Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager

Chairmans Foods specializes in producing a wide range of high quality, consistent customer solutions - main courses, side dishes, queso, ready-to-eat protein salads custom solutions for foodservice operators and retail stores. Chairmans has succeeded over the years with open communication, integrity, and with a deep commitment to southern hospitality.

Driven by our mission, vision and values, employee and food safety are always our top priority. www.chairmansfoods.com

Job Description:

Reporting to the Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance, this position is responsible for fostering a culture of quality excellence focused on supplier approvals, customer documentation, third party warehouse documentation and audits, and co-manufacturer documentation. This role will support the Quality Department and Corporate Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance in other project activities as needed.

General Responsibilities:

• Reviews, maintains and approves documentation related to supplier approvals working with suppliers to assure completion of documentation and analysis of risk to processes.
• Maintains supplier defect program providing company feedback and driving completion on actions, and trending analysis for supplier performance across the company.
• Regularly review customer and consumer feedback identifying trends to determine continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provides technical support for resolution to issues relative to key process indicators in quality and food safety.
• Responds to and provides timely completion of customer requests for documentation.
• Manages co-manufacturer documentation to support company initiatives.
• Coordinate and collaborate with QA teams members to implement best practices.
• Partner with other departments to create risk mitigation programs.
• Other projects, as required.

Job Requirements:

• HACCP certification from a nationally recognized and accredited HACCP training firm required.
• Bachelor’s degree in food safety, Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, or other science related field required.
• 3 years of progressive food safety experience within a manufacturing environment under HACCP, USDA and/or FDA.
• Previous experience with Safety Quality Foods or SQF Expert Practitioner certification
• Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for Human Food
• Data analysis and statistical process control experience with attention to detail and accuracy
• Comprehensive experience with FDA and/or USDA rules and regulations.
• Must be willing to be located in Atlanta office daily.
• Must be willing travel up to 20% for projects as needed.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and computer-based applications.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Skill in organization and prioritization, and attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs.

Preferred:

Experience in Trace Gains or other Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS) systems preferred.