Quality Manager

Description Job Summary :

The Quality Manager is responsible for all aspects of Quality Control and Assurance and Food Safety adherence. The Quality Manager will supervise the Quality department, which includes handling all personnel and policies. Quality Managers ensure their teams follow established rules for handling Quality issues; these rules are meant to address Quality issues promptly while retaining profitability. They assign work to employees and oversee schedules under the guidance of their manager and human resources guidelines. Quality Managers train new employees on proper testing procedures, GMP expectations, and safety habits. The expectation of the Quality Manager is to handle day-to-day Quality activities; they are positioned to offer feedback on procedures and recommend improvements to management. Additionally, Quality Managers implement testing procedures as outlined by their manager and according to industry standards.  Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities :

• Supervises the selection, workflow, training, and development of Quality staff.
• Assess production process issues and recommend improvements.
• Partners with production and all departments to ensure a customer-centric & food safety culture and sustain best practices.
• Supervises product testing to ensure procedure accuracy.
• Assists in developing and implementing Quality assurance programs to meet production standards and customer requirements.
• Oversee and direct all activities of the personnel assigned to their shift
• ADP timecard management
• Vacation planning and scheduling – Ensure no gaps between operators and having full coverage
• Oversee employee on-the-job training
• Must have comprehensive knowledge and skills to use Microsoft Suite
• Ability and comfort working with production data; report generation, review, communication and use of associated metrics in improvement of the quality process
• Complete monthly training topics and educate staff
• Builds strong working relationships with customers and peers.
• Complies with all general Company-wide standard operating procedures (SOPs) and any job or department specific SOPs.
• Works with the team on root cause investigations for internal and external opportunities.
• Ensures complete execution of the QMS and Food Safety Systems.
• Works with teams to develop and implement best practice standardization.
• Recommends manufacturing or technology aids to increase speed and efficiency of Quality products.
• Special Projects & other duties as necessary

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