Manager Quality Systems and Policy

Home Based Florida
8112 Woodland Center Blvd
Tampa, FL 33614, USA

Home Based Florida
8112 Woodland Center Blvd
Tampa, FL 33614, USA

Our vision is both simple and ambitious: to put our drinks on every table.

We are the leading global independent beverage solutions provider. We serve a broad range of national and international retailers as well as Global, National and Emerging (GNE) brands. Our products are distributed worldwide from our production sites in Europe, North America, and Australia. Although our own branding may not appear on the labels of the beverages we produce, there is a good chance you are reading this while sipping one of our drinks.

Our ambition is to continually improve and it’s what keeps us at the top of our game. We are solutions-based. We are innovative. We seek out new challenges and conquer them. This is our company ethos, but it’s our people’s too:
Refresco is at the cutting edge of a fast-moving industry because we have passionate people pushing the boundaries of what’s best.

Stop and think: how wouldYOUput our drinks on every table?

Summary Description

• The Manager, Quality Systems and Policy provides corporate leadership and subject matter expertise in the development, maintenance, and governance of the Quality Management System for all Refresco North America facilities. The role has primary responsibility for the development, review, and revision of Refresco corporate quality policies, procedures, and validation protocols for equipment, packaging and ingredients. Serves as a corporate subject matter expert, providing guidance on quality system requirements, identifying emerging quality and regulatory needs, and driving consistent application of corporate standards across facilities.
  
  The role also supports the implementation and training of new and revised policies and quality system requirements.
• Serves as the primary owner of policy strategy and readiness, staying ahead of evolving regulations, new products, and organizational growth. Ensures the organization is prepared for new plant startups, line expansions, and company acquisitions through the timely development, implementation, and maintenance of policies and procedures.

Essential Job Functions:

• Overall corporate owner for Quality Management Systems, which includes document control and quality data collection applications.
• Maintain direct communication with local site Quality experts to ensure Quality Management Systems are in compliance with Refresco corporate guidelines and provide guidance on the interpretation and application of corporate quality requirements.
• Create, develop, review, and revise Refresco corporate quality policies and related procedures to cover new product types, regulatory requirements, customer requirements, and evolving business and quality needs.
• Serve as the corporate Subject Matter Expert for Refresco quality testing programs, quality policies, validation requirements, and Quality Management System practices.
• Evaluate regulatory, customer, product, packaging, ingredient, equipment, and process changes to determine the need for new or revised corporate quality policies, procedures, validation protocols, and Quality Management System requirements.
• Partner with Quality, Operations, Regulatory, R&D, and other internal stakeholders to ensure corporate quality policies and validation protocols appropriately address applicable regulatory, customer, business, and quality requirements.
• Develop, review, and maintain corporate validation protocols and requirements for equipment installations, packaging changes, ingredient changes, new products, processes, and other changes requiring quality validation.
• Monitor quality trends, site practices, audit findings, regulatory developments, and other relevant information to identify opportunities for new or revised corporate policies, procedures, validation requirements, processes, or training.
• Champion governance, alignment, standardization, and communication of corporate quality policies and best practices across Refresco North America facilities.
• Provide expert guidance and second-level support to key users and…