Quality Food and Safety; QFS) Coordinator - Mankato, MN

Job Summary

The QFS (Quality and Food Safety) Coordinator is responsible for managing the daily activities of the site’s food safety program.

This is an exempt level position.

This position reports to the Area Facility/Complex Manager and has a dotted-line to the OBU Quality Group.

• Provides leadership, support, and guidance to ensure that Food Safety/Quality requirements are met.
• Manages, plans, implements, and continuously improves the Food Safety/Quality divisional programs.
• Enforce Quality goals and KPIs, Food Safety/Quality, maintain Food Safety plan, and supports Operations for continuous improvement.
• Ensure the processes and systems are adequate to implement, achieve, and maintain 3rd party certifications (i.e., GMP+, SQF, etc.) and FDA compliance (21
  
  CFR 507 and/or 21
  
  CFR 117).
• Oversee usage of and provide support for information technology systems (i.e., Policy Tech, APeCS, GEMINI, etc.).
• Tracks and reports the Cost of Poor Quality to drive continuous improvement in the plant.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and good decision making skills are required.
• Escalates and communicates quality and food safety issues, as required, to Plant Management, Regional QFS, BU NA QFS Director and the Technology Center.
• Conduct in person quality team training for new hires, monthly and annual compliance training.
  
  Including development of training and building out the program.
• Participate in compliance audits as well as help prepare for audits.
• QFS Coordinator will be the back up to the QFS manager for the respective areas. In the event the QFS manager is out for vacation or leave of any kind the QFS Coordinator will be expected to cover and preform extra job functions usually completed by the QFS manager.

All Job functions are subject to change at plant or manager needs. Managers will communicate any changes in job function to employees.

• Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent 4 year Food Safety experience in a Food manufacturing environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must. Ability to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization, including senior management, customers, and regulatory officials as needed.

• Employees in this position may be exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens due to the nature of our business and the requirements of the job.
• If there is any reason such exposure would interfere with your ability to perform this role or work at the location, please notify the hiring manager.
• The role is approximately 50% plant-floor work and 50% desk work.

• Ability to stand, walk, and lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Lifting or carrying of weights over fifty (50) pounds is rare; employees are encouraged to request assistance in lifting or carrying objects that weigh more than fifty (50) pounds.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.