Food Safety and Quality Manager

Overview
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Food Safety and Quality Manager
The Food Safety and Quality (FSQ) Manager is accountable for ensuring that the plant follows and adheres to quality protocols and produces the highest quality product. The FSQ Manager is responsible for leading and developing the Food Safety Manager, Quality Process Improvement Engineer, Quality Supervisors, and Quality Technicians. Responsibilities include safety, ensuring continued compliance with Food Safety regulations, continuous improvement on processes, service, and cost management for an entire business unit across all shifts and plant capability development for Food Safety and Quality. The FSQ Manager partners with Production, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Facilities teams across the plant by communicating quality procedures and developing long term sustainable practices to maintain superior quality process.
Responsibilities

• Lead and develop action plans with production, engineering, and division Quality Control to improve the product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs and ensure that they are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements
• Lead Food Safety and compliance audits, including FSSC 22000, AIB, QAS
• Lead and develop the salaried Quality professionals to ensure effective application of Quality Management controls and procedures
• Demonstrate effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people impact
• Identify and lead efforts of product/process quality and cost management opportunities to achieve productivity gains
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
• Build people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
• Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
• Lead the plant QC Pillar through the Continuous Improvement journey
• Provide forward-thinking insights for future business improvements
• Serve as a key statistical resource. Verify product and process improvements through the implementation and analysis of statistically designed experiments and capability studies
• Ensure all internal and external sanitation is complete and properly meets quality standards
• Design and implement programs to monitor calibration and accuracy of all analytical procedures and equipment in the plant.
• Ensure compliance to the OSHA chemical hygiene plan and proper laboratory safety practices by involving all employees in an effective safety program; provide training, periodic review of hazards, and timely correction of hazardous situations
• Lead the interpretation of in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvements, and assure resolution. Challenge results and drive improvements. Coach others in the interpretation of results
• Lead risk assessment analysis throughout the plant; manage issues with non-conforming product to assure proper control, minimize loses, and provide analysis to drive the elimination of future occurrences
• Provide training in the area of food science, regulatory requirements, and Quality measurement systems to appropriate personnel
• Administer policies and procedures
• Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
• This role requires regular presence on the plant floor
• This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally
• This role may require off-shift and weekend work
• This role may require some travel (less than 5%)

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $98,700 - $165,150 based on a full-time schedule.
• Location confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out Annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field
• Lean Six Sigma and Project Management Experience preferred
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in the Food/Beverage Industry preferred
• Clear understanding and working knowledge of process and compliance quality systems
• Clear understanding of Continuous Improvement Processes
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and AIB standards
• Ability to motivate, lead, and work with teams
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making
• Proven ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring others
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States
• Must have a valid driver's license

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