What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Safety and Quality Supervisor position at Ocean Spray?
Job Title: Food Safety and Quality Supervisor
Ocean Spray is hiring for a dynamic individual to lead our Food Safety and Quality initiatives. As a farmer-owned co-op, we value hard work, innovative spirit, and dedication to excellence.
The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring plant FSQA processes, managing process control and quality checks, evaluating quality reports, and implementing corrective measures as needed. Additionally, they will lead Quality teams, providing training, leadership, and coaching to ensure operational excellence, manage project budgets, coordinate audits, and enact continuous improvement initiatives.
A Day in the Life...
What We Are Looking For:
Requirements:
Benefits:
About Us:
Ocean Spray is a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. We're committed to connecting our farms to families for a better life by living our values:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Ocean Spray is hiring for a dynamic individual to lead our Food Safety and Quality initiatives. As a farmer-owned co-op, we value hard work, innovative spirit, and dedication to excellence.
The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring plant FSQA processes, managing process control and quality checks, evaluating quality reports, and implementing corrective measures as needed. Additionally, they will lead Quality teams, providing training, leadership, and coaching to ensure operational excellence, manage project budgets, coordinate audits, and enact continuous improvement initiatives.
A Day in the Life...
- Monitors process control, raw and packaging materials, quality checks, and GMP compliance.
- Analyzes and evaluates various quality reports and trends, developing corrective actions and pro-active plans as needed.
- Provides training and coaching to assigned Quality Technicians and employees as required.
- Provides leadership in an environment of continuous improvement to maximize operating efficiencies with adherence to all quality standards.
- Interacts with outside governmental agencies, USDA, FDA, and State Department of Agriculture, as directed or required.
What We Are Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field required.
- 5 years food/beverage quality systems experience.
- Ability to support a 24/7 operation.
- Ability to influence others in daily interactions.
- Succesfully demonstrated interpersonal skills in dealing with employees at all levels.
- Appropriate business management acumen.
- Effective problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communications skills are also required.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or University Degree (Required)
- At least 5 Years of Experience
Benefits:
- Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes health and wellness programs.
- 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end.
- Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses.
- Flexible scheduling options.
- Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment).
- Holiday pay for 12 holidays.
- Career development and growth opportunities.
- Tuition/Education assistance programs.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning.
- Scholarship programs for children of employees.
- Parental leave.
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions - Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
- Adoption assistance.
- Bereavement leave.
- Up to $300 fitness reimbursement.
- Up to $300 massage reimbursement.
- Employee appreciation events.
- Employee discounts.
- Charitable giving.
About Us:
Ocean Spray is a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. We're committed to connecting our farms to families for a better life by living our values:
- G – Grower Mindset: We embrace our grower-owners' innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning, and focus on the future.
- Sustainable R – Results: Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
- I – Integrity Above All: We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers, and each other.
- Inclusive T – eamwork: We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
