Quality Assurance Manager Stuttgart Rice Division

Quality Assurance Manager

Riceland Foods is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager at our Stuttgart Rice Division. The Quality Assurance (QA) Manager and Secondary SQF Practitioner – Stuttgart Rice Division is responsible for the administration of the overall quality and food safety for the Stuttgart facility. The QA Manager plans, coordinates, and directs quality assurance and food safety programs designed to ensure quality and the safe food production of products consistent with established standards and regulations by performing the following duties personally, or through subordinate supervisors.

The QA Manager is actively involved in the process of continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Formulates and maintains quality assurance objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Oversees and trains all quality control and warehouse/utility personnel during their performance of loading/unloading and shipping/receiving operations involving barges, trucks, and railcars, maintains strict adherence to shipping schedules, and orders.
• Verifies the documentation on all outbound carriers.
• Coordinates government inspections for all loading operations.
• Maintains, communicates, reviews, and verifies the implementation of the Food Safety (HARPC) plan.
• Reviews all data obtained during all quality assurance activities to ensure consistency with company policies and procedures.
• Develop new approaches to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities.
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and the actions being taken to correct the issues.
• Prepares and presents technical and program information to the management team.
• Directs technical and administrative workers engaged in quality assurance and food safety activities.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government regulations, industry quality assurance and food safety codes, and standards.
• Investigate and adjust customer complaints regarding quality and food safety. Ensures all corrective actions are completed correctly and in a timely manner.
• Works closely with the Primary SQF Practitioner to plan and organize future GFSI/SQF audits as required. May assume this responsibility in the absence of the Primary SQF Practitioner.
• Works closely with the Primary SQF Practitioner to verify and validate the SQF System, assumes responsibility for food safety, training of the SQF system, and review of changes made to food safety fundamentals or the HARPC plan. May assume this responsibility in the absence of the Primary SQF Practitioner.
• The practitioner has the authority and responsibility to oversee the development and implementation of policies, procedures, forms, and all aspects of the SQF program by working with corporate management and division staff.
• The practitioner has authority to take appropriate action to ensure the integrity of the SQF system. These actions are coaching, training, auditing, and having management, division staff or supervisors correct or improve systems, processes, or procedures. This also includes updating the food safety plan when there are changes and reviewing and updating the food safety on an annual basis.
• Manages the day-to-day workflow in the QA Department.
• Inspect employees' work for quality and quantity.
• Coordinate and audit the effectiveness of the QA program.
• Maintains SQF, HACCP and PCQI certifications.
• Selects, disciplines, trains and terminates applicable employees according to Riceland policies.
• Determines the root cause of any opportunity or problem before developing any or all action plans.
• Adheres to and ensures that all QA Department Staff adheres to all division employee safety policies and procedures.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a quality program that meets the current requirements determined by the Director of Quality and Food Safety.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a food safety program and plan that meets the current requirements determined by the Director of Quality and Food Safety.
• Review Quality Control documents to verify product quality.
• Assist with implementing Good…