Manager, Quality Assurance

Chomps

21d•$115,000 - $120,000•Remote

About The Position

In this role, you will assume a crucial position in upholding the quality and food safety standards of Chomps products. Your primary responsibilities will include providing FSQA guidance and resources across our manufacturing facilities, fostering positive relationships, addressing product food safety and quality concerns while driving continuous improvement efforts, managing recall and product traceability procedures, leading FSQA initiatives, and approving all RCA and CAPA reports. Your leadership will be essential in maintaining the high standards defined by Chomps FSQA team. We are looking for a candidate with exceptional attention to detail, superb organizational abilities, and a deep understanding of the meat manufacturing industry. Join us in our commitment to excellence and ensuring the safety and quality of Chomps products for our customers.

Requirements

Minimum of 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in food safety and quality assurance management within FSIS inspected processing facilities.
In-depth experience managing HACCP, USDA-FSIS and GFSI standards.
Proficiency in meat and poultry manufacturing, spanning raw processing through ready-to-eat production.
Strong FSQA background, including but not limited to HACCP, sanitation, pre-operational inspection programs, environmental monitoring programs, foreign material detection and GFSI audit compliance requirements.
Proven ability to assess and manage process flow, risk mitigation strategies, and shelf-life programs.
Strong/advanced experience with RCA, analyzing CAPA, and Quality Management Systems.
Self-motivated, autonomous, and able to manage priorities independently.
Positive attitude, adaptable to change.
Ability to travel up to 50% to Missouri based manufacturing facilities with occasional travel to other manufacturing and warehouse operations within the Midwest.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in food science, microbiology, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Contract Manufacturers and Warehousing QA Oversite
Build and maintain strong, positive relationships with third-party QA partners. Promote teamwork and collaboration in quality improvement efforts.
Conduct routine visits to regionally assigned contract manufacturing plants.
Participate in routine risk assessments and gap audits as needed.
Lead weekly meetings between manufacturing partners and Chomps teams.
Participate in Quarterly Business Review with manufacturing partners leadership providing FSQA overview.
Ensure compliance with Chomps Food Safety and Quality standards, USDA-FSIS regulations, and internal company policies.
Routinely evaluate product from assigned facilities for sensory compliance.
Analyze sensory evaluation dashboards and reporting – share data with all manufacturers to be reviewed in weekly meetings and offer guidance in process/product improvement initiatives.
Management of Chomps Quality and Food Safety Systems
Work alongside FSQA Leadership on risk assessment to onboard vendors including contract manufacturers, warehouses/repack sites, and ingredient suppliers.
Aid in the reassessment of Chomps' Food Safety and Quality standards and ensure adherence to these standards.
Stay current with industry trends and USDA-FSIS regulations to continuously improve and update existing programs.
Cross Functional Team Support
Collaborate with R&D and Manufacturing teams to support qualification of new manufacturing, warehousing partners and ingredient suppliers.
Support trials, ingredient sampling, first production runs, and continuous improvement initiatives at manufacturing, repacking, and warehouse facilities in partnership with R&D and Operations teams.
Work with R&D and Manufacturing teams in the creation of process control and product specification sheets.
Communicate USDA label approvals for new products, artwork changes, and new protein suppliers.
Provide trending data to Operations Team including but not limited to quality, consumer complaints, holds, sensory evaluations, etc.
Incident Management
Lead or support food safety and quality investigations alongside Chomps Manufacturing and R&D Teams for quality-related issues at co-manufacturers to ensure RCA and CAPA are thorough, data-driven, and coherent.
Lead execution of mock recall exercises with contract manufacturing and warehousing partners to verify the traceability of products.
Perform annual internal product traceability audits to verify the accuracy and effectiveness of Chomps traceability systems spanning from the purchase of raw proteins to manufacturing, repack, distribution, and customer delivery for continuous improvement opportunities.