Quality Manager

Insight Global; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Plant Quality Leader for a Fortune 100 client’s liquid manufacturing plant in Anderson, SC. You will lead the quality program, ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, HARPC, and SQF, and drive audits and continuous improvement across the site.

You will partner with production, QA staff, and regulators to maintain product safety, quality specifications, and supplier quality, while training staff on quality policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in food science or related field required.
• 3+ years quality assurance leadership experience in manufacturing (food & beverage preferred).
• PCQI certification required.
• Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the plant in areas of food safety and product quality.
• Serve as liaison for governmental inspections.
• Participate in corporate regulatory compliance inspections and audits.
• Audit plant sanitation processes through environmental testing, product testing and inspections.
• Assure GMPs are followed and pest control program compliance.
• Support quality initiatives through GMP walkthroughs and food safety programs.
• Monitor HACCP, HARPC, SSOPs, allergens programs, formulations, and finished product specs.
• Ensure QA staff are trained and resourced.
• Annual SQF, GMP and Food Safety program training.
• Ensure record keeping meets Kroger, SQF and government regulations.
• Ensure receiving procedures for ingredients comply with quality/safety standards.
• Investigate consumer comments and work with production on action plans.
• Assist Corporate Food Technology with product development, audits, and raw material calculations.
• Provide support to production in continuous improvement.
• Provide feedback to suppliers to improve relationships and resolve quality issues.
• Assist staff management in SQF policies and requirements.

Skills

Quality leadership

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in food science or related field

PCQI certification

Job description

• - Bachelor's Degree food science or a related field
• - 3+ years quality assurance leadership experience within the manufacturing industry (food and beverage strongly preferred)
• - Preventative Control Qualified Individual certification (PCQI)
• - Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• - Experience participating in R&D projects
• - Experience working with cross contamination techniques
• - Safe Quality Foods (SQF) certification

Job Description

A fortune 100 client in the retail space is seeking a Plant Quality Leader to join the team at their liquid manufacturing plant in Anderson, SC. This resource will be responsible for ensuring quality programs are in compliance, leading audits, improving the plant, and more. Other daily responsibilities include:

• - Provide leadership to the plant in areas of food safety and product quality
• - Serve as liaison for governmental inspections
• - Participate in corporate regulatory compliance inspections and audits
• - Audit plant sanitation process through environmental testing, product testing and physical inspections
• - Assure that Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are consistently and effectively followed and ensure pest control program compliance
• - Support quality initiatives by participating in routine Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) walkthroughs and participating in or leading any food safety or quality initiatives
• - Monitor to ensure that Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), Hazard Analysis & Risk-based Preventive Controls (HARPC), Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), allergen programs, formulations, & finished product consistently meet specifications
• - Assure that Quality Assurance staff is properly trained and resourced
• - Ensure thorough and effective annual training of Safe Quality Foods (SQF), Good Manufacturing Practices GMPs and Food Safety Programs
• - Assure that record keeping is accurate and meets Kroger, SQF and government regulations
• - Ensure receiving procedures for incoming and outgoing ingredients are in compliance with quality and safety standards
• - Investigate consumer comments, collaborate with production on resulting action plans
• - Assist Corporate Food Technology (CFT) with product development, product audits and calculation of raw materials
• - Provide support to production in continuous improvement effort
• - Provide feedback to suppliers to improve relationships and resolve quality issues
• - Assist the staff management team in all Safe Quality Food policies and requirements