Quality Assurance Manager
About The Position
The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for maintaining Agropur’s Food Safety and Quality Assurance Program and its planned, systematic quality-system activities to provide confidence that products meet quality requirements. The role provides leadership across programs including HACCP, sanitation, hygiene, validation, document control and review, change management, supplier and vendor qualification and management, raw material specifications, internal auditing, and pest control. The position manages policies, plans, programs, standards, and methods for achieving food safety and quality objectives; evaluates performance against goals and recommends corrective actions. It works with sales, suppliers, customers, manufacturing, and distribution to establish product- and service-specific requirements. The manager oversees reviews of products and processes to prevent or resolve quality issues and recommends improvements to product consistency, reliability, and performance. The role also ensures regulatory compliance, manages agency audits, provides a safe work environment, and manages the department budget and costs. The position is located in Lake Norden, South Dakota, and is scheduled Monday through Friday.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in Food Science, Dairy Science, Operations Management, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
- At least three years of quality assurance or quality control experience required; food processing or dairy production experience is preferred.
- Previous supervisory experience required.
- HACCP Certification required.
- PCQI Certification required.
- SQF Certification required.
Nice To Haves
- Food processing or dairy production quality assurance/control experience.
- ASQ CMQ/OE Certification.
- CIS.
Responsibilities
- Manage the formulation, implementation, and maintenance of policies, plans, programs, standards, and techniques needed to achieve food safety and quality objectives.
- Manage methods and systems for measuring performance against food safety and quality goals, objectives, and standards; use results to manage QA activities and recommend corrective actions.
- Work with sales, suppliers, customers, manufacturing, and distribution to establish food safety and quality requirements for individual products and services.
- Manage food safety and quality assurance functions and review proposed and existing products and processes to avoid or eliminate unnecessary food safety and quality issues.
- Develop recommendations to improve product uniformity and reliability, enhance product characteristics, and reduce field failures and complaints.
- Ensure operations comply with government and agency regulations and manage audits conducted by those agencies.
- Provide a safe work environment.
- Manage department budget and cost activities.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) with 7% company contributions.
- Three weeks of paid time off.
- Paid holidays and two floating holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Advancement opportunities.
- Collaborative work environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
