Yamasa - Lead, Quality Assurance​/Quality Control

Lead, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Yamasa Corporation USA Job details Salary

$51,000 - $66,000 a year

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• US work authorization (Required)

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• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance

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Lead, Quality Assurance/Quality Control

At YAMASA, it is our passion to craft authentic foods and ingredients of the highest quality. We approach this craft with a reverence for tradition and the utmost integrity. Every detail matters – the ingredients, the process, the people, the place and the products – in our quest to bring uncompromising Japanese craftsmanship to everything we make. We strive to hire people with the same passion for consistency, quality, and integrity.

Our Team is comprised of people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Besides, all of that AND we make the best soy sauce in the multi-verse. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?!

• Administrate entire quality assurance and control operations.
• Analyze and evaluate manufacturing conditions reports such as Raw Material and Packaging Material

Quality Control report, Production (packaging) Schedule report, to assess the accurate condition of Final production.

• Provide effective and prompt instruction to necessary departments for solving problems, processing problems, and production mechanical problems.
• Provide through support for maintaining and acquiring regulatory documentation, permit, and certification by government or other authority.
• Communicate and coordinate with other departments and outside (third party) certifying agencies such as ODA/FDA, Organic, Non-GMO Project, GFCO, Kosher & SQF.
• Identify and document best practices, ideas, and information relevant to quality and food safety system.
• Maintain quality and food safety system and evaluates for compliance through regular/internal audits, routine inspections, and risk assessments.
• Provides training and mentoring to assure all food associates are fully capable of achieving Quality & Food Safety expectations.
• Oversees programs to reduce or eliminate customer complaints.
• Follows up on quality issues through finished product and customer complaints.
• Provide and maintain required documents from customer.
• Perform assigned and scheduled routine laboratory tests on samples of final products and line inspection of the production in order to comply with company product standards.
• Perform assigned and scheduled material (including but not limited to, ingredients, packaging material) inspection in order to comply with company standards.
• Maintain the submission results of storm water sampling in order to comply with regulations.
• Keep accurate records of test result as required.
• Maintain laboratory equipment in good operating condition. Report all necessary maintenance and repair requirements in a timely manner.
• Maintain chemical reagents inventory.
• Maintain the cleanness and sanitation of laboratory equipment and supplies.
• Perform assigned research & development analysis on selected materials (raw and intermediate).
• Maintain the waste water facility for comply with local regulations.
• Keep all formulation, ingredients, test methods, and other trade related information in confidence.
• Provide necessary and appropriate report to Sr. Manager of QAQC the progress of quality assurance of products.

• Demonstrate thorough knowledge in Quality Assurance and Control in Food manufacturing process.
• Demonstrate decisive judgment skill in managing quality assurance.
• Experience, knowledge, and abilities in managing quality assurance and quality control for Food products manufacturing and quality control laboratory practices acquired.
• Accurate record keeping abilities as demonstrated by previous experience.
• Able to initiate an effective action to assure the set quality by following through corporation’s policy.
• Able to analyze quality control data of Food manufacturing to accurately evaluate processing conditions for providing precise guidance to each department to assure the quality of products.
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