Food Safety Manager

3D Corporate Solutions•Wilson, NC

About The Position

This position will manage and implement quality and food safety systems at the manufacturing site to meet or exceed customer, regulatory and company requirements. This leader is responsible for assuring released product is safe for its intended use and that quality attributes are clearly monitored, reviewed, and deemed acceptable. The position reports directly to the Site plant manager and has a dotted line to Corporate QA. The QA Manager will support all safety programs, policies, and procedures, and have a personal value system that will assist in creating a work environment that is based on trust, human dignity, and honesty.

Requirements

Two or more years of experience within quality and/or food safety in food or pet food manufacturing, with at least one year serving in a leadership role preferred.
Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university preferred. Degree considerations: Food Science, Agriculture, Animal Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, etc.
Must have or be able to achieve HACCP, SQF, PCQI and Internal Audit training within six months of employment.
Communication – Strong verbal and written communication skills; speaks clearly and persuasively, demonstrates group presentation skills and conducts meetings. Communicate effectively in stressful situations to seek solutions and diffuse tension.
Judgment – Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; makes timely decisions to meet organizational objectives in a legal, moral and ethical manner. Responsible for technical understanding of job specific decisions; understands impact of decisions and when further consultation is needed.
Initiative – Works well independently; displays readiness to undertake or instigate projects on her or his own.
Planning/organizing – Advanced organizational skills with attention to detail; prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans. Create, prioritize, plan, and complete job functions and projects with little supervision.
Problem solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
Quality management – Seeks ways to improve and promote quality through systems and processes, demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
People skills – Ability to work and influence across multiple disciplines, including knowledge and use of motivational language and ability to see others’ perspective.
Information skills – Ability to use or acquire advanced research skills to obtain the information needed to complete tasks. Must be proficient in use of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with capacity to learn and adapt to new software systems quickly.
Safety and security – Actively promote and personally observes safety and security procedures; uses technology, intellectual property, equipment and materials properly.

Responsibilities

Manage all quality and lab functions at the site, including sampling, testing, product dispositions and related technical services.
Coordinate and maintain site Food Safety Plans to meet FSMA (21 CFR 507) and food safety code standards for pet food, including management of required documentation, verifications, and validations as it relates to preventive controls and pre-requisite programs.
Ensure compliance with all regulatory and product identity site requirements, including those required for USDA-APHIS certifications for export, Organic certifications and other programs as identified.
Serve as HACCP/HARPC/Food Safety Team Coordinator, PCQI and SQF Practitioner for the site. Responsible for maintaining annual code requirements and work closely with site management team to drive adherence to food safety systems and programs. Lead initiatives as assigned, to include support of change management and continuous improvement.
Manage, support and/or influence policies and procedures to comply with quality and food safety requirements. Implement and provide training on new procedures as needed. Always promote culture of audit-readiness.
Implement/manage internal audit and CAPA systems to allow for easy tracking and close-out of site corrective and preventative measures.
Execute root cause analysis for non-conformances, including product quality, food safety or customer issues. Support production facility management team in responding to customer corrective actions. Interpret requirements and monitor activities to identify when further investigation may be needed.
Communicate effectively with internal customers (human resources, maintenance, environmental, production, Logistics etc) and external customers. Be a key leader for facility audits, including customer, third-party and/or regulatory inspections.
Recognize business risks associated with quality and food safety deviations; respond and communicate effectively and expediently according to identified risk.
Complete regular tasks and reports to support site programs as required by Plant Manager or Corporate Quality.
Review and recommend changes to processes or equipment in areas of ownership to continuously improve quality assurance functions and services.
Management of site quality budget.
Support Corporate Quality on specific or assigned projects.
Crosstrain on quality programs and initiatives within 3D as needed.
Ability to work varying shifts, weekends, holidays, and overnight as required.
Learn processing equipment, be able to identify how the equipment affects quality and food safety.
Other tasks as assigned.