Job Title: FSQA Manager
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- SQF Practitioner for the development, implementation, continuous improvement, and continuing education in the areas of Food Safety & Quality, Regulatory Compliance, through self-audit activities to ensure that the company’s objective for food safety, regulatory mandates, compliance, meets or exceed standards.
- Leads the Food Safety Team, Quality Control personnel and sanitation personnel.
- Maintains documentation for regulatory compliance, including label approvals, and laboratory analysis demonstrating compliance.
- Conduct annual system review of the SQF Food Safety Management System, Food Safety Plans, and Prerequisite Programs, including verification and validation activities.
- Assist in the research, testing, verification and validation of new products from bench top to production.
- Stay abreast of FDA & USDA regulations & policies, SQF standards, industry trends and new technologies, bringing recommendations to management.
- Work closely with Plant Management on Food Safety.
- Oversees raw material and finished product laboratory analysis and any associated corrective actions.
- Oversees, tracks and trends product holds, complaints, inspections, tests, swab data, etc.
- Facilitates internal, customer, and third party audits and directs corrective actions.
- Completes questionnaires and answers all quality related questions from customers.
- Manages approved supplier program.
- Determine application & methodology for analytical, Microbiological, or bacteriological testing protocols, and implement and direct Quality Assurance in protocol.
- Perform any special assignments as directed by upper management.
Training / Certification Preferred:
- HACCP Certified
- PCQI Certified
- SQF Training
- Internal Auditing Training
- Bachelor’s Degree
Qualifications Required:
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a continuous process manufacturing industry and preferably the food industry preferred.