Food Quality Assurance Manager

General Summary: Responsible for implementing and monitoring corporate and local programs and policies that lead to the food safety and quality of all manufactured products. 

 

Benefits and Culture 

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to help employees live a healthier life, build rewarding careers and save for the future.

Reser's offers choices whenever possible, because we recognize the diverse and ever changing needs of our employees.

Full-time employee benefits include medical, dental, vision, AD&D, life, 401(k) with discretionary match, wellness programs, paid time off, company paid holidays and a variety of voluntary benefit options.

We strive to be your Employer of Choice.

As one of our five cornerstones, this means that we go all-out to create an environment that shows we are committed to investing in employee growth and creating a culture of belonging where employees want to build a lasting career.

Visit our website to learn more about our competitive benefit programs - https://www.resers.com/careers/#benefits 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

1.

Hires, trains and supervises the plant QA staff, manages QA staff hours and responsibilities. 

2.

Ensures adequate staffing on all shifts to meet objectives of the food safety and quality systems.

Leads development of the QA staff; identifying training needs and planning for succession. 

3.

Maintains records of monitoring to verify processes and products continuously meet program and policy requirements.  Analyzes data collected using quality tools to identify trends, potential issues and opportunities for improvement.

4.

Implements processes of record review, process verification and validation, facility inspection and others to ensure the facility is always prepared for internal, external and regulatory audits.

5.

Validates effective process controls and prerequisite programs.

Co-ordinates Mock Recall and Food Defense assessments.

6.

Writes, reviews and revises facility SOPs to align with corporate objectives.

Updates Food Safety and Quality Plans as needed.

7.

Conducts SQF verification activities ensuring policies, pre-requisite programs and SOPS are followed

8.

Assists Research & Development in commercialization of new products and monitoring of new product launches.

9.

Participates in facility leadership team meetings providing quality data and technical perspective

10.

Works with corporate Technical Directors and Operations management to create a study plan for facility process improvements. 

11.

Presents the facility’s food safety and compliance records and programs to regulatory agents, internal auditor and external auditors including SQF and customers.

12.

Provides the Platform Quality Director with detailed facility updates including monthly reports.

13.

Participation in efforts of Continuous Improvement in quality and food safety at the facility.

14.

Adding employee Safety reference and / or contribution to facility...