Quality, Food Safety & Compliance Manager — Manufacturing

Novolex Corporate•Reno, NV

18h•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a systems-minded leader who guards product integrity and thrives on turning standards into daily habits. The manager will act fast, loop in the right people, and put lasting controls in place when food safety concerns arise. The mission is to lead a cooperative plant-wide effort to supervise manufacturing practices that safeguard production, quality, and food safety. This includes working safely and effectively, keeping GMPs non-negotiable, completing and championing food safety/GMP training, and reporting any risk immediately. The role involves partnering with managers and supervisors to make sound decisions around quality discipline and training, tracking quality complaints accurately, and preventing repeat issues with strong controls.

Requirements

Systems-minded leadership
Ability to turn standards into daily habits
Ability to act fast, loop in the right people, and put lasting controls in place when food safety concerns arise
Drive to protect consumers, coach teams, and elevate processes
Ability to supervise manufacturing practices that safeguard production, quality, and food safety
Ability to work safely and effectively
Ability to keep GMPs non-negotiable
Ability to complete and champion food safety/GMP training
Ability to report any risk immediately
Ability to partner with managers and supervisors to make sound decisions around quality discipline and training
Ability to track quality complaints accurately
Ability to prevent repeat issues with strong controls
Ability to create, implement, and administer quality policies and procedures
Ability to establish and conduct quality training programs
Ability to execute corrective actions
Ability to perform sanitation and quality control audits
Ability to brief management on audit findings
Ability to drive corrective action to closure
Ability to keep inspection reports, files, quality programs, and samples current and organized
Ability to lead quality committee sessions
Ability to maintain the company Pest Control Program and all GFSI/SQF programs
Ability to oversee development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF System
Ability to communicate essential information for SQF System implementation and maintenance
Ability to build relationships with customers and corporate customer service
Ability to collect, organize, analyze, and report process data
Ability to support ink making, paste making, and graphics with expertise
Ability to lead CI reporting, activities, and training
Ability to put quality and consumer safety first in every decision and action
Ability to model urgency and accountability when reporting food safety concerns
Ability to collaborate across functions to keep procedures consistent and effective

Responsibilities

Create, implement, and administer quality policies and procedures for all employees.
Establish and conduct quality training programs that reinforce GMP and food safety.
Execute corrective actions with the Production Manager and HR Manager to meet quality and production requirements.
Perform sanitation and quality control audits; brief the Plant Manager, HR Manager, Shipping Manager, and Production Managers; drive corrective action to closure.
Keep inspection reports, files, quality programs, and samples current and organized.
Lead quality committee sessions that invite participation from all employees.
Maintain the company Pest Control Program and all GFSI/SQF programs required by customers.
Oversee development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF System—including food safety fundamentals per SQF Code 7.2—and take action to safeguard its integrity.
Ensure all relevant personnel receive essential information to effectively implement and maintain the SQF System.
Build relationships, answer questions, and partner with corporate customer service to resolve inquiries.
Collect, organize, analyze, and report process data for internal teams and external customers.
Support ink making, paste making, and graphics with expertise for process improvements and environmental compliance.
Lead CI reporting, activities, and training across the plant.
Other miscellaneous duties as assigned by management.
Put quality and consumer safety first in every decision and action.
Model urgency and accountability when reporting food safety concerns.
Collaborate across functions to keep procedures consistent and effective.