Quality Systems Manager III

McCormick & Company•New Orleans, LA

27d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the development, implementation, and auditing of the Quality Systems for all departments of the Plant. The role will manage sanitation, ensure GMP requirements are met, and manage the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) program for the Plant, ensuring compliance to Corporate, Regulatory, and Customer requirements. The Quality Systems Manager will also be responsible for maintenance and implementation of the Plant's Quality Systems Policies and Procedures, ensuring departments have appropriate systems in place and providing assistance when necessary. This role involves documenting the Plant's HACCP Program, ensuring verifications and validations are current, and conducting/supervising internal audits to ensure food safety. The manager will facilitate third-party and regulatory audits, maintain documentation for customer audits, and provide feedback on sanitation and GMP issues. Additionally, the role monitors warehouse performance in sanitation/pest control, makes strategic purchases to maintain quality systems, manages implementation projects, and coordinates training related to Divisional and Corporate Quality System Programs.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Food Science, Food Engineering, or a related discipline.
4 years of manufacturing QC experience, with at least 2 years of food manufacturing QC experience.
Understanding of food processing requirements and government regulations.
Ability to work independently and have flexible work hours, good organizational skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary.
Communication with upper management, regulatory inspectors and customers is frequent
HACCP programs and documentation

Nice To Haves

Liquid products knowledge a plus.
SAP experience preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for the maintenance and implementation of the Plant's Quality Systems Policies and Procedures. Will ensure that each department has appropriate systems in place to assure compliance with all expectations and provide assistance when necessary to develop such programs
Documents the Plant's HACCP Program to ensure that all verifications and validations are current. Will ensure food safety by conducting/supervising internal audits, identifying root causes, recommending corrective actions, and working with Production and Engineering to verify line changes.
Facilitates third party and regulatory audits for the Plant. Maintain documentation of all Quality programs to assist and support Customer Audits as well
Provides feedback to all Plant departments on sanitation and GMP issues.
Monitors warehouse performance in the areas of sanitation/pest control. Provides an ongoing audit of the program in place a delivers feedback
Required to make strategic purchases to maintain quality systems and manage any implementation projects related to the purchase
Responsible for Quality System programs, HACCP pest control, CGMP, Recall, Food Allergen, Sanitation Complaint process
Coordinates Plant activities and training as they relate to Divisional and Corporate Quality System Programs