Director Of Quality Assurance

QA Director
About us

Ideation, formerly known as H&F Bread CO, was started in 2008 by James Beard Award-winning Chef Linton Hopkins and his long-time friend and entrepreneur Joe Best. Starting with a single baker and three assistants operating in a 1,800-square foot facility to fill a niche, supplying great bread to restaurants who wanted “To enhance the dining experience with artisan baked goods of the highest quality and consistency with a focus on food safety and compliance”. That later became our Mission Statement.

As a steward of delivering consistent quality baked products to the marketplace, H&F received significant awards, including Top 10 Bakeries in the US by Bon Appetit Magazine, One of the Top Bakeries in the South by Southern Living One of our Head Bakers won Top 10 Bakers by Dessert Professional Magazine

In 2018 we acquired the former La Petite in Marietta and opened up our first co-manufacturing facility focusing on Gluten-Free and Allergen-free baked goods for clients who wanted to expand their current products into the marketplace.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 the fresh-baked business that had been in existence for years took a significant loss in just 1 week. In true H&F style, we did not let that hold us back from growing and were able to capitalize on what we were doing well at and expanded the co-manufacturing business to encompass both locations providing our clients with almost 90,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. It also allowed us to rebrand ourselves into Ideation.

We can't wait to tell you the rest of the story but believe us when we tell you - We are growing like crazy and we can’t wait to get you started!

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H&F Bread CO fue fundada en 2008 por el chef ganador del premio James Beard Linton Hopkins y su viejo amigo y empresario Joe Best. Comenzando con un solo panadero y tres asistentes que operan en una instalación de 1,800 pies cuadrados para llenar un nicho, suministrando gran pan a los restaurantes que querían "mejorar la experiencia gastronómica con productos horneados artesanales de la más alta calidad y consistencia con un enfoque en la seguridad y el cumplimiento de los alimentos". Eso más tarde se convirtió en nuestra Declaración de Misión.

Como administrador de la entrega de productos horneados de calidad consistente al mercado, H&F recibió premios significativos, incluyendo top 10 panaderías en los EE.UU. por Bon Appetit Magazine, una de las mejores panaderías en el sur por Southern Living Uno de nuestros panaderos principales ganó top 10 bakers por Dessert Professional Magazine

En 2018 adquirimos la antigua La Petite en Marietta y abrimos nuestra primera planta de co-fabricación centrada en productos horneados sin gluten y sin alérgenos para clientes que querían expandir sus productos actuales al mercado.

Cuando la pandemia golpeó en 2020, el negocio de recién horneados que había existido durante años tuvo una pérdida significativa en solo 1 semana. En el verdadero estilo de H &F, no dejamos que eso nos detendiera de crecer y pudimos capitalizar lo que estábamos haciendo bien y expandimos el negocio de co-fabricación para abarcar ambas ubicaciones, proporcionando a nuestros clientes casi 90,000 pies cuadrados de espacio de fabricación. También nos permitió cambiar nuestra marca en Ideación.

No podemos esperar para contarte el resto de la historia, pero créanos cuando te lo contamos: ¡Estamos creciendo como locos y no podemos esperar para que comien

Director of Quality Assurance Job Description

The Director of Quality Assurance will develop and oversee the food safety regulations, policies, and procedures. This position is responsible for overall food safety, quality and SQF systems. The successful candidate will help develop, implement, and enforce security and food safety standards, policies, and programs including HACCP, SQF and GFSI, regulatory audits, food safety training programs, standard operating procedures (SOPs), product inspections, consumer demand initiatives and standardized work instructions. This position will also plan, establish, and manage projects and serve as a liaison between all stakeholders of assigned projects.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and provide training for food safety and quality requirements.

• Develop and maintain documentation such as SOPs, as well as maintain manuals, policies and

procedures related to food safety concerns.

• Conduct facility food safety audits as well as manage third party audits.

• Monitor and verify activities to ensure that products coming in and out of the facility meet food safety and quality standards.

• Update existing food safety procedures and documentation to keep up with changing requirements.

• Supervise QA staff to include all human resource functions.

• Assist Procurement with training and educating potential suppliers to ensure compliance.

• Work closely with Operations on food safety, Quality Assurance issues, or customer complaints.

• Oversee proper maintenance and sanitation of all facilities to comply with food safety requirements.

• Ensure company food safety and Quality Assurance procedures are followed and documented correctly.

• Manage internal audit function.

• Lead the team on expanding environmental swabbing/monitoring programs.

• Develop metrics, using statistical process control, to evaluate QA data.

• Develop, implement, and maintain ongoing improvement of the SQF Quality System.

• Understand and recommend efficiencies and improvements as they directly relate to quality of products.

• Member of operation leadership team responsible for controlling costs while ensuring product standards exceed customer’s expectations.

• Investigate the use of new techniques and fact-based problem solving to ensure continuous improvement.

• Establish positive relationships with Procurement, Sales, Operations and other functions to ensure

collaboration and effective and efficient operations.

• Manage projects to ensure adherence to objectives, schedule, and scope of project.

• Establish, implement, and track project milestones and communication plans.

• Provide regular status updates to affected staff and stakeholders.

• Collect, analyze, and summarize information and trends as needed to prepare project status reports.

Supervisory Responsibilities

· Provide all staff coaching training and development in the QA Areas.

· Uses the daily schedule to delegate tasks out to assigned team members.

· Balance quality, productivity, cost, safety, and morale to achieve results in all areas. Work to continuously improve in all areas.

• Coach and counsel department employees; discuss other employee issues with Departmental Managers.

Physical Attributes Required:

· Ability to bend, stoop, and twist with repetitive motion that demands the use of fingers, hands, wrists, arms, and legs

· Standing and/or Sitting for long periods of time (8-12 hours).

· Frequent movement of large equipment that weigh 50+ pounds.

Position minimum requirements:
Experience:

· Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of work experience.

· A minimum of 5-7 years of food safety experience, with management level experience in HACCP, USDA, or FDA preferred.

· Comprehensive knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, and GAPs

· Previous experience with SQF, GFSI, Primus, BRC and/or FDA/USDA audits required.

· Excellent communication skills and ability to work as part of a team and with all areas of the organization.

· Understand the capabilities of a baked goods manufacturing facility.

· Proficiency in working with various computer programs and applications.

· Prior experience writing and implementing new and revised programs and policies.

· Analytical ability including collecting and researching data and synthesizing complex and diverse information.

· Thorough understanding of project management principles and planning.

Personality:

· Strong communication and relationship building skills.

· Teamwork-oriented, dedicated to support the team.

· Ability to work within a collaborative and ambiguous environment.

· Demonstrated time-management and multi-tasking skills.

· Strong analytical and problem- solving skills with proven ability to organize tasks by priority.

· Able to work unsupervised and manage independently.

Hours and Compensation:

· Position: Full-Time

· Must have open availability including nights, weekends, and holidays overtime and non-traditional hours may be required.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• QA/QC: 3 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Preferred)

Work Location: Multiple locations