Quality Assurance Manager II

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages seeks a seasoned Quality Assurance leader to head the QA Department, ensuring superior product quality at optimal cost while safeguarding safety and compliance. You will coordinate sanitation programs, manage regulatory permits, and drive QA testing and documentation with teams across operations and sales.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of beverage industry management, familiarity with Coca-Cola systems, and strong knowledge of ISO standards and GMP/GLP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in technical or food science, preferred.
• 5+ years of management experience in beverage industry, preferred.
• Experience with Coca-Cola system, beverage industry, or consumer products preferred.
• ISO 22000/9000/14001 or other management systems knowledge.
• GMP/GLP and HACCP knowledge.
• Strong collaboration and process-improvement track record.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Quality Assurance Department to ensure quality and safety.
• Oversee sanitation compliance including CIP, water treatment, and storm water management.
• Oversee all required permitting with governmental agencies.
• Ensure QA testing and record-keeping are accurate and efficient.
• Collaborate with operations and sales to improve Coca-Cola quality indices.
• Establish and balance the yearly departmental budget.
• Manage outside vendors for food safety and quality services.

Skills

Quality leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Process improvement

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Technical or Food Science degree preferred

Tools

MS Office Suite

SAP applications

SPC software

Job description

Lead and manage the Quality Assurance Department to ensure the production of high-quality product at the lowest cost, while meeting the demands of our customers and ensuring the safety of our people, workplace and environment and meeting all company, legal and other requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage total quality compliance from raw materials to the consumer.
• Manage sanitation compliance to include CIP systems, water treatment, and storm water management.
• Oversee all required permitting with all governmental agencies.
• Ensure accuracy and efficiency of water processing, syrup-batching, and all QA testing and record-keeping
• Monitor and enforce proper sanitation and housekeeping procedures
• Monitor all Coca-Cola, Federal and State communications/audits and implement any necessary changes
• Assist operations management with process equipment and product/package troubleshooting and innovation
• Collaborate with operations and sales management in order to improve Coca-Cola quality indices
• Ensure safety of all personnel within the department
• Establish, submit, and balance the yearly departmental budget
• Ensure departmental compliance with all company policies and procedures
• Manage outside vendors to ensure compliance to Food Safety and Company standards (i.e. Pest Control, Water Treatment services, 3rd party quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Bachelor’s Degree - Technical or Food Science – preferred
• 5+ years of Management experience in the beverage industry preferred.
• Experience with the Coca-Cola system, beverage industry, or consumer products strongly preferred.
• ISO (22000, 9000, 14001, etc) or other management system
• Working knowledge of the principles of manufacturing management.
• Working knowledge of specific supply chain capabilities, strategies and interdependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and coordinate efforts around process improvement.
• Working knowledge of state, and local regulatory requirements in the areas of food safety, safety, environment and emergency management.
• Working knowledge of basic elements of Good Manufacturing Practices in a manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of key business drivers used to gauge the effectiveness and performance of an internal group or supplier.
• HACCP
• Statistical Process Control
• Good Laboratory Practices
• Good Manufacturing Practices
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of food safety
• Self-Guided Work Force
• Microsoft Office
• SPC software
• Project Management
• Manage P&L; Spending Controls
• Laboratory equipment management
• Change Management
• Leader of leaders
• Experience using relevant SAP applications