Plant Quality Manager

• SQF Practitioner for the development, implementation, continuous improvement, and continuing education in the

  areas of Food Safety & Quality, Regulatory Compliance, through self-audit activities to ensure that the company’s

  objective for food safety, regulatory mandates, compliance, meets or exceed standards.

• Leads the Food Safety Team, Quality Control personnel and sanitation personnel.

• Maintains documentation for regulatory compliance, including label approvals, and laboratory analysis

  demonstrating compliance.

• Conduct annual system review of the SQF Food Safety Management System, Food Safety Plans, and Prerequisite

  Programs, including verification and validation activities.

• Assist in the research, testing, verification and validation of new products from bench top to production.

• Stay abreast of FDA & USDA regulations & policies, SQF standards, industry trends and new technologies,

  bringing recommendations to management.

• Work closely with Plant Management on Food Safety.

• Oversees raw material and finished product laboratory analysis and any associated corrective actions.

• Oversees, tracks and trends product holds, complaints, inspections, tests, swab data, etc.

• Facilitates internal, customer, and third party audits and directs corrective actions.

• Completes questionnaires and answers all quality related questions from customers.

• Manages approved supplier program.

• Determine application & methodology for analytical, Microbiological, or bacteriological testing protocols, and

  implement and direct Quality Assurance in protocol.

• Perform any special assignments as directed by upper management.

Minimum 5 years of experience in a continuous process manufacturing industry and preferably the food industry preferred.