Quality Assurance Manager- Quality

Job Summary: Responsible for leading, maintaining, and executing all aspects of Quality Assurance and Food Safety for the plant. Coach, teach, mentor, and manage the Quality and Food Safety teams onsite. Utilize lean tools and root cause analysis to continuously improve the existing quality system. Ensure all requirements from customers, regulatory, and 3rd party certifications are met and in compliance. Job Duties: Duties may include, but are not limited to the following * Manage all Quality and Food Safety programs including HACCP, Food Safety Plans, Food Quality Plans, Identity Preserved Certifications, IA Vulnerability, and Food Defense * Execute a robust internal audit program to ensure site it always audit ready all the time * Participate in Maker's Pride Production System requirements such as Drumbeat (Daily Directional Setting), Weekly KPI, Lean Steering Committee, and Tiered Auditing * Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Actions/Preventative Action (CAPA) investigations * Coach, teach, and mentor the QA and Food Safety teams to build bench strength and career paths for employees * Collaborate with all plant leadership to drive quality culture improvements and consumer complaint reductions * Coordinate multidisciplinary activities among various team members assuring timely, efficient, and cost-effective finality * Administrate all product specifications and associated floor instructions assuring compliance with regulatory label requirements. * Ensure food standard compliance with FDA, USDA, GMP, and company policy. * Assess Environmental Monitoring Programs to ensure continued seek and destroy approach to pathogens * Oversee the Hold and Release program, ensuring proper hold verifications and disposition processes * Lead Trace and Mock Recall exercises * Measure and monitor various company KPIs and drive for improvements in key performance areas * Lead customer QA discussions related to quality or food safety incidents in the plant * Advise commercialization and production teams on process specifications, process capabilities, and customer requirements to include recipe and sensory attributes * Support commercialization teams in integrating customer and compliance requirements into internal specifications and critical quality parameters * SQF Practitioner or other GFSI scheme by plant and PCQI duties * Trend and analyze data as needed to drive improvements in the plant (EMP, Pest Control, Consumer Complaints, etc.) * Support all aspects of sanitation, including allergen matrix and control programs, chemical control programs, pest control programs, cleaning validations including all sanitation systems as assigned. * May perform other functions as needed. Required Competencies & Knowledge: Knowledge of: * Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessments * Preventative control validations * SMART goal setting and team coaching * Basic RCA and CAPA tools * Sanitation Programs * Environmental Monitoring Programs * Robust Hold and Release Program Requirements Skill in: * Personnel development * Team building * Internal auditing * Procedure and Standard Work generation