Quality Assurance Manager​/Bakery Manufacturing

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Full-time Regular Vineland, NJ, US

Salary Range: $85,000.00 To $ Annually

Location: Vineland, New Jersey
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Work Location: On-Site

Bridor is a North American leader in the development and manufacturing of premium European-style breads, pastries, croissants, and viennoiserie. As part of Groupe Le Duff
, Bridor combines traditional French baking expertise with modern manufacturing technology to deliver innovative, high-quality bakery products to retail, food service, and hospitality customers throughout North America.

As our business continues to grow, we offer employees the opportunity to contribute directly to our products, operations, processes, and long-term success.

Bridor USA is seeking an experienced QA Manager – Food Safety & Quality to lead Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Quality Control, and regulatory compliance at our high-volume industrial bakery manufacturing facility in Vineland, New Jersey.

We are looking for an established food-manufacturing quality leader with significant experience in a large-scale production environment and strong working knowledge of BRCGS and GFSI food-safety systems
.

The QA Manager must build strong partnerships with Operations while maintaining the independence and authority of the Quality function. The successful candidate will be comfortable making difficult decisions, challenging production when necessary, and standing firm when legitimate food-safety or product-quality concerns exist.

• Lead the facility’s Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and Quality Control programs
• Maintain and continuously improve the Quality Management System and Food Safety Management System
• Ensure compliance with FDA, FSMA, HACCP, GMP, BRCGS, customer, and Bridor requirements
• Oversee HACCP, Preventive Controls, Environmental Monitoring, Allergen Management, Food Defense, Traceability, Recall, Supplier Quality, and related programs
• Maintain a strong presence on the production floor and serve as the facility’s Quality and Food Safety subject-matter expert
• Make appropriate product-hold, disposition, escalation, and production-related quality decisions

• Lead customer, regulatory, and third-party certification audits
• Maintain continuous BRCGS and regulatory audit readiness
• Coordinate audit preparation, corrective actions, documentation, and follow-up
• Lead mock recalls, traceability exercises, and investigations involving significant food-safety or quality issues
• Ensure quality records, procedures, and supporting documentation remain accurate and current

• Partner closely with Operations, Sanitation, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Research and Development
• Resolve manufacturing issues collaboratively without compromising food-safety or quality standards
• Challenge or evolve production decisions when food safety, regulatory compliance, or product integrity may be at risk
• Lead Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventive Action activities
• Analyze quality trends, customer complaints, audit findings, and manufacturing data to identify improvement opportunities
• Support initiatives that reduce waste, improve process controls, and strengthen manufacturing performance

• Support supplier qualification, approval, monitoring, and performance programs
• Lead investigations involving customer complaints, nonconforming products, deviations, and other quality concerns
• Ensure…