Quality Assurance Manager

As the Quality & Food Safety Manager, you will provides necessary leadership and technical knowledge to ensure superior laboratory services, improve product quality and plant reliability through our Quality & Food Safety Systems. The Quality & Food Safety Manager supports the plant health and safety objectives, manages departments costs within budget while looking for ways to lower analytical and quality related costs. This position is the management representative for Quality & Food Safety and training is equivalent to PCQI. 

I’m interested! What will I get to do in this position? 

Ensure ESH Compliance 

• Unsafe conditions are recognized and corrected
• Preventive programs are in place to maintain safe conditions
• Ensure compliance with MOC process.
• Ensure compliance with required product validations.
• Attend monthly safety meeting and completes regulatory ESH&T requirements
• Perform job safely, in an environmentally sound manner and in accordance with all cGMP requirements
• Actively support the plant ESHST goals and plans.

Manage Quality Assurance & Food Safety Systems

• Manage all quality requirements regarding FSSC22000, HARPC, FSMA, ISO 9001, NSF, cGMPs, NF, Halal, Kosher, HACCP and Food Defense
• Serve as site food safety team leader
• Promote continuous improvement in cGMP’s requirements
• Serve as plant lead for all quality-related regulatory / customer audits
• Facilitate Management Review Meetings/ Quality and Food Safety Meetings
• Coordinate input and output data for Management Review
• Manage quality and food safety records
• Manage external and internal food safety communications
• Manage/participate in supplier audits & visits
• Interface with R&D / Sales to support customer needs

Manage Quality Control

• Full laboratory oversight
• Facilitate clear, concise communication flow between plant manufacturing departments and laboratory
• Ensure analytical documentation (lab results, calibration data, etc.) is orderly and accessible
• Coordinate sample requests
• Manage nonconforming material, work with manufacturing management to determine disposition

Other Duties 

• Provide support to the site regarding quality / food safety issues
• Participate in various community / volunteering activities
• Support implementation of projects across the plant
• Manage department costs, develop annual department budgets / forecasts

Manage Staff Development

• Provide effective leadership to the lab and quality departments (training, development, set expectations, regular performance feedback)
• Regularly communicate business goals, objectives and desired outcomes

What skills and experience do I need to be successful in this role? 

• B. A. or B. S. in Food degree, Chemical degree or equivalent
• Three to five years experience managing people
• Three to five years experience in analytical laboratory or equivalent
• Food manufacturing experience required
• Organizational leadership, teaching, team-building, staffing
• Listening, oral and written communication
• Strong problem solving skills
• Ability to build and manage systems
• GFSI understanding, ISO 9001 knowledge and auditor experience desired
• Current good manufacturing Practices (cGMP) understanding
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) understanding
• Halal and Kosher certification requirements understanding
• Capable of motivating people to lead change and improvement efforts
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to safely exit out of the plant in the event of an emergency

Salary Range: $84,000 - $116,000

Annual Bonus Target: 12%, subject to plan provisions.

We've Got You Covered

ICL is committed to offering you a comprehensive set of benefits to empower you and your family physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially. The benefits we offer to our diverse and inclusive workforce include:

• Competitive base pay and performance bonus
• Medical, dental, vision, and life benefits that start quickly – the first of the month after hire
• Tax-advantaged health savings and spending accounts (when applicable)
• Wellness Incentive Program to lower your health insurance cost
• Generous Leave and FMLA policies
• Prescription program that provides most generic maintenance medications at no cost (including Insulin products & EpiPens)
• 401k eligibility from day one of employment with a generous company matching contribution. 100% vested after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program
• Student Loan Assistance
• Free membership to a program that offers various discounts for travel, entertainment, groceries, and much more