Quality Manager

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Where will you work?

Our Niagara Falls location produces organic salts, including propionates and acetates, serving pharmaceutical, food, feed and technical industries. With this long-standing and fully automated manufacturing site, Kerry offers world class quality products to a global market. Our products fill vital needs in a broad range of applications that are essential to everyday life including food preservation, antibiotic formulation, dialysis treatment, energy production and more.

What will you do?

• Lead and maintain plant wide quality assurance, process support, regulatory compliance and provide customers with technical service.
• Be the site’s ISO 9001:2015 and Food/Feed safety champion.
• Manage laboratory functions to maximize operating efficiency, productivity, accuracy, and orderly documentation. Promote continuous improvement throughout these processes.
• Responsible for process support including analytical development and troubleshooting. Provide analytical and technical support to production units, evaluating process techniques and procedural alternatives as needed.
• Support/develop analytical methods and instrumentation including but not limited to: ICP-MS, gas chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatography.
• Ensure company compliance with applicable certification standards and regulatory requirements: ISO 9001:2015, FSSC 22000, GMP FSA, FDA regulations.
• Manage & deliver on agreed annual quality objectives program & quality targets.
• Prove supervisory direction of assigned personnel, including salary administration and performance appraisal.
• Professional development of personal skills and of direct reports.
• Define and implement hygiene, GMP, and compliance standards, as per Kerry Global and customer standards.
• Address quality issues by implementing rigorous root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop effective relations with customers and other external agencies as required and manage audits.
• Manage Quality Systems & Standards Compliance to HACCP, applicable Global Standards, Regulatory Agencies and Accreditation Bodies.

What will you need to be successful?

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Microbiology or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of quality management experience in a food manufacturing, chemical or pharmaceutical environment.
• Proven experience working with FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001:2015 regulations.
• Demonstrated experience in analytical chemistry and trace analysis. Chemical processes is a plus.
• Leadership and people management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SAP (nice to have).

Compensation Data

The typical hiring range for this role is $91,404 to $138,358 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).