Food Quality Manager

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Food Quality Manager

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Food quality manager
provides oversight to Food Safety and Quality Assurance personnel in the SSMG complex in their region, in an effort to implement and manage compliance with Sysco Food Safety and Quality Assurance Programs.

Food Quality Manager

Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Develops, implements, manages and tracks effectiveness of an integrated program, including systems, standards, procedures, measures and tools to assure that food safety, quality, sanitation and regulatory requirements are met for food products and operations

Develops and delivers effective communications that provide partners at all levels with appropriate awareness and knowledge of quality assurance standards, program updates and process changes

Lead the Food Safety and HACCP team at respective site

Interact regularly with engineering, manufacturing and service functions to establish and define quality assurance standards for the site including manufacturing, sanitation, pest control, and disposition of ingredients or finished products

Represents quality assurance on enterprise-wide cross-functional teams

Stays up to date and builds expertise in food safety best practices, public health regulations and industry best practices

Establish monitors and maintains a quality assurance and quality control system

Conduct statistical analyses of food safety and quality data to assess compliance with related programs and determine where improvement is needed

Works to develop and coach Quality Assurance staff through proper coaching, training and counseling to ensure uniform interpretation and application of standards and procedures

Provide Food Safety Council

Food Quality Manager

Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for

Food Quality Manager

List any licenses or certifications required by the position:
HACCP, SQF, GFSI, RM, FSSC22000, PCQI, FDA, FSQA, GMP, FSMA

Education for

Food Quality Manager

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the food quality manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as

Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree

in

Science, Education, Chemistry, Microbiology, Engineering, Technical, Management, Business, Biology, Technology

Skills for

Food Quality Manager

Desired skills for
food quality manager
include:

Food Safety

HACCP

Manufacturing processes and operations

Quality & food safety

Food microbiology

USDA

Food Laws & Regulations – Stays up-to-date and ensures compliance with food laws and regulations

CFIA

GMP and Food Safety standards in accordance with the FDA

Applicable regulations

Desired experience for
food quality manager
includes:

Leads cross-functional project teams and/or sub-teams that develop and implement new QA programs and procedure improvements

Manages potentially serious product incidents through product crisis management process

Analyzes quality metrics, customer feedback and workgroup input

Collaborates cross functionally and globally to create alignment of QA programs across the company

Recommends and oversees content updates to department or company resource manuals, standards manuals, training programs, and operational excellence tools

Ability to apply sound technical and business principles and practices to project and change management processes

Food Quality Manager

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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of food quality manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.

Responsibilities for food quality manager

• Oversee entire QC and food safety department
• Supervise Quality Control Technicians and food safety monitors
• The Site Q&FS Manager coordinates the implementation of R&D activities on site through deployment of cross-functional ways of working
• The appropriate level of resources, skills and support at site level is ensured via coaching, developing and managing the Site Q&FS team
• Manage the quality function by providing leadership and guidance for site operations and quality control supervisor(s) and various levels of inspectors
• Manage regulatory and customer visit and/ or audits
• Lead and Investigate root cause failure analysis of customer complaints
• Initiate lab safety policies and provide safety leadership
• Implement and guarantee the respect of the Group Contaminant Monitoring plan by the suppliers
• Provides direction and subject matter expertise on various QA issues to assist internal and external parties with matter of compliance or audit inquiries

Qualifications for food quality manager

• Knowledge of water and sewer safety and regulations
• Familiarity with integrated pest management
• Ability to build effective relationships and work as part of a team
• Ability to lead small teams, to manage progress effectively in ambiguous and unstructured situations
• Ability to multitask, be detail oriented and to remain calm under pressure
• Ability to create and format templates, reports, and technical documents

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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of food quality manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.

Responsibilities for food quality manager

• Lead the process of moving from a quality control minded organization to a quality assurance minded organization
• Set up the quality assurance systems for proper certification
• Support, and comply with all quality management systems, continuous improvement programs, food safety, employee safety, preventative maintenance programs and legality
• Works with cross-functional team to investigate large scale consumer complaints at co-manufacturing locations to determine root cause and develops strategies to reduce complaint incidences
• Coordinates audit schedules for assigned co-manufacturers assures implementation of audits of staff for the QA co-manufacturing network
• The Q&FS Manager coordinates the implementation of R&D activities on site through deployment of cross-functional ways of working
• Assist in monitoring the results of raw material, in-process product, & finished product testing for compliance with specifications
• Track & trend data to ensure new trends are not developing
• Serves as a technical resource for Mojave, ensuring documented procedures and processes for quality and safety compliance, practices and behaviors
• Leads and develops Janitorial Team and Safety Functional Leadership Team members

Qualifications for food quality manager

• Bachelor’s Degree holder in Food Science or related disciplines
• Minimum 7 years experience in FMCG sector, background in FMCG retail / food chain
• Sound knowledge in safety regulations is a must
• Develops relationships with national, regional and local food donation organizations to create long term relationships that ensure safe, timely and effective movement of donated food and beverage
• Participate in cross department interactions to align resources and information to ensure that the retail food donation program is implemented in a timely and compliant manner
• Manages the development, implements and tracks the effectiveness of the retail food donation program including standards, procedures, specifications and measures to assure that product safety and regulatory requirements are met

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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of food quality manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.

