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Quality Assurance/Food Safety
Manager – Stockton, CA
Tracking Code
20120229
Job Description
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Develop and
implement quality programs.
- Define
plant process capabilities, sampling plans, and protocols.
- Incorporate
regulatory requirements and safety standards to ensure compliance.
- Review
customer complaints/feedback to incorporate methods to improve
customer satisfaction.
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Address and
resolve safety, regulatory, materials and performance issues in the Plant.
- Serve
as information manager in event of product recall
- Coordinate
product traceability exercises, approximately every quarter
- Authority
to hold and release product based on non-conformance or food safety
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Perform
daily product(s) evaluation
- Identify
possible defects, provide direction for improvement.
- Follow-up
to ensure necessary adjustments have been made.
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Conduct
physical plant inspections on a weekly basis.
- Organize
and report on each area (pest control, operational methods,
maintenance for food safety, sanitation, personnel practices, etc.).
- Recommend
and follow-up on corrective actions.
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Complete documentation
for HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) industry programs.
- Identify
risks.
- Develop
action plan to eliminate or minimize risks.
Manage and
maintain BRC British Retail Consortium standards.
The five
key areas assessed are:
- Quality
of written audit reports - where a sample of audit reports is reviewed
- Compliance
to protocols (how audits are undertaken and reported)
- Auditor
registration and compliance training, experience and competence
requirements
- Speed
of upload of audit data to the BRC Directory www.brcdirectory.com
- Communication
with the BRC
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Manage
customer service.
- Investigate
and respond to customer complaints within 24 hours.
- Implement
corrective actions.
- Acts
as liason with internal and external
customers.
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Prepare,
review and analyze reports.
- Weekly
report for Manufacturing containing
walk-through report results, GMP results, quality report which
includes issues and corrective actions, product grading scores
summary.
- Monthly
key performance indicators report for Quality.
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Manage
budget for purchase of materials and supplies for Quality function.
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Personnel
Management
- Hire,
train, coach and manage quality assurance team.
- Measure
employee and team performance.
- Review
and approve timecard reports.
- Set
forth standards for safety.
- Ensure
accident/loss prevention and security policies are followed.
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Perform
other duties as assigned or required.
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Required Skills
- Training in HACCP (Hazard
Analysis & Critical Control Points) industry program
- Understanding of microbiology
- Good writing, mathematics,
analytical and critical thinking skills
- Computer literate in
spreadsheet, word and database applications
- Excellent leadership,
communications and team building skills
Required Experience
- Bachelor of Science Degree, or
Food Technology degree and experience
- 5-7 years progressively more
responsible Food production industry experience including leadership
experience preferred.
Job Location
Stockton, CA, US.
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular
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