Quality & Technical Manager - Food

Company: Management Recruiters of Edison
Location: Scranton
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

A growing fresh prepared food manufacturing company with 18K people worldwide is looking for a Quality & Technical Manager at their plant near Scranton, PA. Excellent salary + Bonus + Benefits + Sign on Bonus for relocation.

Job Posting #: 2322R

Job Title : Quality & Technical Manager - Food

Location: near Scranton, PA Overnight Travel: 5%

Compensation: Salary $80k - $110k + Bonus (target 20%)

Relocation: A sign-on Bonus will be provided for relocation assistance if needed.

Benefits: Excellent benefits like medical, dental, 401K etc.
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Company Info:
Our client is a premier producer of fresh prepared foods with 18K people at 48 sites worldwide in 3 countries in US, UK & China. They have 5 plants in the USA.

Group Info:

Manage a Quality, Food safety and Technical group of around 6 people. The position reports directly to the General Manager of the plant with 60+ people

Job Summary:

--- Manages the daily quality and food safety function at the site assuring compliance with (internal/external) quality and food safety programs in alignment with our customer's requirements, regulatory agencies (USDA, FDA, and Local Health Department) and Company's strategy.

--- The employee's leadership role is to promote a culture of safety, quality/food safety and execution excellence.

--- This position assures that polices/procedures are documented and technical staff is properly trained and have proper tools to successfully conduct daily quality control and quality assurance tasks.

--- Liaises closely with Company's corporate team to share best practice learning with the group and to ensure that at all times the Company standards are maintained.

Job Description:

--- The QA & Technical Manager manages the daily quality and food safety function assuring compliance with (internal/external) quality and food safety programs in alignment with our customer's requirements, regulatory agencies (USDA, FDA, and Local Health Department) and Company's strategy.

--- To be successful in this position you will be a skilled operator with a proven track record of delivering behavioral change in factories and influencing across operations.

--- You will be able to pivot between factory, regulatory and strategic with skill, leading across the business.

--- This leadership role is to promote a culture of safety, quality/food safety and execution excellence.

--- This position assures that polices/procedures are documented and technical staff is properly trained and have proper tools to successfully conduct daily quality control and quality assurance tasks.

--- Liaises closely with Company's corporate team to share best practice learning with the group and to ensure that at all times the Company standards are maintained.

Job Requirements: Candidate Must Have:

--- Bachelor of Science degree in food science or related field.
--- Min.10 years of Quality experience in the food industry
--- Min. 3 years of Leadership experience in Quality
--- RTE /RTH - Ready to Eat / Ready to Heat with food cooking in the plant experience
--- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
--- Reliable, with high integrity and strong work ethic.
--- High attention to detail and accuracy.
--- Ability to work as part of a team and foster an environment of inclusion.
--- Strong organizational skills.
--- Strong decision-making and troubleshooting skills and methods.
--- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point).

Candidate Nice to Have:

--- HACCP Certification
--- Seafood HACCP Certification
--- Practitioner Certification of (SQF) Safe Quality Food
--- Certified FSMA Qualified
--- RTE /RTH - Ready to Eat / Ready to Heat food industry experience
--- Experience with USDA, Fresh prepared food Industry

Keywords: Food, Quality Management system, QMS, GFSI, SQF, ISO, FSMA, HACCP, food science, food safety, Quality Assurance, Food Safety, RTE, RTH, USDA, Manager

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