What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Manager position at Ferrara?
Job Location : Bellwood
Want to make an impact?
The Manager, Quality Assurance, provides leadership, direction, and oversight to the plant facility. This role exists to ensure the plant delivers the required and highest standards of quality and food safety according to Ferrara policies, procedures, and practices and to ensure all measures of Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices are in place. The Manager, Quality Assurance will also coordinate the implementation of quality activities on site through deployment of cross-functional methods of work. Monitor the performance of equipment and processes; identify, troubleshoot and resolve recurring problems, either with the quality of the product or the reliability of testing procedures.
Ways you will make a difference
- Manages, trains, coaches, and develops direct quality staff
- Creates and manages QA / Food Safety technical and compliance system to assure food safety by creating, maintaining, updating, evaluating, and auditing all programs and policies.
- Ensures implementation and continuity of all key traceability, inspection, program management, vendor management, and microbial program metrics are established and delivered using established metrics and Key Performance Indicators.
- Manage / lead quality upgrade of facilities to obtain compliance improvement as necessary.
- Implement Standard Operating Procedures as required
- Implement raw material and finished product testing program
- Develop vendor qualification programs
- Conduct Food Safety Audits with third party inspectors as well as perform internal quality audits in all facilities and implement correction actions based on audit results
- Manage lot traceability of raw materials
- Mitigate risk associated with cross-contamination between production runs
Skills that will make you successful
Experiences that will support your success
What We Offer
At Ferrara, we're proud to support our employees with comprehensive benefits that enhance health, financial wellness, and include paid time off (PTO). Eligible employees may also receive an annual bonus based on company performance. Learn more about our benefits https : / / flimp.live / Ferrara-Benefits-Resource-Center
Compensation
The salary range for this position is $99,600 to $139,440 annually.
Salary : $99,600 - $139,440
