Title: Sr. Quality Manager - Food/DRY GOODS (Blending/Single & Multi-Serve)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Salary: $130,000-135,000/Year + Bonus and Relocation
Requirements: 7+ Years in a Food and Beverage Manufacturing role, with the experience of single serve and multi-serve packaging/products. This role requires someone with blending experience in a high-speed Manufacturing Environment. Must have Auditing/Quality systems experience and have a degree from a 4 year college, preferably in Food Science/Microbiology.
- Provides leadership to assure regulatory compliance, adherence to GMPs, and ensure effective implementation of prerequisite programs, policies and procedures in accordance with corporate guidance.
- Drives implement effective food safety programs.
- Leads preparations for third party audits and response to findings from those audits.
- Represents Heartland as the primary point of contact for all regulatory inspections.
- Supports daily operations, focusing on delivering business objectives, customer and consumer expectations, at the right cost and on time and in full.
- Manages the non-conformance process including identification of root cause and implementation of corrective and preventive actions to improve food safety, quality, customer and consumer satisfaction.
- Compiles and reviews data for trends and deviations followed by reporting execution of corrective and preventative measures (CAPA).
- Manages integrated pest management performance in the dry facility.
- Develop, revise and initiate standards and methods for inspection, sampling, testing and evaluation as part of continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provides direction to the sanitation team to improve cleanliness of the entire plant.
- Maintains effective communication between the Quality and Production departments through collaboration with the Plant Managers.
- Develop and Maintain procedures to support the company's quality systems.
- Standardizes the approach to the implementation and maintenance of the Plant Quality Programs including the development, implementation and maintenance of the Quality Monitoring Schemes
- Active member of the factory HACCP and Food Safety teams.
What you need for this Role:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, or related field is preferred. A master's degree is a plus.
- 7+ years of experience within the food and beverage industry required; must have some familiarity with thermally processed foods.
- Comprehensive experience with (e.g. HACCP, FSSC 22000, GMP) specific to aseptic packaging and processing.
- Food plant sanitation experience is preferred.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex quality issues and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Familiarity with quality control tools and methodologies, such as statistical process control (SPC) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA).
- Must have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop team with direct and indirect reporting
- Analytical skills and demonstrated problem solving/corrective action/resolution skills
- Must be able to work independently and have strong demonstrated leadership, interpersonal and self-initiative skills
- Ability to develop and implement strategic objectives
- Self-motivated and able to work with people at all levels of the organization, including cross functionally with other departments in and outside the organization to build effective relationships.
- Microsoft Office Suite
What's in it for you:
$130,000-$135,000/year + Bonus and Relocation
Benefits (Dental/Health + Vision)
401K Package
PTO
If you are looking for your next role as a Sr. Quality Manager and have the skills required, please apply directly or email me your resume: kelly.taylor@Cybercoders.com
For this position you must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We do not sponsor for this position.
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