Plant Quality Manager

Global Search Network; Missouri; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Search Network is seeking a qualified SQF Practitioner to lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of our Food Safety & Quality and Regulatory Compliance programs, ensuring self-audits meet standards.

This role supervises the Food Safety Team, Quality Control, and sanitation staff, maintains regulatory documentation, and conducts annual system reviews of SQF structures, while collaborating with Plant Management to drive improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a continuous process manufacturing industry.
• Experience in the food industry preferred.
• Strong leadership and QA oversight capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development and continuous improvement of SQF, food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance through self-audits.
• Lead the Food Safety Team, Quality Control personnel and sanitation personnel.
• Maintain documentation for regulatory compliance, including label approvals, and laboratory analysis demonstrating compliance.
• Conduct annual system review of the SQF Food Safety Management System, Food Safety Plans, and Prerequisite Programs, including verification and validation activities.
• Assist in the research, testing, verification and validation of new products from bench top to production.
• Stay abreast of FDA & USDA regulations & policies, SQF standards, industry trends and new technologies, bringing recommendations to management.
• Work closely with Plant Management on Food Safety.
• Oversees raw material and finished product laboratory analysis and any associated corrective actions.
• Oversees, tracks and trends product holds, complaints, inspections, tests, swab data, etc.
• Facilitates internal, customer, and third party audits and directs corrective actions.
• Completes questionnaires and answers all quality related questions from customers.
• Manages approved supplier program.
• Determine application & methodology for analytical, Microbiological, or bacteriological testing protocols, and implement and direct Quality Assurance in protocol.
• Perform any special assignments as directed by upper management.

Skills

SQF Practitioner

Food Safety

Regulatory Compliance

Laboratory Analysis

Audit Management

Job description

• SQF Practitioner for the development, implementation, continuous improvement, and continuing education in the

  areas of Food Safety & Quality, Regulatory Compliance, through self-audit activities to ensure that the company’s

  objective for food safety, regulatory mandates, compliance, meets or exceed standards.

• Leads the Food Safety Team, Quality Control personnel and sanitation personnel.

• Maintains documentation for regulatory compliance, including label approvals, and laboratory analysis

  demonstrating compliance.

• Conduct annual system review of the SQF Food Safety Management System, Food Safety Plans, and Prerequisite

  Programs, including verification and validation activities.

• Assist in the research, testing, verification and validation of new products from bench top to production.

• Stay abreast of FDA & USDA regulations & policies, SQF standards, industry trends and new technologies,

  bringing recommendations to management.

• Work closely with Plant Management on Food Safety.

• Oversees raw material and finished product laboratory analysis and any associated corrective actions.

• Oversees, tracks and trends product holds, complaints, inspections, tests, swab data, etc.

• Facilitates internal, customer, and third party audits and directs corrective actions.

• Completes questionnaires and answers all quality related questions from customers.

• Manages approved supplier program.

• Determine application & methodology for analytical, Microbiological, or bacteriological testing protocols, and

  implement and direct Quality Assurance in protocol.

• Perform any special assignments as directed by upper management.

Training / Certification Preferred:

Qualifications Required:

Minimum 5 years of experience in a continuous process manufacturing industry and preferably the food industry preferred.