Quality Manager

Quality Manager

The Quality Manager will lead in managing, enforcing, and implementing all our quality programs within a premix manufacturing plant primarily for the premix and finished feed in the livestock industries.

This role is responsible for ensuring safe animal feed is produced in a manufacturing environment that blends highly concentrated vitamin, trace mineral and medicated products for livestock and pet premixes.

You will report directly to the Sr.

Quality Manager.

Experience and Education Required:


* Bachelor's degree


* 3-5 years of progressive quality assurance experience in feed, food, or related fields of operation.


* Previous supervisory / regulatory experience


* PCQI and/or HACCP certified


* Experience working with 3 rd party quality management systems such as SQF, FAMI-QS, SFSF, etc.


* Candidates in the rotational Land O' Lakes programs (TAP/MMT/DMT) will be considered

Competencies & Other Skills:


* Knowledge of regulatory requirements to include HACCP, Animal Feed Safety Plans, GMP's.


* Strong communication/interpersonal/training/coaching skills.


* Ability to present independently or while collaborating with team members.


* High attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to multitask and adapt to quickly changing priorities across multiple projects.


* Strong writing, analytical, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.


* Analytical problem solving/root cause analysis.


* Ability to be tactical, insightful and act strategically.


* Ability to handle customer complaints.


* Experience leading plant employees toward an improved food safe culture.


* Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Power BI).

% of Total Job Duty or Area of Responsibility

50%



* To ensure product safety and quality systems implementation, training, assessment, and compliance.


* Lead the facility Quality Incident Management Team by conducting root cause and corrective/preventive action analysis of customer complaints and internal issues related to manufacturing errors.


* Creating, updating, and implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs).


* Proactively manage and resolve product safety and regulatory issues in collaboration with the corporate quality team.


* Provide targeted follow-up on claims and complaints.


* Developing and overseeing internal and/or regulatory compliance of the sampling and testing program for raw materials, medicated and non-medicated finished goods to ensure product specifications are met.


* Develop and lead the Management of Change (MOC) process for the facility.

30%


* Develop a working knowledge of premix quality control, systems, processes, and procedures as related to plant manufacturing.


* Act as a champion for product safety/quality; monitor and repost on trends alerting the Director and/or Sr.

Quality Mgr.


* Train, implement, an...