Quality and Food Safety Manager - Decatur, IL

Job Description

Quality and Food Safety Manager - Decatur, IL
This is an exempt level position.
 
Job Summary: 
The QFS (Quality and Food Safety) Manager is responsible for the daily quality control and quality analysis of the facility’s inbound/outbound products and ingredients and is responsible for managing the site’s food safety program. The plant operates twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. The lab covers all shifts necessary to operate the facility. 
This position reports to the Area Facility/Complex Manager and has a dotted-line to the OBU Quality  Group.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Provides leadership, support, and guidance to ensure that Food Safety/Quality requirements are met.
• Manages, plans, implements, and continuously improves the Food Safety/Quality divisional programs.
• Enforce Quality goals and KPIs, Food Safety/Quality, maintain Food Safety plan, and supports Operations for continuous improvement.
• Ensure the processes and systems are adequate to implement, achieve, and maintain 3rd party certifications (i.e., GMP+, SQF, etc.) and FDA compliance (21 CFR 507 and/or 21 CFR 117).
• Oversee usage of and provide support for information technology systems (i.e., Policy Tech, APeCS, GEMINI, etc.)
• Tracks and reports the Cost of Poor Quality to drive continuous improvement in the plant.
• Manages the Food Safety/Quality Team
• Maintenance and maintaining of laboratory equipment
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and good decision making skills are required.
• The ability to provide motivation to direct reports, and demonstrate leadership qualities to all plant personnel is needed.
• Escalates and communicates quality and food safety issues, as required, to Plant Management, Regional QFS, BU NA QFS Director and the Technology Center.

Job Qualifications:

• Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent 7 year Food Safety experience in a Food manufacturing and laboratory environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must.  Ability to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization, including senior management, customers, and regulatory officials as needed.

Working Conditions:

• Employees in this position working at this location are [or may be] exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens due to the nature of our business and the requirements of the job.  If there is any reason such exposure would interfere with your ability to perform this role or work at the location, please notify the hiring manager. 

Physical Requirements:

•   Ability to stand, walk, and lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
  • Lifting or carrying of weights over fifty (50) pounds is rare; employees are encouraged to request assistance in lifting or carrying objects that weigh more than fifty (50) pounds.

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required.  a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor.  * If you’ve been in your current * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.   ​
Hiring Manager- Douglas Murphy   ​
Recruiter- Nitha George 
 

City

Decatur

State

IL - Illinois

Location Country

United States

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