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Senior
Quality Assurance Manager – Ralcorp Holdings – Louisville, KY
Louisville, KY – Ralcorp Holdings
Job Description
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MAIN DUTIES:
- Lead efforts to ensure that
products/processes meet and exceed customer and regulatory
requirements for Food Quality attributes and Food Safety for both Louisville
facilities.
- Manage all Food Safety and
regulatory compliance programs (HACCP, GMP, Microbial surveillance,
Allergens, Pest Control, Sanitation Program Improvement; weight
control, hold and reject; product recovery, consumer contact,
allergens, and inspections (internal and external).
- Support Division Quality
Program development and implementation at the discretion of the Vice
President, Quality Assurance. Support Division teams and initiatives
as well as support best practice sharing.
- Implement and maintain
Quality systems as necessary to meet standards as established by our
customers, including process control systems and finished products
audits.
- Management oversight and
support to ensure all records, procedures, processes, packaging
and equipment is in compliance with all Company, state, federal
and other regulatory requirements.
- Develop Alchemy-based,
facility specific training programs as necessary.
- Work closely with
Operations Management to identify and implement strategies to reduce
consumer complaints and improve product Quality. Additionally,
oversee the development of facility Quality/Food Safety goals
annually and track/trend results.
- Work closely with
sales/corporate to establish new account specifications and product
development.
- Oversee and manage Food
Safety and Quality requirements for facility projects, line
additions, line extensions and overall contractor operation program.
- Maintain finished product,
raw material and packaging specifications and maintain records
related to the Bill of Materials and the change order process.
- Supervise and develop
Quality Assurance Staff to support the production process through
improved skill and attribute development to provide quality tools
and product improvement techniques.
- Analyze Quality, Food
Safety and consumer complaints and identify areas that need
improvement. Respond to complaints as required.
- Work closely with R&D
Technologist to develop technical information for consumer packaging
and on plant trials for new products, following up with Production
until commercialization is completed.
- Provide oversight to
ensure formulas, specifications and standards are correct and
current to process or regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for and acts as
plant-based liaison for communicating Food Safety and Food
Regulatory communications as issued from the Corporate and/or
Division level.
- Ensure that Senior
Management shall provide adequate resources to support the
development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of
the SQF 2000 (or equivalent Food Safety/Food Quality Strategy):
- Ensure that Senior
Management shall designate an SQF Practitioner (or Food Safety
equivalent) with responsibility and authority to:
- Lead the development and
implementation of Food Safety Fundamentals and Food Safety Plan(s)
(via Product HACCP Plans or equivalent).
- Oversee the development,
implementation and review and maintenance of the SQF 2000 (or
equivalent Food Safety /Food Quality Strategy).
- Ensure the integrity of
execution, maintenance and sustainability of the SQF 2000 (or
equivalent Food Safety /Food Quality Strategy).
- Communicate information
(trends, data, needs, non-compliances, internal and external
audits, surveys, etc.) to relevant Plant and Corporate personnel
to ensure effective implementation and maintenance of the SQF 2000
System (or equivalent Food Safety/Food Quality Strategy).
- Ensure the plant staff is
aware of their responsibility to report Food Safety problems to
plant or Division personnel with authority to initiate action,
including evaluation of the potentially impacted product or process.
- Ensure those responsible
for Food Safety have defined or designated alternates and/or
provisions to cover for key Food Safety activities in the event of
absence.
- Create and maintain an
empowered, highly motivated work culture within and outside the
plant facility to:
- Develop and expand
technical behaviors for Food Safety and Food Quality competencies
with direct reports and plant teams.
- Develop and implement a
QA Lead Program.
- Other duties as assigned.
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:
- Demonstrated leader who is
involved with the production and engineering groups to solve
problems and improve processes.
- Well versed in Food Safety
Programs and regulatory management.
- Demonstrated working knowledge
of LEAN manufacturing principles and decision based Quality Systems.
- Ten plus years of leading
training programs for Food Safety, Product Quality and Quality
Systems development.
- Integrated program
development for Food Safety, Sanitation, microbiological safety and
decision-based Quality Systems.
- Computer skills to include
Microsoft Office applications, with emphasis in database and
spreadsheet software.
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Job Qualifications
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EDUCATION:
- Minimum BS in Food Science
or related field or comparable experience in Food Science. At a
minimum, must be certified in HACCP, SQF and ASQ.
EXPERIENCE:
- Ten plus years experience in Quality/R&D programs
within the food industry.
- Five years of Operations Management
experience is preferred.
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