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Vice
President of Quality and Food Safety - Chicago,
IL
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Job #04286
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About our client
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Our client is a privately owned producer of processed meats.
The company has been in operations for more than 25 years and has over
$50M in annual sales revenue.
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Position
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Location
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Vice President of Quality and Food Safety
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Nearest Metro City: Chicago,
IL
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Salary
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Reports to
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Highly competitive package, commensurate with experience
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Management
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Responsibilities
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1) Develop, implement, administer and oversee all aspects of
the company’s quality control and food safety functions
2) Ensure products meet corporate standards and all applicable government
regulations
3) Formulate and maintain quality assurance and food-safety objectives
complementary to corporate policies and goals
4) Interpret quality assurance philosophy to key personnel in
organization
5) Perform quality-engineering review of design documentation for
compliance with stated requirements including vendor quality manuals and
company quality records
6) Apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to
evaluate the current process and process change
7) Decide whether to accept a product or continue business with a vendor
8) Review all data obtained during all quality assurance activities to
ensure consistency with company policies and procedures
9) Develop new approaches to solve problems identified during quality
assurance activities
10) Keep management informed of significant issues or developments
identified during quality assurance activities and actions being taken to
improve the situation
11) Prepare and present technical and program information to the
management
12) Direct technical and administrative workers engaged in quality
assurance activities
13) Maintain a working knowledge of government as well as industry
quality assurance codes and standards
14) Develop and maintain company food safety, quality assurance and
regulatory programs
15) Serve as the top management representative for quality systems and
facilitate a culture of total quality management
16) Ensure all products manufactured by and for the company meet all
regulatory, corporate and customer requirements for quality, safety and
efficacy
17) Communicate all quality-related issues with outside customers
18) Cooperate with other Operations Management personnel in formulating
and establishing company policies, operating procedures and goals
19) Develop initial and subsequent modifications of the food safety and
quality assurance programs to delineate areas of duty, personnel
requirements and operational procedures within programs
20) Design and implement quality assurance training programs to key
personnel
21) Investigate and adjust customer complaints regarding quality
22) Develop processes and procedures to control product liability claims
and expenses
23) Make decisions regarding the issuance of recall notices and
coordinate product recall procedures
24) Evaluate contents of reports from the Food Safety and QA Department
and confer with top management to formulate budget for food safety and QA
program
25) Conduct management meetings with the Food Safety and QA Department to
establish, delineate and review program organizational policies
26) Coordinate functions and operations between departments as well as
establish duties and procedures for attaining objectives
27) Review technical problems and procedures of departments as well as
recommend solutions to problems/change in procedures
28) Visit and confer with representatives of material and component
vendors to obtain information related to supply quality, capacity of
vendor to meet orders and vendor quality standards
29) Manage the Chicago plant’s subordinate supervisors/managers who
supervise 14 employees in QA and HAACP
30) Oversee the Owensboro Plant QA Manager who supervises subordinate
supervisors (around 17 employees in Quality Assurance and HAACP)
31) Direct, coordinate and evaluate all the units and carry out
supervisory tasks as per organization's policies and applicable laws
32) Interview, hire and train employees
33) Plan, assign and direct work
34) Appraise performance as well as reward and discipline employees
(including addressing complaints and resolving problems)
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Requirements
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1) Degree (4 year)
2) Minimum 10 years of experience in quality management for a multi-plant
food company (at corporate level)
3) USDA/meat experience (preferred) and extensive knowledge of HACCP, SSOPs, GMPs, FDA, OHSA and
plant sanitation
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