Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager at Holistic Partners, Inc Quality Assurance Manager at Holistic Partners, Inc in Albert Lea, Minnesota Posted in 1 day ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

QA Manager with Food and Beverage Manufacturing domain exp

Location:

Albert Lea, MN End Client:

Balchem Interview Process:

Virtual Full-time requirement

Ideal Candidate:

Solid QA experience in the Food and Beverage manufacturing industry. Experience managing a Quality team.

Position Summary:

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for managing CAPA program, including customer complaint, vendor complaint, holds and site audit nonconformance programs and root cause analysis thereof. Responsible for management of change control and portions of commercialization process. Provides leadership to develop and implement food safety, preventive controls and prerequisite programs (eg: HACCP/HARPC, Pest Control, Recall, Allergen, Sanitation, and environmental monitoring.) Responsibilities Maintaining customer, the implementation and use of programs to control raw materials, in-process materials, production process, environmental conditions and finished products. Empowers and develops their team and cross functional teams. Performs evaluations and creates development and or training plans for team members and manages employee relations. Ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations such as FDA, EPA, OSHA and other state and federal agencies. Ensures compliance with contracted third-party certifications such as GFSI, Kosher, Halal, RSPO or others as needed. Conducts or coordinates Customer, Vendor and/or third-party audits and regulatory inspections. Executes plans that drive operational excellence for the operation Prepares and oversees customer site visits and audits. Interacts with other Quality Managers, and corporate leadership and ensures timely issue escalation. Leads quality team in commercial product onboarding and trial reviews, specification creation, formula and label reviews, inspection plans for raw materials, in process materials and finished materials. Manages departmental staffing, management commitment and review process, budget & expenses and capital projects.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant field Project Management & Change Management Experience Familiarity with FDA 5+ years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry GFSI Scheme (ie

SQF, BRC

) Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI or HACCP