Corporate Quality Manager - Laboratories

Florida Crystals Corporation; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Crystals Corporation invites applications for Corporate Quality Manager – Laboratories. The role focuses on standardizing laboratory operations across the enterprise, overseeing instrument selection and testing methods, and supporting proficiency testing and QA activities.

Responsibilities include coordinating third‑party testing, assisting supplier qualification, and guiding sites on NF/USP monographs, process analytics, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline and 5+ years of laboratory or industrial operations experience.
• Knowledge of QA/QC practices and procedures.
• Experience communicating with third-party labs and suppliers.
• Previous leadership/supervisory experience in manufacturing.
• HACCP or related food safety training.
• Knowledge of laboratory equipment operation and calibration.

Responsibilities

• Standardize laboratory operations across the enterprise, including instrument selection and methods.
• Provide proficiency testing support and guidance for QA processes.
• Coordinate third-party testing to support supplier qualification and product testing.
• Support sites with monitoring against pharmaceutical/NF/USP monographs and methods.
• Utilize laboratory testing to evaluate process aids and chemicals; support tech transfer for inline measurement.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Third‑party liaison

Leadership

Laboratory equipment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline

Degree major in Chemistry, Biology, or Food Science is preferred

ISO/IEC 17025 knowledge/implementation

Job description

The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.

OVERVIEW

The Corporate Quality Manager – Laboratories is responsible for the standardization of laboratory operations across the enterprise including instrument selection, methods of analysis, proficiency testing support and guidance, and general laboratory design and personal practices. Additionally, the position leads the coordination of third-party testing to support supplier qualification and monitoring, unique finished product testing, and other unique testing which is not a part of the capabilities of the operating facilities. The incumbent is also responsible for maintaining awareness of and understanding of pharmaceutical / national formulary (NF) / USP monographs and methods and supporting those sites which manufacture products to these standards. Responsibilities also include the use of laboratory scale testing to evaluate process aids, chemicals, and existing and alternate process technologies and support technology transfer for in-line measurement.

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE

• Global

REQUIRED EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline from an accredited university plus at least 5 years of commercial laboratory or industrial operations experience
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance/Control practices and procedures
• Experience in communicating with 3rd party labs and suppliers
• Previous leadership / supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• HACCP and/or related food safety training
• Knowledge of the operation and calibration of laboratory equipment

PREFERRED EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE

• Degree major in Chemistry, Biology, or Food Science is preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of sugar refining technologies and required process aids
• Experience in ISO/IEC 17025 implementation and maintenance of accreditation
• Continuous Improvement (CI) knowledge and experience (i.e. Lean Six Sigma, Black/Green/Yellow Belt, 5S, etc.)

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