Quality Assurance Manager

Greetings From Skysoft

Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager

Location: Albert Lea, Minnesota

Duration: Full Time

Job Description:

Industry experience-Food/Bev Mfg, Pharma, Medical Device

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Quality Assurance Manager is a key member of the manufacturing site leadership team that provides leadership at the site for development, implementation and administration of the Quality assurance and quality control functions to ensure safety integrity and conformance with respect to regulatory, corporate, site, and customer requirements. This position will work in collaboration with the plant and Balchem leadership to formulate and execute a strategic quality plan for the business. This position also integrates quality priorities into the operational excellence process.

Responsible for managing CAPA program, including customer complaint, vendor complaint, holds and site audit nonconformance programs and root cause analysis thereof. Responsible for management of change control and portions of commercialization process. Provides leadership to develop and implement food safety, preventive controls and prerequisite programs (eg: HACCP/HARPC, Pest Control, Recall, Allergen, Sanitation, and environmental monitoring.)

As a member of the plant leadership team, requires comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles within their own functional area, and also requires basic knowledge of these elements in their relevant functional areas in order to participate in the resolution of issues that have an impact beyond the area or impact multiple areas.

Knowledge & Experience:

Operated in an FDA regulated environment, ideally food or dietary supplement

Assess and mitigate food safety, regulatory, and cost risks.

Apply sanitation principles effectively.

Application of Statistical Process Control (SPC) for process evaluation and improvements.

Effective project manager that knows how to prioritize and meet deadlines

5 years of functional leadership experience

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field

Project Management & Change Management Experience

5 years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry.

Familiarity with FDA

GFSI Scheme (ie SQF, BRC)

Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI or HACCP

Ability to lift 50 lbs; required to stand, walk, sit, and reach.

Skills and Certifications [note: bold skills and certification are required]

5 years Quality Assurance experience

Solid FDA, HACCP, SQF, and industry best practices experience

Bachelors Degree

Creates and maintains a Quality culture

Candidate Details:

5 to 7 years experience

Seniority Level - Mid-Senior

Management Experience Required - Yes

Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree

Willingness to Travel - Occasionally