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FGF Brands · 5 hours ago

Quality Lead

Lebanon, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

FGF Brands is a leading North American bakery company focused on various bakery categories. The Quality Lead is responsible for overseeing the Quality Management Systems in manufacturing plants, managing a team of QA Technicians, and ensuring compliance with food safety and quality standards.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingSnack Food

Growth Opportunities

Hiring Manager

Charmaine O.

Responsibilities

Manage and lead QA technicians across three shifts ensuring that tasks are conducted consistently, efficiently, and meet the needs of the business with the ability to flex working hours to meet these needs

Work across all levels of leadership to provide expertise, guidance, and recommendations as they pertains to QA systems and activities

Conduct risk assessment for all Quality related non-conformities and work on solving the most critical items

Responsible for day-to-day facility Quality and Food Safety systems and processes and verification of activities

Conduct Root Cause Analysis to solve critical non-conformities. Knowledge of 5 Why and other Root Cause Analyses tools (for example, Ishikawa/Fishbone Diagrams) and their value in recurrence prevention

Take lead on executing initiatives to improve the quality and safety of our process and products

Maintain, update and ensure consistent execution of current QA programs and internal SOPs

Lead HACCP, GMP and BRC program updates, maintenance, verifications and function as a cross-functional liaison to ensure the plant is meeting regulatory and compliance requirements for all stakeholders

Conduct regular reviews of all sanitation records and procedures for accuracy and follow up on necessary changes

Assist with third party audits and certifications

Assist in follow up and issuance of corrective actions, if necessary, based on deviations found in plant processes or resulting from customer complaints

Ensure that pest control program is being maintained and liaise with operations to ensure that all regulatory requirements are met and maintained

Assist with training and revisions to annual and new team member GMP and Food Defense programs

Assist with cross-functional SOP development and ensure that facility SOPs and related documents are in correct format, properly stored and distributed as per manufacturing excellence requirements

Schedule and conducting monthly GMP, internal and external audits with cross-functional team. Assist cross-functional team in addressing food safety incidents and investigating customer complaints

Developing a constructive work environment through excellent interpersonal, team building skills, leadership, open communications, encouraging input and constructive performance management

Maintaining an attitude of continuous process improvement and training of team members

Aids in prioritization of facility activities to ensure food safety and quality task completion according to risk

Qualification

Quality Management SystemsHACCPGMPBRC StandardsGFSI CertificationISO CertificationRoot Cause AnalysisContinuous ImprovementMS OfficeTeam DevelopmentFood SafetyFood ManufacturingLeadership SkillsInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsCritical ThinkingProblem Solving