Quality Team Manager (Lab)

McCormick & Company•New Orleans, LA

35d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Team Manager leads, engages, and develops approximately 10 non-exempt laboratory technicians to ensure continuous distribution of products consistent with established standards and/or customer specifications. The Quality Team Manager works within the High Performance Cultural Framework; actively teaching, coaching, developing, and mentoring team members while demonstrating a deep respect for the capabilities of all people.

Requirements

Bachelor’s and/or Master's Degree in Engineering, Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or another technical field
Willingness and ability to work flexible hours to manage a 24/7 four shift operation
Minimum one (1) year of experience leading others through a project or initiative.
Minimum three (3) years working in Quality in food, beverage, flavor, pet food, and/or ingredient manufacturing plant(s)
Demonstrated knowledge of increased complexity such as working in another functional or technical area, significant project assignments, job rotation, etc.
Experience with food manufacturing sanitation programs
Sustained demonstrated leadership in a High Performance / High Performance Systems (HPS) environment
Successful management of projects through to successful completion
Demonstrated understanding of how day to day decisions affect business results, customers, staffing, materials, processing and maintenance
Experience reacting to multiple and changing priorities and achieving results within a compressed time frame
Experience recognizing problems, analyzing them, offering solutions and using logical thought processes when making decisions
Experience reading and interpreting technical documents such as specifications, procedure manuals and technical data sheets
Experience developing, coaching and motivating employees in a team based environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience writing technical procedures

Nice To Haves

SQF Practitioner Certification
PCQI certification
Knowledge of and experience working with Food Safety Programs
Working knowledge of statistics
Experience managing Quality Systems and Pre-requisite Programs
Experience working with SAP software system
Experience with High Performance Organization (HPO) Programs
Demonstrated analytical skills to determine root cause and deliver corrective actions
FDA and USDA experience

Responsibilities

Leads and manages the laboratory technicians to achieve key indicator results that support the MMC’s strategic objectives, goals, strategies and 10%
Provides direction and supports the daily management and work prioritization of approx. 15 direct reports to achieve flawless process and product quality goals 10%
Assist with the creation and implementation of site’s Quality Systems, and provide 3rd party audit & Regulatory inspection support 10%
Creates and leads the structure of High Performance to engage the team to utilize continuous improvement and lean tools to optimize results within the quality team 10%
Assures compliance with Corporate QA/QC policies and procedures, as well as Federal, State, and local regulations 10%
Manages fiscal responsibility to ensure the department spend is consistent with business requirements 10%
Investigates, identifies, and communicates documented root cause and corrective actions for quality defective material 10%
Maintains customer quality satisfaction through inspection of raw materials, in-process materials, production processes, environmental conditions, and finished products 10%
Ensures the timely compliance to all corporate, divisional, and customer correlation/calibration programs 10%
Conducts and participates in customer visits and audits as needed 10%