Responsibilities for food quality manager

• Maintains safety and organizational health scorecard reporting
• Oversees and audits all plant quality and safety training activities, including monthly department and business unit quality and safety audits
• Develops meaningful safety measures for plant scorecard to drive performance improvements
• Communicates and translates organizational quality and safety objectives and practices into actionable solutions
• Develops, implements and refines divisional quality systems and procedures for continuous operation improvement and compliance issues
• Validates the performance for the Safety Committee and all injury / incident review boards, leading action plans and root cause analysis
• Collaborates with Site Leadership Team, Corporate Safety Director, Corporate Quality Operations Director, North America Leadership Team, and all employees in the Mojave facility
• Plant liaison for corporate related meetings
• Attends all courses, seminars and educational opportunities as may be necessary
• Required to accompany AIB, State and Federal Regulatory inspectors, and any third party inspectors

Qualifications for food quality manager

• Conduct regular food safety audits for the retail donation program including the entire distribution chain from retail store to local charity partner distribution
• Creates and maintains systematic files and records required to support the overall effectiveness of the food donation program
• Develops and delivers effective communications to provide partners and suppliers at all levels with appropriate awareness and knowledge of retail food donation standards, requirements, program updates and process changes
• Interfaces and influences cross-functional teams including remote members to deliver results within demanding timelines
• Support project teams to enhance retail food donation programs or procedures to support company social responsibility and community outreach initiatives
• Stays up to date on industry trends and builds expertise in food product regulations, product liability, food safety best practices, public health regulations and donation “industry” best practices

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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of food quality manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.

Responsibilities for food quality manager

• Manage, develop, and document Quality Assurance and Sanitation Policies and Procedures, and maintain a system devised for Continuous Improvement
• Serve as SPA for annual and periodic 3rd-party product safety/sanitation audits
• Manage the internal quality audit function for the site and ensure effectiveness of the corrective and preventative action process within the framework of the plant’s Quality Management System
• Develop & implement site specific programs for GMP’s, SSOP’s, allergen control
• Develop and conduct site specific training programs for employees
• Manage to contract 3rd party labs and develop bacteria and quality lab testing as needed / required
• Perform 3rd party audit preparation and supplier audits as necessary
• Work with management, sales and customers as needed to understand and reduce product returns and complaints and implement appropriate corrective actions
• Conduct materiality and other analyses
• Serve on global cross-functional teams

Qualifications for food quality manager

• Qualified in ISO/HACCP
• Managing the development and review of information required to comply with food regulations
• Managing all aspects of food system programs including planning, implementing, monitoring, auditing verifying and improving safe food delivery systems
• Gathering, recording and reporting on supplier logistics and metrics
• Managing projects and implementing systems with a demonstrated ability to communicate and gain alignment at all levels
• Working knowledge of federal and local regulatory environments governing food donation supply chain

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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of food quality manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.

Responsibilities for food quality manager

• Perform technical qualifications of potential new facilities to ensure quality and food safety expectations are met
• Follow company project management process ensure that quality and food safety requirements are adequately met
• Lead the facility in the adoption and disciplined use of a clearly defined, well-documented, and systematic commercialization process for implementing change into plant processes for new product launches and product process redesigns
• Setting QA Compliance Objectives and insuring targets are achieved
• Support defining plant process capabilities, sampling plans, & protocols to transition product from R&D pilot to commercial manufacturing (e.g., in-process control points)
• Lead and facilitate the facility in consumer and customer complaint resolution and reduction activity across the enterprise
• Lead activities that empower, engage, and involve operators with the information and tools for continuous improvement in facility manufacturing processes
• Provide the means for incorporating the necessary tools, equipment, and methods into the new and existing processes aimed at continuous improvement
• Lead changes to existing products in response to complaints, customer requests, or cost-saving activity
• Ensure seamless exchange of technical and product information between and among functional areas (e.g., from R&D to the customer)

Qualifications for food quality manager

• Nutrition, Food safety, Food Regulations
• Strong charitable organization background within the food donation segment preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Food Safety, Engineering or related technical field and 6 years relevant experience in Quality and or Manufacturing environment with experience in line management or a proven track record in coaching and developing teams and individuals
• Leads and manages investigations and troubleshooting of product concerns from retail stores and customers
• Previous supervision of QC/QA department in food processing industry required
• Understanding of HARPC and Quality Management Systems

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