Quality Assurance Manager

Title

QA Manager

$119K-$148K

Exempt

Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, evenings and weekends as needed

Salinas, CA

Director of FSQA

The Quality Assurance (QA) Manager is primarily responsible for execution planning and execution of operational quality and food safety throughout the facility. This role ensures products meet company food safety and quality standards from raw material receipt through production. Assists in the development, execution, verification and ownership of food safety strategies and policies across the facility. Responsible for meeting the standards of quality and food safety audits of all types including systems, process and product audits.

Develops plant employees to use continuous improvement tools and root cause analysis for problem solving. Responsible for training that is appropriate to establish clear expectations of food safety and quality policies and processes. Utilize high level organizational and analytical skills for risk assessment, data capturing and appropriate documentation required for food safety.

• Responsible for the execution and maintenance of the HACCP and Preventative Controls Program for Value-Added Products. Manage food safety plans by conducting hazard analyses; managing critical control points and preventive measures; maintaining critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; monitoring inventories.
• Ensures that the plant operates in accordance with good manufacturing practices and adheres to federal and state regulatory policies.
• Oversight and improvement of daily production and third-party sanitation and pest control activities. Verifies sanitation effectiveness through execution of environmental and ATP testing programs.
• Maintains processes and principles to meet targets and metrics established by the company for food safety and quality.
• Leads root cause analysis, CAPA development initiatives. Analyzes quality data, trends, KPIs to drive performance and risk reduction.
• Leads, mentors, and develops the quality team with clear communication and training and builds trust with transparent, sound and consistent decision making.
• Provides training across the facility on food safety, quality, and SOPs.
• Appropriate communication of non-compliance issues with specifications, policies and processes including risk assessment information using high-level problem-solving skills.
• Validates quality processes utilizing knowledge of the products to connect to product specifications, visual quality attributes and SOP's to shelf life and consumer experience performance.
• Problem solve by conducting investigative work, documenting meaningful information, determining operational and performance qualification, writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
• Achieve quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to project work with cross functional teams; preparing and completing action plans; implementing quality and food safety standards. Identify connection of activities with other operational areas.
• Communicate quality performance trends to leadership through the investigation of customer and consumer complaints and conducting quality updates. Collaborates cross functionally when issues arise.
• Investigates customer and consumer complaints, identifies root causes, and implements corrective actions.
• Participates in cross-functional projects to improve food safety and quality processes in partnership with Director FSQA, ensuring alignment with company strategy.
• Meets quality assurance financial objectives by estimating requirements; communicate unanticipated expenditures; analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions. Initiate cost reduction ideas and manage QA staff operating costs.

• Literate in English. Biliterate in English and Spanish preferred.
• Must be able to present complex technical topics to upper management and public groups.
• Must be able to read, analyze, and interpret technical documents.
• Must have the ability to respond to sensitive inquiries…