Full-Time

Quality Assurance Manager

Posted on 1/15/2025

J.M. Smucker

J.M. Smucker

Senior

New Orleans, LA, USA

100% on-site at Chef manufacturing plant.

Category
QA & Testing
Manual Testing
Quality Assurance
Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree
  • A minimum of 5 years of quality experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading, managing, supervising, and / or developing a team
  • Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and HACCP
Responsibilities
  • Assure compliance to affiliate quality and food safety policies and standards, and all Federal, State, and local regulatory requirements pertaining to the manufacture of safe and wholesome pet food product; this includes the affiliate’s quality policies manual, ingredient specifications, process control specifications, and finish product specifications
  • Monitor and assure conformance of ingredients to affiliate standards and plant expectations including supplier auditing, supplier approval, and analytical and sensory testing
  • Drive continual quality improvement as measured by key indicators including internal and external audits, and achievement of factory goals such as RFT (right the first time) and consumer complaint reduction
  • Drive continual improvement in food safety and sanitation as measured by key indicators including AIB audit performance, and other internal and external audits; manage and maintain effective food safety and sanitation systems such as HACCP, pest control, and good housekeeping
  • Support and contribute to the achievement of factory goals
  • Coordinate and support all commissioning of new products and processes and issue final sign off for the factory
  • Provide technical support to factory operations including trouble shooting and solution generation, Plant Run Request, and plant projects
  • Perform annual performance appraisals for all direct reports and develop key personnel through coaching, training, and employee and organizational development means
  • Manage the Quality Assurance budgets
Desired Qualifications
  • A degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, Business Management, or related field
  • Working knowledge of FDA and USDA regulations, food plant production and best practices, environmental regulations, food safety and sanitation methods and best practices, and SPC
  • Food and / or beverage manufacturing experience
  • Continuing education within quality
  • Experience using Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), continuous improvement, and / or High Performance Organization (HPO) tools to deliver business results

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