Quality Assurance Manager - Plant

Confidential; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Confidential in Indiana/South Bend is seeking a QA Manager at the plant to lead quality strategies and ensure product safety and conformance with regulatory and customer requirements. This 100% onsite role partners with plant and divisional leadership.

Responsibilities include directing vendor quality programs, addressing customer complaints through root cause analysis, and driving food safety initiatives across HACCP, GMPs, recall, and sanitation programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7–10 years functional/leadership experience.
• Significant and relevant skills/results in the quality domain.
• Strong leadership with success managing multiple projects.
• Understanding of how all plant areas interact to drive the business.
• Knowledge of FMCG industry basics.
• Extensive knowledge of HACCP, auditing, SSOPs, GMPs, FDA/OSHA, quality systems, sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Manage vendor quality programs and address customer complaints via root cause analysis.
• Lead the development and implementation of food safety programs (HACCP, GMPs, Pest Control, Recall, Food Allergen, Environmental Monitoring).
• As a Plant Leadership Team member, understand cross-functional interactions to resolve issues affecting multiple areas.
• Hold full management responsibility for the QA team.

Skills

Leadership

Quality systems

Vendor quality management

Root cause analysis

Regulatory knowledge (FDA/OSHA)

HACCP

Auditing

Project management

Education

BSc in Technical Field - Quality/Research/Product Development

MS in Technical Field - Quality/Research/Product Development

Job description

The QA Manager - Plant provides leadership at the Plant for the development, implementation, and administration of the Quality Control functions to ensure product safety, integrity, and conformance with respect to customer, Divisional, Corporate and regulatory requirements.

About the Role

This position will work in collaboration with the Plant and Divisional leadership to formulate and execute a strategic quality plan for the business. This role is 100% onsite.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing vendor quality programs, as well as customer complaints through root cause analysis
• Provide leadership to develop and implement food safety programs, e.g., HACCP, GMPs, Pest Control, Recall, Food Allergen, 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 other relevant functional areas in order to participate in the resolution of issues that have an impact beyond the area or impact multiple areas.
• This job has full management responsibility for the team.

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum of 7-10 years functional/leadership experience.
• Demonstrated significant and relevant skills and results in functional area.
• Strong leadership experience with demonstrated success in managing multiple projects and
• people.The job requires a detailed understanding of how all areas of the plant interact to contribute to the business.
• Requires a general understanding of the FMCG industry
• Requires extensive knowledge of HACCP, auditing, SSOP’s, GMP’s, FDA, OSHA, quality systems, and plant sanitation.

Educational Requirements:

• BSc in Technical Field - Quality/Research/Product Development

Preferred Skills

MS in Technical Field - Quality/Research/Product Development

Featured Benefits

• Medical insurance, Vision insurance, Dental insurance, 401(k)
• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of work experience with Business Leadership
• 5+ years of Food and Beverage Manufacturing