NJ Quality Manager

Position: USA NJ Quality Manager
Descripción

Grupo Viscofan, líder mundial en la producción y distribución de envolturas para la industria cárnica, representa una propuesta única en su sector. Con presencia en más de 100 países en el mundo, más 1.700 clientes, una cifra de ventas superior a 1200M€ y más de 5.000 empleados distribuidos en 23 países, lidera no sólo el mercado de las envolturas cárnicas, sino también innovaciones en el campo de la biotecnología con aplicaciones en importantes avances médicos del mundo actual.

Viscofan ofrece un extraordinario clima laboral a sus empleados, con ventajosas condiciones y en el que desarrollar su carrera profesional en todos los niveles de la organización y países en los que se encuentra presente (España, Italia, Alemania, Brasil, Canadá, China, Costa Rica, Estados Unidos, México, Reino Unido, República Checa, Rusia, Serbia, Tailandia, Filipinas, Indondesia, India, Uruguay, Bélgica, Francia, Australia y Nueva Zelanda).

En Viscofan celebramos la diversidad y estamos comprometidos en crear un ambiente inclusivo para todos nuestros empleados.

Funciones

Provide leadership and oversight to ensure Bridgewater Quality Control performs all required testing accurately and consistently, ensuring that only high quality, compliant material is released from the plant. Drive continuous improvement by initiating and supporting corrective actions that enhance product quality. Focus on casing utilization while ensuring quality output and operational performance, while reducing shirring issues and customer complaints.

1. Ensure Quality Control personnel consistently provide accurate, timely, and sufficient testing results required by Operations to achieve targeted product quality and optimal manufacturing yields.
2. Ensure Collagen quality-hold areas are reviewed, dispositioned, and released in a timely manner while maintaining compliance with internal specifications and quality standards.
3. Monitor, analyze, and review trends of plant quality data to identify risks, deviations, and improvement opportunities, and initiate, develop, and lead corrective and preventive action plans.
4. Lead the identification, investigation, and resolution of shirring quality issues associated with reel stock, driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions to reduce defects and improve consistency.
5. Coordination of the investigations of customer complaints in extrusion center, including evaluation and testing of returned or complaint materials when requested by the responsible center, and implementation of corrective actions in extrusion to prevent recurrence.
6. Cooperation with R&D to ensure all new product applications, trials, and process changes are properly tested, validated, and approved by Quality Control prior to implementation or customer release,
7. Work closely with the Commercial organization when quality issues occur in the field by researching quality data, coordinating analysis of returned materials and samples, and collaborating cross-functionally to determine and implement appropriate corrective actions. Responsible to inform production center responsible for the samples or returned material about the results of the findings.
8. Support and maintain compliance with applicable quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements, ensuring quality systems, procedures, and documentation are followed.
9. Support internal and external audits, including customer audits, by ensuring audit readiness, accurate records, and timely closure of findings and corrective actions.
10. Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance to integrate quality requirements into manufacturing processes, equipment changes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
11. Provide leadership, coaching, and development to Quality Control personnel to ensure consistent interpretation and application of specifications, test methods, and quality decisions.
12. Ensure testing methods, specifications, and measurement systems are accurate, maintained, and fit for purposes to support reliable quality data and decision-making.
13. Promote a strong culture of quality, compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement across the facility.
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