Quality Assurance Supervisor

CareersInFood.com; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company seeks a Quality Assurance Supervisor to lead QA operations, ensure product safety and compliance, and drive quality initiatives across the facility.

The role emphasizes adherence to SOPs, regulatory requirements, and continuous improvement in quality and food safety standards as established by the QA department, supporting production cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Must have a High School Diploma or GED; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum of three years of work experience.
• Prior food and beverage manufacturing experience preferred.
• Two years of supervision or leadership experience preferred.
• Knowledge of water treatment systems.
• HACCP knowledge required; certification preferred.
• Food safety and sanitation experience required.
• Background in Microbiology preferred.
• Experience working in an ISO environment.
• Strong organizational, planning, decision-making, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, including both verbal and written.
• Experience using forklift and order picker preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides support to the production process and ensures adherence of all FDA, Company, and Coca-Cola North America (CCNA) requirements within the facility.
• Assists audits and training for QA program requirements and SOPs.
• Ensures accuracy and efficiency of water processing, syrup-batching, and QA testing/record-keeping.
• Monitors sanitation and housekeeping; enforces standards.
• Aids operations with innovative ideas and troubleshooting production equipment.
• Participates in internal and external audits for compliance and certification standards.
• Provides training to QA employees on quality processes.
• Communicates expectations and coaches staff; maintains performance records.
• Drives safety metrics and promotes safe work practices.
• Guides department goals aligned with the company business plan.

Skills

Quality assurance leadership

Supervision

Communication (verbal & written)

Problem solving

Time management

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Water treatment systems

Forklift operation

ISO environment experience

Job description

Join the team at Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company!

Days/Hours of Work: 7:00am - 5:00pm Days TBD

Job Summary

At Heartland Coca Cola Bottling Company, quality is at the heart of everything we do. As a Quality Assurance Supervisor, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the safety, integrity, and consistency of products enjoyed by millions of consumers every day.

The Quality Assurance Supervisor leads the QA department employees and processes to ensure the production of high-quality product at the lowest cost while meeting the demands of our customers. This role follows regulatory requirements while adhering to standardized operating procedures (SOPs) and internal policies to ensure compliance of quality & food safety standards as established by the QA department.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides support to the production process and ensures adherence of all FDA, Company, and Coca-Cola North America (CCNA) requirements within the facility.
• Knowledgeable of the documentation, training, and requirements necessary for maintaining a globally recognized quality and food safety certification. This may include assisting and/or executing audits of the program requirements internally.
• Ensures accuracy and efficiency of the water processing, syrup-batching, and all other QA testing and record-keeping tasks.
• Monitors proper sanitation and housekeeping procedures; holds employees accountable to set standards.
• Assist operations on innovative ideas or projects while aiding in troubleshooting issues on various production equipment, product and/or packaging.
• Participates in audits, both internally and externally, for regulatory, customer, and or brand-owner compliance and certification standards for business operations.
• Provides training to QA employees, ensuring successful knowledge transfers of quality process requirements necessary to successfully execute the job.
• Communicate expectations to all QA employees and develop, counsel, and coach employees on their performance and productivity; maintain accurate records of performance and productivity for periodic review.
• Drive safe work acts and safety metrics through leading by example, assessing the environmental influences and creating awareness for each activity within the department.
• Provides direction and assistance in the execution of department goals in alignment with the company business plan.

Job Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of threeyears of work experience required.
• Previous food and beverage manufacturing experience preferred.
• Two years supervision or leadership experience preferred.
• Knowledge of water treatment systems.
• HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) knowledge required. Certification preferred.
• Food Safety and Sanitation experience required.
• Prior background in Microbiology preferred.
• Experience working in an ISO environment.
• Strong organizational, planning, decision-making, problem-solving, and time management skills necessary.
• Excellent communication skills, including both verbal and written.
• Prior experience using a forklift and order picker preferred.

Pay: $67,618.00 - $79,550.00 a year

About Heartland Coca-Cola

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company produces, sells, and distributes the highest quality and best tasting Coca-Cola and Monster Beverages across the states of Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Our brand offerings provide multiple beverage options in non-alcoholic categories including sparkling soft drinks, water, ingredient enhanced, isotonics, tea, energy, juice, coffee and nutrition.We value our people, customers and community which drives our passion to work and win together as a team.

Benefits and Other Information

We offer a competitive benefits package to our full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, wellness programs and tuition reimbursement. This role may be eligible to participate in an incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program.

Pre-employment background check is required.

Heartland Coca-Cola is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and any other class protected by law. Veteran friendly.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants

Heartland Coca-Cola is committed to providing individuals with disabilities with reasonable accommodations in its job application and hiring process. If you have difficulty using our on-line application system because of a disability, you may contact us at the following email address and phone number: asnyder heartlandcocacola.com or [phone].

This email address is reserved for individuals who require an accommodation due to a disability only. The Heartland Coca-Cola representative who monitors this email account will not have access to existing profiles in the system and will be unable to provide any application status updates.