QA Manager

Blencor LLC•Sealy, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for providing Quality Assurance expertise, direction and support in the manufacture of new and existing products for Blencor. In the absence of the QA manager the QA Supervisor will fill in and assume all responsibilities.

Requirements

Must have experience in Quality Assurance.
Must have experience in manufacturing.
Must have experience in food safety and food quality programs.
Must have experience with micro testing and tracking programs.
Must have experience managing personnel.
Must have experience with traceability and performing mock traces.
Must have experience supervising materials receiving and shipping.
Must have experience with audit programs.
Must have experience with SQF documentation and verification & validation.
Must have experience with customer complaint investigations.
Must have experience with regulatory compliance (USDA/FDA).
Must have experience preparing responses for audits.
Must have experience identifying training needs and delivering training.
Must have experience managing sanitation programs.
Must have experience with technical supervision, including scheduling, training, and accountability.
Must have experience with daily documentation review and hold log management.
Must have experience with product development, including specification writing, nutritional analysis, vendor communication/sourcing, sample assembly, formula creation, and managing new product items and formulas in AX.
Must have experience overseeing customer and sales sample preparation, shipment, specifications, and plant trials.
Must have experience in process control, process improvements, KPI tracking and trending, waste monitoring and reduction.
Must have experience providing technical support to operations, procurement, and warehousing functions.
Must comply with all Company food safety and quality policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

In the absence of the QA manager the QA Supervisor will fill in and assume all responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Plans, directs and coordinates Quality Assurance activities within the company.
Facilitates identification of site-level KPIs
Manage the Food Safety and Food Quality Programs including Quality and Food Safety training.
Leads on-going maintenance and improvement of plant’s quality and food safety systems.
Monitors and maintains micro testing and tracking programs.
Manages day-to-day activities of all Quality personnel within Plant Operations.
Handles traceability and performs mock trace through AX.
Supervises all materials receiving and shipping (COA and LOG).
Monitors and maintains Audit Programs (Facility and 3rd Party), SQF documentation and verification & validation activities, Customer Complaint investigation, and Regulatory Compliance (USDA/FDA).
Leads preparation of responses and site-level follow up activities for all outside audits (Regulatory, Customer, Corporate, etc.) conducted within plant.
Identifies quality systems training needs for plant personnel and leads, facilitates/enables development and delivers/sources relevant training.
Manages facility Sanitation Program.
Handles Tech Supervision to include scheduling, training and accountability.
Provides Daily Documentation Review and Hold Log Management.
Manages and oversees Product Development through Specification writing, Nutritional Analysis, Vendor communication/sourcing, Sample assembly, Formula creation, Manage new product items into AX, and Manage formulas in AX.
Oversees customer and sales’ sample preparation, shipment, specifications and plant trials.
Heads efforts in Process Control of process improvements, KPI tracking and trending, waste monitoring and reduction and lead associated activities toward resolution.
Provides day-to-day, hands-on technical support to Operations, Procurement and Warehousing functions, including problem-solving and trouble-shooting activities as they arise.
Comply with all Company food safety and quality policies and procedures.
Performs other duties as assigned and the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.