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Balchem Corporation · 2 days ago

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Ogden, UT

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Balchem Corporation is a company that develops and markets specialty ingredients for various industries, focusing on health and well-being. They are seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor to ensure product safety and compliance with standards, while collaborating with multiple departments to maintain quality expectations.

Food and BeverageNutrition

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Execution and Maintenance Quality, Food Safety and Food Quality Programs

Partners with the site food quality and food safety teams to actively apply living Food Safety, Food Quality plans and the prerequisite programs

Utilizes operational excellence processes as a platform to drive priorities and change

Helps maintain site in audit ready state

Responsible for performance and KPIs through auditing, execution, follow-ups

Demonstrates ability to prioritize and bring visibility to non-conformances and key drivers impacting KPI’s, assign actions to contain, correct, prevent

Drive root cause analysis on CAPA investigations; ensuring preventive actions are recorded and implemented

Identify operational excellence opportunities and proactively execute on initiatives

Contribute to quality commercialization reviews, including specification reviews

Provides technical expertise and is accountable for a high functioning quality team

Demonstrates commitment to Food Safety and Quality Culture at the site

Engages with cross-functional partners at the site to drive operational excellence

Partners with cross functional groups to ensure structured onboarding is implemented cross functionally at site

Ensures ongoing training is structured to drive success

Responsible for ensuring food safety and quality, and or customer issues are escalated for visibility and for resources, to reduce overall risk at the site and avoid value-add losses

Drives the adoption of systems tools and skill development within the function, as well as across the broader site teams

Uses tools to drive Quality Culture initiatives at the site

Partnership with site leaders and cross functional partners for goal setting, decision-making alignment, and training and development needs

Supports Supply Chain, Learning and Development, and Commercialization functions as needed

Other duties as assigned

Responsible for development and performance of the site quality team

Builds strong cross functional relationships and demonstrates ability to effectively influence site strategy & execution

Develops a culture that drives quality improvements and efficiently interfaces with operational excellence processes

Deliver and keep current training programs focused on food safety and quality

Communicate effectively with internal and external customers

Timely escalation and communication of food safety, quality, financial issues

Effectively cascade goals using tools such as SMART goals and align with teams on standard work

Motivates and builds team strength

Responsible for the effective application of site Product Safety, Product Quality and prerequisite systems. Ensure these systems effectively interface with change control and commercialization processes

Strong ability to root cause issues and prevent recurrence via persistent pursuit of higher hierarchical levels of control than administrative, including but not limited to formula, engineering, and elimination strategies

Responsible for applying an effective internal audit program and that corrective actions are completed

Brings visibility to, and acts on, priorities that have largest positive impact on key performance indicators and metrics including but not limited to; Inspection/Compliance performance, First Pass Quality, Complaints, Disposals, Inventory Health, Customer Responsiveness, CAPA closure and effectiveness, systems performance, environmental & sanitation performance

Ensures that response to customers, inspectors and auditors are professional, timely, and in scope

Collaborates with R&D, Production, and commercial teams in the development and preparation for production of new Products, Processes, and Equipment to support new product/customer launches. Ensuring the process quantifies the probability of success and clearly communicates the risks and proposed mitigations as an outcome of first-time makes

Interface with operational excellence programs to maximize effectiveness

Leads preparation for customer visits and external audits

Ability to become site power user for ERP & LIMS systems

Qualification

FDA regulated environmentChange ManagementProject ManagementGFSI SchemeQualityFood Safety CertificationCAPA ExecutionAnalytical InsightTeam LeadershipCross-functional CollaborationEffective Communication

Required

Operated in an FDA regulated environment, ideally food or dietary supplement

2+ years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry

Effective project manager that knows how to prioritize and meet deadlines

Execution of CAPA and Customer Complaint system

Bachelor's degree in relevant field or other relevant work experience

Project Management & Change Management Experience

GFSI Scheme (ie SQF, BRC)

Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI

Ability to lift 50 lbs; required to stand, walk, sit, and reach

Company

Balchem Corporation

Founded in 1967, Balchem is committed to making the world a healthier place by delivering trusted, innovative, and science-based solutions to the nutrition, health, and food markets.

Founded in 1967

New Hampton, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://balchem.com

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