Sr. QA Coordinator

 

Location: Ontario, CA 

Exemption: Nonexempt 

Shift: First 

 

OUR COMPANY:

Ventura Foods is a leading global manufacturer of branded and custom food products that proudly helps food providers in the U.S., Canada and more than 60 other countries earn a special place on consumers’ tables.  We do this by continually crafting custom dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, and other food solutions that exceed peoples’ expectations for great-tasting flavors and high-quality ingredients.

Headquartered in Brea, California, Ventura Foods operates 14 manufacturing facilities, 3 culinary centers, and numerous distribution centers across North America. When you work in our manufacturing and distribution facilities, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work.  As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth, because you invest in ours.

Position Summary:

 

The Sr. QA coordinator is responsible for effective and efficient plant operations. Primarily will be heavily involved in overseeing the management of change process as related to new products or changes to existing products within the QA function. Using key systems, will setup formulas, batch sheets, lab specifications, and function as the QA point of contact for product commercialization. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements/objectives while ensuring established processes are followed. To this end, will work cross functionally with other departments (HQ, R&D, Ops, maintenance/engineering). Secondarily, will function as a resource to the QA department to support in other areas to drive continuous improvement. This includes data analysis services, root cause analysis support, corrective and preventive action support, report generation, standard operating procedure (SOP) generation and customer complaint support.
 

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

 

• Oversee management of change activities within the QA department, as related to product changes.
• Breakdown of formulas as requested by R&D/manpack. Formula setup and associated updates in key systems (AS400, Redzone, JDE, Specright, ESE etc.) Updates to production, batch sheet, scheduling notes, and other documents related to product changes.
• Packaging code date setup and updates. Packaging and finished good sample collection as requested for commercialization. Using key systems, review and approvals of new packaging and labels. Using key systems, set up quality parameters for production and quality checks.
• QA point of contact during pre-production calls for product commercialization calls. Relay information from meetings/calls to relevant groups for task execution. Attend and provide updates at weekly PCS execution meetings.
• Lab specifications setup and updates. Create and update formulation recipes in key systems. Experienced in laboratory testing, equipment, and analysis of QA data.
• Support the closure of quality incidents by assisting in root cause analysis, action follow-up and closure.  Create PowerPoint presentation as needed to present information.
• Support in the closure of customer complaints.
• Analyze data in using software(Excel) to reach meaningful insights from which continuous improvement actions can be created. Create PowerPoint presentation as needed to present information.
• Write/create procedures, SOPs, one point lessons, documents, forms, etc. as needed under the direction of site QA Leader.
• Any other duties as assigned by QA Leader or direct supervisor.

 

Education and Experience:

 

• 5 years in Food manufacturing working in a Quality Assurance, Engineering, Process Management, or Continuous Improvement/OPEX role. 
• Bachelor’s degree in food science, nutrition, biological science, or relevant technical discipline highly preferred.  
• Prior experience in Quality Assurance and Compliance preferred. 
• Experience with JDE and AS400 or relevant systems. 
• Able to work without supervision and prioritize tasks for maximum effectiveness. 
• Able to communicate well in writing and verbally and work effectively with team members.

Knowledge and Skills:

 

• Experience in management of change of a process is highly preferred.
• Experience & certifications - HACCP, SQF, FSMA, PCQI, FDQI highly preferred.
• Experience in laboratory testing, lab equipment and data reporting considered a plus, but not required.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience in root cause analysis is highly preferred.

Why Join Us:

 

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