Senior Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance

Senior Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance
Orrville, OH
Why Smucker is the Place for You
You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment. One that allows you to deliver your best work and support the growth and development of your team. That is exactly what you will find at Smucker.
Inspired by our unique culture, we are determined to support every employee holistically by meeting their physical, emotional and financial needs through:

• Our Total Reward benefits program - includes competitive health and financial benefits that reflect your needs at different life stages, and a continued commitment to empower flexible work schedules and remote work opportunities to help you thrive.
• Continuous opportunities to learn, grow and develop - beyond functional job-based education, we promote well-rounded development and encourage a spirit of continuous learning as part of our commitment to help you realize your professional goals.
• Our continued progress on the journey to become the inclusive and diverse organization we expect to be supporting equity across our communities. We firmly believe that an inclusive environment and diverse organization strengthens our Company and enables every employee to reach their full potential.

Your Opportunity
The Corporate Quality AssuranceSenior Manager is responsible for maintaining quality and food safety programs at the corporate level and consumer manufacturing plants. This is done through supporting the plant QA managers in their growth of quality, food safety and regulatory compliance. In this role your primary responsibilities will include:

• Act as main liaison between Corporate QA and a select group of the Consumer SBA manufacturing facilities.
  
  • Assure the manufacturing facilities are in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and any other applicable certifications.
  • Drive and support each facility's SQMS journey.
• Provide coaching to the respective QA managers.
• Represent Quality and Food Safety to all business teams and serve as a conduit of information
• Participate as a member of the Corporate QA audit team at Smucker facilities and summarize audit findings. May assist on copacker, warehouse, and supplier audits as needed.
• Write and update Quality Doc procedures, policies, and business processes.

Is this the Role for You?
Are you a passionate leader motivated by the opportunity to drive meaningful change? Are you excited for the chance to work with a productive team and support their continued growth and development? Do you share in our dedication to continuous improvement and growth? If so, you are the type of professional we want to add to our Company!
What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree is required; a Food Science or related scientific field is preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years of Food manufacturing experience is required
• Minimum of 10 years progressive experience is required, prefer QA/Food Safety for majority
• People management experience is required

• A working knowledge of FDA Regulations, including cGMPs and FSMA
• Solid working knowledge of Quality Assurance, food manufacturing, packaging, processing, and distribution
• Experience with GFSI and particularly BRC certifications
• Willingness to travel up to 35%
• High level of organizational skills
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Prodika, Proficy, SharePoint, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong ability to work in cross-functional & team-oriented environment with multiple disciplines
• Ability to work on multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Detail & process oriented with strong problem resolution abilities
• High emotional intelligence and ability to work with ever changing conditions
• Self-motivated with a high energy level

Learn More About Working at Smucker

• Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
• Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
• Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity

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