Quality Assurance Manager- Quality

Jobtome; Ohioville (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtome is seeking a strong Quality Assurance and Food Safety leader to oversee all QA and related programs at our plant in the United States. The role requires coaching and mentoring teams, leading audits, and ensuring compliance with FDA, USDA, GMP, and customer specifications.

You will drive continuous quality improvements and collaborate with plant leadership to reduce consumer complaints. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in QA/FS within food manufacturing, a PCQI

Qualifications

• Five+ years of QA/food safety leadership experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Experience with GMP, HACCP, and GFSI standards.
• PCQI certification and development/maintenance of HACCP/Food Safety Plans.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise Quality Assurance and Food Safety teams onsite.
• Manage all QA and Food Safety programs including HACCP, Food Safety Plans, and ID Certs.
• Execute robust internal audits and drive audit readiness at all times.
• Lead RCA and CAPA investigations to prevent recurrence.
• Coach and mentor QA/FS teams to build bench strength and career paths.
• Collaborate with plant leadership to improve quality culture and reduce consumer complaints.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with FDA, USDA, GMP, and internal policies.
• Trend and analyze data to drive improvements in EMP, sanitation, and product specs.

Skills

Leadership

Quality assurance

Root cause analysis

Coaching

Mentoring

Project management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/science-related field

Post-graduate degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

SAP

SPC

Job description

Responsible for leading, maintaining, and executing all aspects of Quality Assurance and Food Safety for the plant. Coach, teach, mentor, and manage the Quality and Food Safety teams onsite. Utilize lean tools and root cause analysis to continuously improve the existing quality system. Ensure all requirements from customers, regulatory, and 3rd party certifications are met and in compliance. Manage all Quality and Food Safety programs including HACCP, Food Safety Plans, Food Quality Plans, Identity Preserved Certifications, IA Vulnerability, and Food Defense Execute a robust internal audit program to ensure site it always audit ready all the time Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Actions/Preventative Action (CAPA) investigations Coach, teach, and mentor the QA and Food Safety teams to build bench strength and career paths for employees Collaborate with all plant leadership to drive quality culture improvements and consumer complaint reductions Administrate all product specifications and associated floor instructions assuring compliance with regulatory label requirements. Ensure food standard compliance with FDA, USDA, GMP, and company policy. Assess Environmental Monitoring Programs to ensure continued seek and destroy approach to pathogens Measure and monitor various company KPIs and drive for improvements in key performance areas Lead customer QA discussions related to quality or food safety incidents in the plant Advise commercialization and production teams on process specifications, process capabilities, and customer requirements to include recipe and sensory attributes Support commercialization teams in integrating customer and compliance requirements into internal specifications and critical quality parameters Trend and analyze data as needed to drive improvements in the plant (EMP, Pest Control, Consumer Complaints, etc.) Support all aspects of sanitation, including allergen matrix and control programs, chemical control programs, pest control programs, cleaning validations including all sanitation systems as assigned. SMART goal setting and team coaching Sanitation Programs Environmental Monitoring Programs Team building Risk Assessments Demonstrated proficiency in advanced quality statistics, measurement systems analysis Strong understanding of plant GFSI scheme and its implementation is required. PCQI/ Food Safety Plans / HACCP Plan development and maintenance Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Manage multiple projects at a time Influence Quality Culture behaviors Recognize food safety & quality gaps and provide a plan to address Ensure collaborative relationships with industry, trade, other associations, regulatory agencies and Maker’s Pride staff. Proficiency in: MS Office Suite, SAP a Plus Frequent production environment exposure which includes noise, dust, heat, cold, moving machinery, forklifts, and slippery floors ~Travel up to +10% Bachelor’s degree in business/science-related field is preferred;
Post-graduate degree a plus. Equivalent work experience as appropriate and approved by Platform Quality Director. Five or more years of related work experience, including experience managing and leading a Quality and food safety / sanitation staff in a related food manufacturing environment (i.E. baked bar, granola manufacture, bread, cold form bar, cookies, crackers, sandwich assembly, kit assembly, etc.). SPC and Microsoft Suite computer experience #