Senior Quality Assurance Food Safety Manager

The Cheesecake Factory•Agoura Hills, CA

32d•$110,000 - $125,000

About The Position

You may know us for our delicious cheesecakes…and for being recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For®” (12 years in a row!). What you may not know is at The Cheesecake Factory Bakery, our staff members are our highest quality ingredient. The Senior QA Manager is a hands-on key leadership position reporting to the VP, Food Safety & Quality. This position oversees the QA/QC and Sanitation functions for a three shift, five-day, Operation. The Senior QA Manager is the host and over sees all plant external and internal audits (e.g., SQF, Gluten Free, USDA PEEPEV, Halal, Kosher, State, Federal, select customer and TCFBI Compliance audits), as well as directing and coordinating all daily sanitation activities within the processing facility. In addition, this position manages the department budget and related spending, trains team members and participates in continuous improvement with strong collaboration lines to the Plant Manager and Operations Leader. You’ll thrive in this position if you are: An Experienced People Manager: you’re at home managing and elevating a team. You lead by example and enable your staff to realize their potential. Driven by results: you’re conscientious and persistent about delivering timely, high-quality deliverables and performing all job functions safely while following instructions. Adaptable: you’re at ease in a fast-paced environment and able to effortlessly change direction when priorities shift, learning to perform new tasks as required for business needs and willing to work various shifts and extended hours if necessary. Improvement Focused: you never turn off the thought “how can I do this better or faster?"

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree Required
HACCP, PCQI certified
Minimum 7 years of experience in Manufacturing Quality Assurance, bakery plant preferred
Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Manager.
Experience with Formal food safety training.
Experience with Internal and external manufacturing food and safety audits.
Excellent communication skills.
Good collaboration skills.
Experience with Quality Management Systems.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Manage the quality and food safety programs.
Manage the Quality and Sanitation department budgets.
Manage and schedule Quality Assurance staff in support of the production schedule.
Manage in house Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) assessed laboratory.
Participate in continuous improvement actions/initiatives.
Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of sanitation food safety and pest control programs.
Review and, as needed, revise the Master Cleaning Schedule, work instructions, training, documentation, and compliance audits.