Food manufacturing client seeking a Quality Manager near the Grand Forks, North Dakota area

Responsibilities

• Ensures food safety and quality of all products produced.
• Responsible for ensuring specifications are defined and communicated, formalizing process capability, institutionalizing process control and predictive quality process.
• Performs inspections of processes, employee training, compliance with applicable food laws and regulations and verifies plant HACCP plans.
• Defines best lab practices and provides guidance and adherence to quality policies.
• Actively participates in resolving customer complaints.
• Provides support to Sales, R&D and Operations on customer issues, questions and concerns.
• Develop and manage processes and procedures for plant quality improvements.
• Oversee day to day activities and manage quality department.
• Develop metrics to measure effectiveness/progress in production quality procedures.
• Review and summarize data to understand trends and issues and to make decisions related to product safety and quality in areas of assigned responsibility.
• Assure the accurate reporting of all relevant department data and activities
• Provide support and decision making in managing situations and issues relative to quality and/or food safety as necessary.
• Assure that direct reports are adequately trained to conduct their jobs
• Leads FDA, BRC and customer audits
• Coach and counsel direct reports in their performance and professional development.
• Conduct internal audits of Quality and Food Safety programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Food Science or related field.
• 7+ years of food industry experience in QA.
• 3-5 years of department leadership.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of food safety, food manufacturing processes, technologies or other relevant area of responsibility.
• Knowledge of FDA and USDA specification regulations and documentation requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Knowledge of thermal processes.
• Understanding of food safety and allergens.

Preferred Skills

• Contract Manufacturing experience.
• TPM experience.
• SAP experience.