Quality Assurance Manager – Food Safety
Full-Time
Collingswood, New Jersey
12/11/2024
Compensation: 100000.-105000. / Annually
Benefit Offered: YES
Our client, a nationwide provider of high-quality food products has an immediate opening for a Quality Assurance Manager – Food Safety, to join their winning team in Collingswood.
Our candidate of choice will manage, document, and represent the Food Safety and Quality (FSQ) at our rapidly growing meat company. This person will schedule and conduct/supervise facility, programs, and product auditing, verification and internal auditing, and coordinate third-party audits of vendor facilities and live animal production partners. This role will also draft program documents, manage product specifications, product labels, and general FSQ documentation. The position backup is the FSQA Director.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
- Track and trend all FSQ issues identified through various channels, including audits, operations feedback, and/or customer support reporting
- Determine and implement corrective actions and preventative measures to address program deviations, audit findings, customer feedback and/or unforeseen events
- Manage product specifications and use internal resources to continually improve process and information accessibility
- Participating as subject matter expert in New Product Development and Launch process
- Develop, Implement, and Maintain Product and Supplier information systems
- Schedule finished product audits at third party lab, evaluate audit data, and communicate findings with Sales, Procurement and Suppliers
- Maintain the required facility and product approval documentation for all current and new suppliers
- Coordinate closely with third-party auditors to schedule and attend audits of supplier facilities
- Develop, conduct and oversee production facility food safety and quality audits
- Present audit findings and corrective actions to Senior management
- Train production facility staff to assess product quality and safety during packing
- Participate in and learn from mock recalls
- Ensure effective employee orientation (GMPs, HACCP and general policies and expectations)
- All other tasks as assigned
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School graduate or GED required
- Bachelor’s degree in food science preferred
- SQF certified practitioner required
- 5+ years’ experience in meat and/or poultry processing
- 3+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance Management
- HACCP certification required, working experience with red meat, pork, and/or poultry
- Proficiency in developing Food Safety and Quality programs
- Experience writing and interpreting red meat specifications required; beef, pork, poultry and lamb specifications preferred
- Experience conducting and interpreting product quality audits
- Experience conducting and interpreting third-party facility audits
- Deep working knowledge of product lotting, identity preservation and traceability
- Proficiency in product and process data management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Please apply today for immediate consideration!
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