Qa Supervisor - 3Rd Shift

Key Responsibilities

• Complaint investigation and reduction.
• QA Program Implementation
• Mentor and Develop QA Technicians
• Organize and Coordinate QA activities of the second shift respective Teams
• Serve as Food Safety Management System Team Leader to ensure the training of Food Safety Team Members, ensure that the Food Safety System is established, implemented, maintained; Prerequisite Programs, HACCP and HARPC (Preventive Controls), GMPs, SSOPs, GFSI, USDA, NOP and GFCO guidelines and policies are adhered to
• Lead the internal auditing program
• Ensure audit readiness for all Internal Quality Audits, SQF, GFCO, FDA, USDA, NOP and all other 3rd Party audits, and respond to findings with Preventive and Corrective Actions
• Lead the execution of cultural changes and activities needed to support Continuous Improvement and QA&FS Initiatives on the second shift
• Provide day-to-day leadership to QA&FS Departments and act as the primary liaison to outside laboratories, and to external regulatory agencies (FDA, USDA)
• Ensure effective review, monitoring of QA and Production Records and escalate as needed
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with frontline employees, peers, and executives
• Ability to drive positive change in both processes and systems and culture
• Track, analyze, and lead initiatives for all quality and customer complaint issues within the plant-dashboard rollup

Qualifications and Experience

• BS Degree in Food Science is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the Food Industry or related industry
• 2 to 3 years in quality supervisory role
• Demonstrated excellence in driving consistently strong profitable sales growth
• Experience working on Quality Assurance
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• HACCP Certified & PCQI Certified
• SQF Practitioner, with USDA and FDA experience is preferred
• Knowledge of Statistical Process Control, HACCP, Sanitation, and Hygienic design
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and Strong Defect Root Cause Analysis process
• Financial and business acumen.