Quality Assurance Manager

Veracity Ventures Inc.; Albert Lea (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Job summary

Veracity Ventures Inc. in Minnesota is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead QA/QC development, implementation and administration ensuring safety, regulatory compliance and customer conformance across the site.

The role requires guiding CAPA, change control, and portions of the commercialization process, plus leading food safety programs and preventive controls such as HACCP/HARPC, recall, sanitation and environmental monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field.
• Project Management & Change Management Experience
• 5+ years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry.
• Familiarity with FDA
• GFSI Scheme (ie SQF, BRC)
• Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI or HACCP
• Ability to lift 50 lbs; required to stand, walk, sit, and reach.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation and administration of QA/QC to ensure safety and regulatory conformance.
• Integrate quality priorities into the operational excellence process.
• Manage CAPA program including customer and vendor complaints, holds and audits.
• Oversee change control and portions of commercialization process.
• Lead food safety programs and preventive controls (HACCP/HARPC) and recalls.

Skills

5+ years experience in QA/CF

FDA familiarity

CAPA & root cause analysis

Change management

Quality systems understanding

Ability to lift 50 lbs

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Health insurance

Position

Quality Assurance Manager

Location

Albert Lea, Minnesota

Employment Type

Full-Time

The Quality Assurance Manager is a key member of the manufacturing site leadership team that provides leadership at the site for development, implementation and administration of the Quality assurance and quality control functions to ensure safety integrity and conformance with respect to regulatory, corporate, site, and customer requirements. This position also integrates quality priorities into the operational excellence process.

Responsible for managing CAPA program, including customer complaint, vendor complaint, holds and site audit nonconformance programs and root cause analysis thereof. Responsible for management of change control and portions of commercialization process. Provides leadership to develop and implement food safety, preventive controls and prerequisite programs (eg: HACCP/HARPC, Pest Control, Recall, Allergen, Sanitation, and environmental monitoring.)

As a member of the plant leadership team, requires comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles within their own functional area, and also requires basic knowledge of these elements in their relevant functional areas in order to participate in the resolution of issues that have an impact beyond the area or impact multiple areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field
• Project Management & Change Management Experience
• 5+ years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry.
• Familiarity with FDA
• GFSI Scheme (ie SQF, BRC)
• Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI or HACCP
• Ability to lift 50 lbs; required to stand, walk, sit, and reach.

Skills and Certifications

• 5 years+ Quality Assurance experience
• Solid FDA, HACCP, SQF, and industry best practices experience
• Bachelors Degree
• Creates and maintains a Quality culture
• US citizen or permanent resident
• Industry experience-Food/Bev Mfg, Pharma, Medical Device