Quality Assurance Supervisor - PM Shift

POSITION SUMMARY

The Quality Assurance Supervisor assures consistent quality assurance practices by applying established standards, conducting testing procedures, and validating processes

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and enforce corporate quality assurance programs, standards, and goals in conjunction with outside

• laboratories and contractors as needed.   

• Manage corporate HACCP, HARPC, Organic, Recall/Withdrawal, SSOP, SQF, and GMP Programs including all prerequisites.

• Act as a facility SQF Practitioner to ensure plant is SQF audit ready every day.

• Maintain SQF program and train associates to meet required code.

• Manage all third-party audits and any regulatory inspections including FDA, State Health, County Health.

• Manage raw material program (including water) to ensure all raw materials meet specification for quality and safety.

• Maintain environmental sampling program to seek out potential risk, find and eliminate risk, according to policy.

• Record, review and maintain all data obtained during quality assurance activities to ensure consistency with policies and procedures.

• Oversee all activities in the laboratory, ensure good laboratory practices and administer testing procedures.

• Utilize laboratory database to monitor and trend results to ensure products meet specification.

• Review complaint data and investigate consumer product inquiries as needed.

• Develop new approaches to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities and make recommendations to management regarding changes.

• Coordinate the shipment of product samples or ingredients to outside labs as requested.

• Inform management of significant issues or trends identified during quality assurance activities and third-party audits, and regulatory inspections.

• Prepare and present quality related information to management as needed or requested.

• Maintain a working knowledge of government and industry regulatory & quality assurance codes and standards.

• Act as liaison between quality auditors and regulatory inspectors.  Ensure execution of corrective action plans with for quality and sanitation standards. 

• Uphold and manage team participation in all Corporate Responsibility programs including recycling, social advocacy and MMAD volunteering opportunities.

• Perform other duties as assigned by Director of Quality.

• This position has responsibilities related to Food Safety

QUALIFICATIONS

• All applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in biology, Food Science, or Chemistry. 

• Applicants must have two to four years of Quality experience.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software and MS Office Suite.