Assistant Quality Manager

Griffith Foods Limited; Alsip (IL); On-site; USD 57,084 - 69,769; Full time

Job summary

Griffith Foods Limited in Alsip, Illinois, seeks an Assistant Quality Manager to lead food safety and quality initiatives across the manufacturing site. The role demands a strong leader to drive compliance with customer and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities include managing audits, implementing HACCP, and ensuring continuous improvement. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Quality/Food Science, at least 5 years in the food industry, and expertise in GFSI standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in the food industry.
• Proven abilities in achieving results through leadership.
• Detailed knowledge of food standards and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Drive a strong food safety and quality culture at the site.
• Support operational excellence by leading quality initiatives.
• Manage customer and 3rd party audits and implementation of standards.

Skills

Food Safety Management

Quality Control

HACCP Principles

Leadership

Communication

Education

Degree in Quality/Food Science

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

## Assistant Quality Manager - EUBEApplyremote type: Onsitelocations: Herentalstime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR102152Griffith Foods is the caring, creative product development partner helping food companies meet the evolving needs of consumers while sustaining the planet. As a family business founded in 1919 and headquartered in Alsip, Illinois USA, Griffith Foods is known for true, collaborative innovation guided by their Purpose of “We Blend Care and Creativity to Nourish the World”. The company’s product capabilities range from seasonings and marinades to coating systems and sauces that are better for people and better for the planet. For more information, visit www.griffithfoods.com.**Purpose of the Role**The purpose of this role is to drive a strong food safety and quality culture across the manufacturing site, ensuring the highest standards are consistently met in line with customer, regulatory, and business requirements. Acting as a key partner to cross-functional teams, this role supports operational excellence by leading quality and food safety initiatives, strengthening systems and processes, and proactively addressing risks. In the absence of the Site Quality Manager, the role assumes full responsibility for all quality-related activities, providing leadership and direction to maintain compliance, continuous improvement, and business performance.**Key Roles & Responsibilities*** Deputising on all Quality ( including Quality Control/ Quality Systems and Food Safety) issues for Site Quality Manager* Promotion of Food Safety and Quality culture throughout the business.* Working closely with other departments in a fast-moving environment to ensure that business goals are met.* Development, implementation and manage the monitoring effectiveness of all hygiene systems.* Support the Site Quality Manager in customer and 3rd party audits including interpretation and implementation of required standards.* Advising customers, suppliers and other departments on all aspects of the Quality and Food Safety systems.* Implementation of the HACCP system and training of all staff in HACCP, Food Safety and Quality System requirements.* Completing from receipt to completion both Supplier and Customer complaints – including root cause analysis and use of GPE techniques whilst ensuring that the root cause is a pratical and workeable solution and falls within the requirments of customer/3rd party and ISO standards.* Supporting all departments in the investigation, root cause and corrective actions of both internal rejects and non conformaces.* In the absence of the Site Quality manager collate monthly Quality KPI’s for own manufacturing site within region and aid with the preparation of the Quality management review.* Support the annual contaminants programme and prepare reports in conjunction with other members of the European Quality team.* Work with and support Product Info and Regulatory departments on Quality & Food Safety issues.* Work strategically with other members of the European Quality team* Working with the GPE teams from a Quality Persepctive.* Support and advice to maintenance and engineering on all related Quality and Food Safety requirements.* Close involvement of the day to day operations of the Food Safety team.**Education & Experience*** A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar job in the food industry* Degree in Quality/food science (or equivalent by experience)* Proven abilities in achieving results by leadership and building relationships* Experience in food customer standards would be an advantage.* Detailed knowledge of food standards specifically GFSI, Certificate in HACCP principles if applicable and international standards (ISO9001).* Operational computer skills: MS word, excel and PP**Compensation** The starting base salary for this position is 55.600€ fix gross per year.