Quality Control Manager

Newly Weds Foods; Kendall Township (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Newly Weds Foods in Illinois seeks a Quality Control Manager to oversee quality programs and ensure compliance with company standards across the facility. You will lead QA teams, coordinate audits, train staff, and drive continuous improvements in product quality and safety.

Travel up to 25% to Montgomery to collaborate with customers and internal teams on corrective actions, supplier quality, and regulatory compliance while maintaining lab equipment and safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or 3–5 years of managerial experience in food industry in QA/R&D/Technical Services.
• Strong knowledge of GMP, HACCP, and food safety audits (BRC a plus).
• Good communication, analytical abilities, and proficiency with MS Office/Adobe tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead broad-based quality and food safety programs to meet customer expectations.
• Provide leadership, training, and mentoring to plant-based quality personnel.
• Define and facilitate internal and external audits in quality and food safety.
• Train factory employees on safety and PPE and MSDS programs.
• Oversee product controls, COA, allergens, rework, and customer complaints.
• Collaborate with research and plant teams to ensure product consistency and root cause analysis.

Skills

Quality management

HACCP knowledge

GMP knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Auditing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences

Tools

MS Office

Lotus Notes

Adobe applications

Job description

The quality control manager is responsible for managing the quality programs and functions of the local facility in compliance with NWF standards; ensures the quality of our production and materials, and trains employees on proper procedures and policies.

Essential Functions

• Identify, lead and facilitate broad based product quality and food safety programs and improvements throughout the company to set a level of superior performance against customer expectations.
• provide leadership, training, support, and mentoring to plant-based quality personnel.
• define, lead and facilitate internal and external operational audit evaluations in the quality and food safety areas of responsibility.
• facilitate food safety, quality and general safety training of all factory employees.
• provide quality and food safety leadership and input product and process development activities. work with plant and research personnel to ensure product consistency. facilitate root cause analysis and corrective actions as needed.
• Engage in direct relationships with customer, technical personnel along with other Newly Weds personnel to facilitate achievement of company business objectives.
• Monitor trends and emerging issues within the quality & food safety business environments to keep Newly Weds informed, involved, and on he leading edge of such issues.
• Serve in crisis management role for quality & food safety issues.
• Facilitate, monitor and manage product controls, C.O.A, allergens, rework, rejected products and costumer complaints.
• Oversee facility security, sanitation, pest control, micro-testing, and water quality maintenance.
• Perform mock recalls and shelf-life rotation.
• Review quality control or vendor deviations.
• Assist regulatory technical information systems and research and development with new or revised specifications for raw materials, finished goods and packaging.
• Conduct Hazard Analysis and Critical Point (HACCP) and food safety audits.
• Calibrate and maintain lab equipment such as scale, sale titrator, moisture controls, hunter color meter, magnets, and screens.
• Train all plant employees on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) program and specialized Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Approximately 5%-25% travel to Montgomery
• Administer employees in solving work related issues, providing employee guidance/direction, counsel and motivation.
• Administer employee appraisals and salary reviews and provide employees with feedback
• Complete additional tasks or special projects as required or assigned by the manager.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelors degree in a Life Sciences program, or 3-5 years of comparable managerial experience in food industry with in an exempt position in the areas of Quality Assurance, Research & Development, and/or Technical Services.
• Must have knowledge and functional training or experience with general manufacturing process, quality control functions, hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), good manufacturing practices (GMP), national food processors association, and BRC audits, Plant sanitation processes, and laboratory and be able to apply theses principles to the daily work environment.
• Strong communication, analytical abilities, organizational skills. and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft office and lotus notes, plus general working knowledge of Adobe applications.