Manager Food Quality Assurance

Company Description

Headquartered in Cordova, TN, Stratas Foods is a 50/50 joint venture formed in October 2008 between ACH Food Companies and Archer Daniels Midland Company.  Stratas Foods is built on the combined strengths and expertise of these two great parent companies, laid down over the course of over 200 years of combined experience.  Stratas will continue to build on this foundation of excellence by providing value added, branded and custom formulated fats and oils solutions to the Food Service, Food Ingredient and Retail sectors.  At Stratas Foods we are committed to being the most valued supplier of fats, oils, dressings, mayonnaise and salad dressings to the private label retail bottled oils market in the United States. 

Manufacturing facilities are located in Dallas and Houston, TX; Decatur and Quincy, IL; Englewood, NJ; Hillside, NJ; Fresno, CA; Nashville, TN; and Valdosta, GA.  Corporate offices are located in Memphis, TN.  We are committed to maintaining a progressive workplace by utilizing the ideas, skills and talents of all of our employees.  We strive to make Stratas Foods a great place to work and are building a team capable of meeting our business goals.

Job Description

This position involves overseeing the quality lab operations as well as assisting the production facility to ensure programs and procedures are in place and properly followed to maintain the highest level of quality products and services to Stratas Foods customers.

1. Advance quality performance and achievement through the plant
2. Select, discipline, and provide annual and ongoing training of techs
3. Analyze lab needs from training, staffing, and equipment needs as appropriate
4. Collaborate with colleagues from other locations with respect to troubleshooting and improvements
5. Review and sign off on employee timecards, vacation, overtime
6. Investigate deviations, review batch sheets, etc., approval of deviation if warranted
7. Represent the Lab at all daily production and management meetings
8. Plant sanitarian
9. Troubleshoot, maintenance, and repair of lab equipment
10. Product approval in IBM and TLC as necessary
11. Responsible for GMP training and lab safety
12. Collect and send samples for customers
13. Monitor programs to make sure preventative maintenance (PMs) is completed for lab equipment Minispec, NIR, etc.
14. Create COAs as needed
15. Write new procedures and update procedures in policy tech, make sure SOP reviews are being completed
16. Plants main contact and lead for customer, regulatory and third party audits.  Complete corrective action report for each audit.
17. Determine lab equipment needs; write AFEs when needed
18. Quarterly AOCS colabs, CAPA, and any other colabs needed
19. Audit/monitor Production line paperwork review, and product approval.
20. Audit/monitor line paperwork review (weight sheets, line QA, and metal detection includes HACCP sign off)
21. Review PR1 (production) analysis.  Transfers samples in TLC (approving product to ship) in assistant’s absence. Monitor/audit program
22. Complete Variance Requests, monitor/track/approve quality deviations
23. Review quality trends for spec review
24. Complete POs in Maximo, approve supply purchases
25. Complete corrective action and preventive action with root cause for quality concerns
26. Food Safety, Food Security, Allergen, FSMA, RSPO, GMP training for plant; complete GMP/Quality tool box meetings with all employees
27. Start/monitor and complete New Product Approval Forms
28. Maintain Ingredient and Supplier Approval programs
29. Maintain plant internal auditing program
30. Complete and monitor monthly Quality Reports
31. HACCP team leader
32. Investigate, respond and complete customer requests for action
33. Lead customer audits
34. Complete Vulnerability assessments, risk assessments, hazard analysis
35. Complete monthly plant audits (pest control, HACCP, GMP, glass) or assign and monitor
36. Records coordinator for plant
37. Complete or assign/monitor mock recalls
38. Assist with monthly plant ingredient inventory
39. Management Review meeting: schedule meeting, schedule attendees, prepare agenda, prepare quality presentation material, complete meeting minutes, send out action items and follow up
40. Communicate with plant personnel regarding any quality concerns
41. Policy Tech – DCA, maintain all SOPs (new, revisions)
42. Review quality concerns with plant manager, assist with quality decisions
43. Participate in plant LEAN manufacturing

Qualifications

Education:  High School diploma or equivalent is required with desired experience. Bachelor’s Degree is preferred in operations, technical, business or engineering; or relevant experience.

Related Experience:  Experience with lab and/or quality assurance in food packaging is preferred.  Three to five years of supervisory/leadership experience is required.

Equipment/Software Skills:  Must have good PC skills and demonstrate working knowledge of MS Office, and Outlook

Competencies:

1. Must possess strong leadership ability and self-motivation
2. Strong organizational skills to maintain multiple programs
3. Good communication skills and teamwork in working with plant personnel to accomplish goals
4. Able to set goals and achieve them with regards to safety, quality, and production

Additional Information

Physical:  Must be able to climb stairs, sit and stand for long periods; type for long periods of time.  Must be able to lift 50 pounds occasionally.

Sensory:  Good Listening Skills; Public speaking abilities to communicate with both hourly and salaried personnel.

Mental/Reasoning: Must be able to perform root cause analysis and corrective action.  Must be able to continuously learn and adapt to changes in the overall business relative to oils and oil processing.

Competencies:

1. Must possess strong leadership ability and self-motivation
2. Strong organizational skills to maintain multiple programs
3. Good communication skills and teamwork in working with plant personnel to accomplish goals
4. Able to set goals and achieve them with regards to safety, quality, and production

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision

Stratas Foods is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee in any manner prohibited by law, including but not limited to, on the basis of race or color, religion, gender, age, genetic information, national origin/ancestry, mental or physical disability, family status/marital status, military/veteran status, and any other legally protected status.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision-The Employer will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Employer’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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