Description
• Implement processes, procedures, and programs to develop scalable, transferable best in class quality and food safety systems.
• Oversee HACCP, Supplier Quality Management, and other supporting systems.
• Manage, train, and provide coaching and development to geographically separated quality managers, including maintaining proper documentation of all training records and supervisory evaluations.
• Oversee applicable department managers for the daily activities of the QA lab, including establishing work schedules to accommodate production and/or customer requirements.
• Ensure customer complaints, deviations and customer specific requests are properly addressed.
• Report and communicate with executive management and ownership as well as interact with Production and Development teams to maintain quality of incoming goods and manufactured finished products.
• Perform periodic audits such as Food Safety and Security Audits
• Maintain and follow GMPs and Quality Laboratory procedures
• Monitor adherence to product specifications. Disposition of all out of spec product and notification of all concerned.
• Act as a technical resource for operational group regarding product compliance.
• Monitor and documenting process and product controls.
• Maintain SOP relating to product Quality, Safety and Security.
• Monitor plant performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports including customer complaints and out of specification products and processes.
• Ensure that all operational management and Corporate Quality are notified in the event of out of normal issues.
Requirements
Quality Assurance Standards, Perform Quality Assurance, QA – Quality Assurance