Senior Quality Manager — Food Safety & Compliance

Refresco; Missouri; Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Refresco is seeking a Quality Manager II to lead the site quality department and drive product and process quality across facilities. You will ensure GMPs, food safety, and regulatory compliance, manage the quality team, and direct laboratory, sanitation, and QA activities to meet corporate standards.

The role requires developing, implementing, and maintaining robust quality systems including SQF, conducting internal audits, and coordinating with departments on corrective actions and continuous

Aufgaben

• Adhere to health and safety policies, GMPs and PPE requirements.
• Ensure food quality and safety per corporate, customer and governing bodies (e.g. GFSI).
• Directly manage Quality team to achieve KPIs and CI goals, track costs, reduce waste, train staff, maintain morale.
• Manage laboratory, water treatment, syrup blending, sanitation, microbiological equipment, raw materials, and all quality processes.
• Ensure raw materials and finished products meet specifications and regulatory standards (FDA, CFIA, HACCP, GMPs).
• Support third-party food safety and quality certifications; improve quality systems.
• Develop, implement, maintain SQF system and related food safety/quality requirements.
• Oversee daily Quality inspections to ensure compliance.
• Write and update SOPs for the Quality Program.
• Lead internal audit processes and share best practices.
• Understand plant financials and how costs relate to QC and production.
• Plan capital requirements and manage capital projects.
• Develop and maintain Food Safety Fundamentals and Quality Plans and communicate results to staff.
• Ensure food safety and quality documents are stored, maintained and accessible.
• Address non-conformances with corrective actions and timely closures.
• Ensure OSHA and environmental regulatory compliance; investigate root causes of non-compliance.
• Direct and evaluate staff, including hiring and performance management.
• Provide training and guidance on work standards and outcomes.
• Support recruiting and may contribute to pay recommendations.
• Ensure a safe working environment with strategies to reduce accidents and improve energy efficiency.

Jobbeschreibung

Refresco is seeking a Quality Manager II to lead the site quality department and drive product and process quality across facilities. You will ensure GMPs, food safety, and regulatory compliance, manage the quality team, and direct laboratory, sanitation, and QA activities to meet corporate standards.

The role requires developing, implementing, and maintaining robust quality systems including SQF, conducting internal audits, and coordinating with departments on corrective actions and continuous