Quality Supervisor

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Job Family:
Quality Regulations Expertise

Contract Type:
Unlimited-term

Job

You know our brands, The Laughing Cow, Babybel, Boursin, Kaukauna, Merkts and Price's, which elicit smiles across America. They are daring, responsible and deliver dairy goodness. As you imagine, this mindset is contagious! Bel Brands USA is part of an international family company, which has led an ambitious growth strategy for 150 years and is today the world's third largest branded cheese company.

If like our 12,000 employees globally, you want to have an impact in an entrepreneurial and demanding company, and share smiles around the world, dare to live the Bel experience!

Be you. Be ambitious. Be Bel.

Bel Brands USA has been named Chicago's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" for 10years in a row. The company is headquartered in Chicago and operates three manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI, Leitchfield, KY, and Brookings, SD.

Job Description Summary

The Supervisor, Quality Control is responsible for coordinating all laboratory activities on site.

Bringing together their managerial skills, knowledge of food safety, lab procedures, employee safety and environment to ensure the laboratory operates smoothly.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Inspirationally lead and develop the lab team.

Conducts regular staff meetings and team building.

Demonstrate a passion for the safety-first mindset—both employee safety and food safety.

Evaluate current lab processes, procedures, work instructions and test methods. Propose solutions for continual improvements in the lab in relation to quality control systems and via analysis of results.

Set vision for department, following up on both short- and long-term objectives for their self and team.

Manage reporting daily results of micro and analytical testing to daily production meeting.

Approve, manage, and evaluate training of lab personnel to ensure understanding and compliance to applicable standards.

Develop lab training sessions and lab work instructions for the plant related processes.

Evaluate lab employees’ competency based on lab requirements as related to their job and teach them new skills through on-the-job training and Quality policies and procedures.

Manage, monitor, and maintain the laboratory databases; develop, maintain, and review quality control charts; share with technology team to prepare or review the preparation of control limits, detection limits, and action levels for laboratory analyses.

Establish, coordinate, and monitor the laboratory program; work closely with QC team to plan, schedule, and implement QC related activities.

Manage departmental budget, labor cost and timekeeping.

Inform Quality Management on lab testing nonconformances.

Apply technical skills and knowledge of applicable internal and external guidelines to help improve methods, policies, procedures.

Ensure proper headcount to support departmental objectives.

Work in conjunction with the Analyst, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs and/or Manager, Quality and Regulatory Affairs to manage the quality of incoming raw materials.

Ensure all lab supplies and inventory are ordered and maintained to meet current test turnaround times for finished products.

Perform statistical calculations relating to test data. Enter and teach entry of test data into the SAP Quartz module, Excel spreadsheets and Monthly Quality Summary. Modify Quartz UDS as needed to match plant control plan for Mini Baby Bel and Laughing Cow products.

Oversee data entry into Quartz module.

Provide back-up to Analyst, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs and Sr. Manager, Quality and Regulatory Affairs Positions as needed.

Obtains certification for and perform both internal and supplier audits. Participate in facility GMP audits.

Define and follow all Good Laboratory practices, clean up and housekeeping procedures. Comply with all quality, safety, and work-rule requirements. Oversee weekly 5S audits and sanitation in the laboratory for timely completion.

Monitor lab data trends for…