Sr. Manager, Food Safety & Quality Control

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

Essential job duties and responsibilities include the following; however, other duties may be assigned based on the needs of the business.

• Lead and oversee the site quality and food safety programs, ensuring alignment with regulatory, customer, site and corporate standards (SQF, FDA 21 CFR 117, USDA, state, and local).
• Develop and execute quality strategies tailored to bar manufacturing, including in-process control plans for bar weight, dimension, moisture, metal detection, seal integrity, and allergen segregation.
• Manage and continuously improve the site's HACCP, GMP, sanitation, and environmental monitoring programs, with a focus on high-risk areas in open bar production.
• Provide oversight of non-conformance management, root cause analysis, and CAPA execution, especially for common food bar and ingredient issues,
• Partner with Operations to drive quality culture and ensure new product introductions, reformulations, and scale-ups are executed with quality built in.
• Manage internal and external audits, including regulatory inspections, customer audits, and third-party certification bodies.
• Supervises Quality staff. Responsibilities may encompass training, planning, assigning and directing work, performance appraisals, time and attendance bi-weekly review, disciplinaries and problem solving among other supervisory duties.
• Develop product, ingredient and component specifications to document current standards and propose quality and reliability expectancy of finished product.
• Direct workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products.
• Plan, promote, and organize training activities related to product quality and reliability.
• Investigate customer complaints regarding quality and food safety and prepare reports.
• Maintain the quality manual.
• Institute and oversee preventive controls.
• Prepare sample submission packages for testing.
• Oversee the sampling, retention and testing program.
• Troubleshoot on production floor to eliminate food safety hazards.
• Eliminate/minimize deviations from specifications and prepare deviation or OOS reports.
• Responsible for material release.
• Issues written and oral instructions in the form of BPP or SOPs.
• Conduct accident investigations and draft incident reports.
• Oversee plant sanitation.
• Monitor the SQF Plan and be the facility SQF Practitioner.
• Monitor GFCO requirements and act as the point person for contact with GFCO and other certifying bodies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• BA in Science. Food Science, Biology and similar backgrounds .
• Minimum 7 years of related experience in Quality Systems required.
• Experience working is a quality position within a food and nutrition bar manufacturing site.
• Experience with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) & CFR 117 required.
• Experience with GFSI audits strongly .
• Experience or familiarity with organic, kosher, gluten-free regulations .

Skill Requirements & Certifications:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) plant safety and OSHA requirements.
• Ability to read, speak and write in English.
• Proven success with working in a team environment.
• May work weekends as needed.

Work Environment

Exposure to food allergens, wheat, nuts, coconut, soy products

Salary Range

Starting salary is dependent on factors such as work experience, education, location, skill sets, market demand, and company budget.

$91,319 - $139,750 DOE

Equal Opportunity Employer

INW is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of an individual’s , creed, , , , , , , , marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

E-Verify

INW is committed to meeting its obligations under United States immigration law; therefore, participates in E-Verify. All new employees are queried through the E-Verify electronic system established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to verify their and employment eligibility.

Qualifications

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Equal Opportunity Employer

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