Associate Manager Quality Assurance

Location: Northern

** Your Opportunity as the Associate Manager, Quality Assurance
** This role ensures co-manufactured, co-packed, and repacked products meet FDA and JMS quality and food safety standards through effective oversight of external manufacturing facilities, personnel, and QA and operational programs.
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* Location:

** Orrville, OH
** Work Arrangements:
** Monday to Friday - Hybrid
** In this role you will:
*** Lead and support co-pack/co-man partnerships by auditing, managing relationship, and seeking continuous improvement opportunities.
* Support R&D teams during on-site production start-ups, trials, and commercialization activities to ensure quality and food safety expectations are met.
* Maintain current, accurate, and copacker documentation to support Trace Gains requirements.
* Manage, share, and update Prodika specification systems to ensure product information remains accurate, complete, and aligned with business needs.
* Partner with cross-functional teams to advance innovation, transformation projects, portfolio changes, and other strategic business initiatives.
* Contribute to additional quality assurance projects and business priorities as needed – complaint management, ETQ Holds, scorecard ownership, and other activities pertinent to achieving high co-pack/co-man standards.
** What we are looking for:
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* Minimum Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree is required in Food Science or related scientific degree
* Minimum 2-3 years of quality/food safety experience in food manufacturing plant environment
* Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (human or animal food) or HACCP experience is preferred

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:
* Solid working knowledge of quality assurance, food manufacturing, food safety, processing, packaging, and distribution
* Strong ability to work in cross-functional & team-oriented environment with multiple disciplines
* Proven capabilities in project management
* Better Process Control School Certified
* Self-starter; take charge, positive & proactive attitude
* Ability to lead several projects altogether and concurrently
* Detail & process oriented with strong problem-solving skillsets  + Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); other systems desired (ETQ, Prodika, SharePoint, Trace Gains, Centric, etc.)
* Ability to communicate clearly within the organization and externally
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* High emotional intelligence and ability to work with ever changing conditions
* Position may require up to 40% travel annually