Quality Manager Aseptic

Campbellsoup; North Carolina; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

AD&D

Life insurance

401(k) with immediate vesting

Paid time off

Holiday pay

On-site fitness center

On-site day care access

Company store

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Job summary

Campbell Soup Company is seeking a QA professional to manage the Aseptic Quality area, including operations quality, line installation, products and processes launches, and the aseptic laboratory.

You will coordinate releases with cross-functional teams and ensure plant, regulatory and corporate QA systems and requirements are maintained, driving food safety and quality improvements across the operation.

Responsibilities

• QA Aseptic Area Management: drive and ensure that Food Safety and Quality systems are updated and compliant with regulatory and corporate standards.
• Aseptic Laboratory Management: maintain sampling and ensure the QA lab meets safety, process safety and quality requirements.
• General QA Management: plan and perform audits (HACCP, SSOP, GMP), investigate holds and corrective actions, support audits, and train staff.

Job description

Since 1869, we've connected people through food they love. We're proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. Our portfolio includes the iconic Campbell's brand, as well as Cape Cod, Chunky, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Pacific Foods, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Pace, Rao's Homemade, Snack Factory, Snyder's of Hanover. Swanson, and V8.

Why Campbell's...

Benefits begin on day one and include medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&DD, and life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners). Employees are eligible for our matching 401(k) plan and can enroll on the first day of employment with immediate vesting. Campbell's offers unlimited sick time along with paid time off and holiday pay. If in WHQ - free access to the fitness center. Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) and company store. Giving back to the communities where our employees work and live is very important to Campbell's. Our "Campbell's Cares" program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually. Campbell's has a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees.

How you will make history here...

Responsible for managing the Aseptic Quality area, including operational quality, installation of new lines, products and processes, and the aseptic laboratory. Also, in conjunction with a cross functional team, coordinate releases of products, holds, startups of new and reformulated products and production lines. Ensures plant, regulatory and corporate QA systems and requirements are maintained. Works with a cross functional team to drive compliance and improvement in the food safety and quality of production. Serves as back up to the Site QA Associate director, including supporting regulatory and 3rd party audits.

What you will do...

QA Aseptic Area Management - 45%

• Drives and ensures that Food Safety and Quality systems are kept up to date and are in compliance with Regulatory and corporate standards
• Work closely with regulatory inspectors on food safety, sanitation and product compliance issue that may arise to a successful resolution. This requires an in-depth knowledge of USDA and FDA regulation as well as knowledge of food safety procedures and sanitation requirements.
• Analyze and use data to drive Food Safety and Quality improvements, including hold reduction, sanitation improvements, and cost or loss reduction and prevention activity. Work cross functionally to drive CAPA, 5S and other lean six sigma work. Use knowledge to drive CAPA work to a conclusion.
• Support commercialization into plant systems(RMS, paperwork, cornerstone) and production and perform appropriate risk analysis and related changes for area.
• Manage hold inventory and balance supply chain and plant release requirements, to help drive hold priority work with plant recon operations, operations and the QA lab.

Aseptic Laboratory Management -35%

• Maintain and ensure chemical, physical and microbiological sampling of products and equipment per required process.
• Ensure the QA laboratory meets all Safety, Process safety and Quality requirements and regulations. Participate in plant safety program
• Coordinate corrective action plans when problems with conformance to specifications occur.
• Supervise the activities of the laboratory technicians responsible for conducting product and ingredient analyses, and entering data.
• Ensure that the laboratory is equipped and people are scheduled as needed to meet plant requirements for collecting information that assures conformance to ingredient and product specifications.
• Coordinate implementation of programs for compliance of in-process specification controls.
• Work with the Soup laboratory to manage ingredient and supplier quality monitoring

General QA Management - 25%

• Plan, perform, report and follow-up on quality system, sanitation and food safety audits assigned through DDS or the QA internal Audit program. Including HACCP, SSOP and GMP/housekeeping audits.
• QA representative for assigned area DDS team
• Perform Pre-shipment review of food safety and quality records, when assigned, for compliance to internal and regulatory requirements.
• Investigate product holds, perform dispositions and perform corrective actions. Troubleshoot quality and food safety problems and foreign material occurrences. Track Corrective actions.
• Assist Quality Systems leader with 3rd party and regulatory audits as needed.
• Assist on feasibility and new product trials as needed.
• Recommend updates needed and develop work instructions, Train new employees and refresher training for existing employees on HACCP, SSOP and Quality Procedures as needed
• Assist Operations group on maintaining USDA compliance and resolving issues
• Process Irregularities: write ups report