improving quality assurance programs.
- Assist with new product set-up and qualification, including preparing audit reports and action plans for meeting external and internal standards.
- Conduct routine validations of company compliance to customer standards.
- Lead and maintain other certifications as required by customers- Non-GMO Project verified, Kosher, GFCO
- Support production in producing top quality products that meet customer specifications.
- Work with customers on packaging update projects (Nutrition Facts Panel, Ingredient Statement, certifications, and claims)
- Champion quality and food safety initiatives to monitor and document product, facility, and worker compliance.
- Ensure customer audit corrective action plans are implemented in a timely manner.
- Monitor the effectiveness of food safety training programs regarding customer requirements
- Interface with all regulatory agencies, certification bodies in the absence of the quality director.
- Review and maintain product specifications, certificates of analysis, and all other QA documents for all co-manufactured products.
- Review lab testing results, testing requirements and procedures on co-manufactured products and processing environments.
- Generate reports describing QA activities, trends, and expenditures as well as communicate findings and action plans to necessary/appropriate parties.
- Ensure facility is conducting sensory evaluations that meet customer standards.
- Respond to food safety related concerns and consumer complaints with corrective action reports.
- Attend industry educational training's, seminars, and events to understand industry best practices and provide technical support to internal team.
- Prepare and maintain customer documentation and requests for information
- Assist with shelf life studies to validate instructions, microbial limits and organoleptic properties.
- Develop sampling plans and coordinate samples for customer and lab analysis
- Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science or Microbiology / Biology preferred or Comparable Industry Experience
- Thorough knowledge of GMP, FDA, and SQF.
- Leadership skills, focused on results, employee’s engagement, decision making, teamwork, change management.
- Strong mathematical skills.
- Strong PC skills includes MS office programs.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, problem solving and organizational skills.
- The employee must have the ability to quantitatively review technical procedures and representative regulations. In addition, must be capable of writing detailed reports, and general day-to-day oversight and related correspondence.
- The ability to effectively present information to groups and respond to questions from peers, supervisors and managers is essential.
- Ability to multi-task and set priorities within Quality Assurance.
- Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience in a food and/or beverage manufacturing environment.
- PCQI, SQF Practitioner, HACCP training