Maker's Pride · 16 hours ago
Quality Compliance Manager
Greater Terre Haute Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expMaker's Pride is a company focused on food safety and quality compliance, and they are seeking a Quality Compliance Manager. The role involves evaluating customer requirements, managing audits, and ensuring compliance with food safety plans while serving as a liaison for supplier quality improvements.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingPackaging Services
Responsibilities
Evaluate, understand, and develop plans to comply with customer requirements
Create metrics to monitor compliance to customer and agency requirements
Facilitate all customer and 3rd party audits
Manage audit related CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action) to closure
Serve as technical liaison/leader for the facility/procurement on supplier related defects and improvement opportunities
With procurement develop a supplier rating, corrective/preventative process to improve supplier quality
Partner with Quality Systems on supplier approval, incoming ingredient requirements, and ingredient hazard analysis
Act as primary quality resource and coordinator on sanitary design & change control activities
Facilitate all internal auditing processes & maintain/perform training on departmental-specific policies, procedures and programs
Manage compliance schedules with all departments
Ensure all HACCP and Food Safety Plans are up to date, verified, and validated
Support Quality Manager and commercialization teams in integrating customer and compliance requirements into internal specifications
Support Quality Assurance department as necessary, in other areas
Serve as a backup for the Quality Manager if needed during his/her absence
Qualification
Required
4-year College or university program certification in food safety, microbiology, biology or experimental scientist related background. Or three or more years related experience and/or training. SQF or ISO certification a plus
2 or more years of supervisory leadership experience is required
Minimum 3 years' experience in product compliance and/or commercialization in the food industry, product development or similar discipline, in a related environment
Familiar with state and federal food processing regulations
HACCP and PCQI Certifications
Must be accurate and detail-oriented
Excel (conditional formatting, formulas, drop downs, trend charting, pivot tables, etc.)
Ability to work with minimal supervision and at times independently
Knowledge of ingredient hazards in accordance with FSMA
Intentional Adulteration Risk Assessments
Food Defense
Advanced computer skills and a knowledge of project management tools
Maintain harmonious working relations with employees from all departments
Maintain harmonious working relations with management from all levels
Communicate effectively with all employees and management
Comfortable with leading difficult decisions
Flexible, agile, creative, able to lead by example and be ready to be part of a multidisciplinary department team
Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Manage multiple projects/ trackers at one time
Ensure collaborative relationships with industry, trade, other associations, regulatory agencies and Maker's Pride staff
Lead ‘best in class' behaviors with focus on safety, quality, and policy focus
Ability to work in a light to high noise environment
Communicate in English to give acknowledgement
Handle daily employee issues
Travel up to 25% is possible
Reaching with hands and arms throughout shift
Ability to use hands and fingers
Ability to see, hear and talk
Employee frequently required to sit
Occasionally required to walk, climb and/or balance
Ability to lift and carry up to 20 lbs
Walk up to 400 yards to work and break areas
Preferred
Knowledge and experience with SAP preferred
ISO, ASQ and/or SQF/BRC certification preferred
Company
Maker's Pride
Maker's Pride manufactures private-label food products and packaging for retail and foodservice brands.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
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