Customer Quality Technical Manager

Kettle Cuisine, LLC.; Savage (MD); Presencial; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Kettle Cuisine, LLC. is seeking a Customer Quality Technical Manager based in Savage, MD. You will lead customer-facing technical support, coordinate testing and audits, and supervise technicians across East and West sites to ensure timely, traceable documentation.

Responsibilities include triaging requests, coordinating samples and tests, and driving continuous improvement in quality processes. Travel to sites may be required.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, food technology, quality, or related field.
• 4+ years in food-manufacturing technical, quality, lab, or customer-support roles.
• Experience coordinating samples, testing, sensory or audits.
• Strong planning, documentation, and cross-functional communication.
• Willingness to travel between sites and manage time-sensitive requests.

Responsabilidades

• Triage customer technical requests and define scope, owner, and due date.
• Coordinate testing, sensory evaluations, trials, audits, and post-launch reviews.
• Lead workloads of East and West technicians and ensure traceability.
• Coordinate sample collection, analysis, shipping, and documentation for investigations.
• Route documents for review and track results; escalate issues.
• Maintain timely and reviewable work and documentation.

Conhecimentos

Planning

Prioritization

Documentation

Customer service

Cross-functional communication

Formação académica

Bachelor's in Food Science

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Details: Job Location: Savage Plant - Savage, MD, Salary Range: $90000.00 - $120000.00Salary, Job Description

The Customer Quality Technical Manager leads customer-facing technical support for Kettle Cuisine, including routine product sampling and coordination of testing, trials, audits, and technical requirements. Based in Savage, Maryland, the manager partners with Technical Services and supervises East and West technicians, coordinates customer feedback with internal teams, and ensures work and documentation are timely, traceable, and appropriately reviewed.

Responsibilities

• Triage customer technical requests; define scope, sample details, owner, deliverable, and due date.
• Coordinate testing, sensory evaluations, trials, audits, and post-launch sample reviews with technicians, site FSQ, and Technical Services.
• Lead East and West technician workloads; standardize sample handling, testing, traceability, and records.
• Coordinate sample collection, analysis, shipping, and documentation for supplier investigations and material changes.
• Route customer and audit documents for review and approval by designated subject-matter owners.
• Track requests and results; escalat out-of-specification findings, customer risks, and delays.

Qualifications (Education / Experience / Skills)

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, Food Technology, Quality, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Four or more years of food-manufacturing technical, quality, laboratory, or customer-support experience, with project or team coordination responsibilities.
• Experience coordinating product samples, testing, sensory or production trials, audit support, or technical-document workflows.
• Strong planning, prioritization, documentation, customer-service, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to travel among assigned sites and manage time-sensitive requests; familiarity with sample traceability and controlled documentation preferred.

Success Measures

• Customer technical requests are logged, assigned, and completed to agreed timelines with status visible.
• Samples, analyses, trials, audits, and document packages are traceable, accurate, and reviewed by the appropriate owners.
• Technician capacity and work quality are managed consistently across East and West coverage.

As a Leader Within the Kettle Cuisine Team, You Are Expected To

• Model and support Kettle Cuisine’s Core Values and safety culture.
• Develop individual team members and their careers.
• Create a culture of accountability and performance.
• Drive a focus on quality assurance and continuous improvement.
• Plan work, track results, and resolve issues.

Required Attributes

• Self-directed, with high integrity and sound judgment.
• Positive attitude and motivated by contributing to the overall success of the team.
• Able to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, suppliers, and team members.
• Strong project-management, analytical, statistical, and problem-solving skills.Comfortable moving at a fast pace and working in ambiguous environments.
• Enthusiastic about food and able to provide after-hours support for critical issues when required.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement and manage to and achieve metrics.
• Willing to address difficult situations directly, with patience and respect.