Quality Control Supervisor - Food Manufacturing

The Quality Control Supervisor will report to the Plant Manager on site and with functional alignment with Sr Dir Quality & Regulatory Compliance at a corporate level. This team member will oversee all aspects of quality assurance and food safety across multiple products with complex process flows, ensuring regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction, sanitation procedures, and product quality standards are met. This role will ensure that food safety and quality standards are met and maintained by understanding a positive quality culture, implementing, and enforcing customer, regulatory, and the company processes, policies, and procedures. In addition, this role is accountable for internal and external quality complaint resolution, execution of audits, and ensuring efficient and smooth operations within the production facility.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Maintains the quality assurance budget, ensuring the budget is in control and on plan.
• Manages all functions working with food safety and quality. Trains team on SQF, GMPs, SOPs, and safe work practices to ensure standards are upheld.
• Establish and maintain proactive quality, safety, and sanitation standards, processes, and documentation to meet standards required for SQF, HACCP, OSHA, FDA, EPA, customers, and other regulatory agencies.
• Resolve problems by analyzing data, investigating issues, identifying solutions, making recommendations, and taking corrective and preventive action.
• Analyzes process and quality data to measure, assess, and improve product quality and performance.
• Educate production teams on standards and processes, instilling a quality approach in all employees.
• Coordinate and execute root cause investigation of detected risks or failures, complaints, and monitor CAPA implementation.
• Work closely with production managers to maximize product quality and reliability and minimize cost.
• Track, analyze, and lead initiatives for all internal quality and customer complaint issues.
• Determine, document, and approve site-specific or one-time occurrences such as protocols (reworks, validations, etc.), deviations (planned or unplanned), waivers, or releases for materials and products as required.
• Assess product specifications, testing to ensure they are in the acceptable range for customer and internal requirements.
• Coordinate and execute internal, customer, supplier, subcontractor, and regulatory audits.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, major in a Science field (i.e. Food, Chemistry, Microbiology)
• At least three years related experience in Quality Control or Quality Assurance in a GMP manufacturing facility; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in supervision of Quality Assurance staff and experience in internal and external auditing, change control procedures, and GMP compliance and enforcement is required.
• Proven track record of problem-solving
• Must have excellent time management, attention to detail, written and verbal communication skills, listening, decision-making, and organization skills required.
• Excellent computer skills required, including Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
• Working knowledge of GMP’s and SPC with the ability to train all levels of personnel in a plant environment is essential.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This position requires the use of special safety precautions and/or equipment, e.g., working around operating machines, working with hazardous chemicals and materials, etc.
• While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The work requires some physical exertion such as long periods of standing; walking over slippery surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities; recurring lifting of moderately heavy items such as samples and record boxes. This position requires frequent pulling, carrying, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
• • Exposure to spices (allergens) including but limited to soy, dairy & wheat.
  • Use of power equipment, hand tools, hot water and compressed air tools.