Quality Assurance Supervisor

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. 
This position is in Cargill’s protein and salt business, where we provide wholesome, high-quality food products to a wide range of customers, from foodservice operators and grocery stores to manufacturers and exporters.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Quality Assurance Supervisor will lead a variety of food safety and quality assurance programs. In this role, you will supervise the audits and inspects processes that monitors food handling, storage and service operations to assure compliance with current food safety and quality regulatory requirements. You will lead and review the work of a team of analysts or inspectors that identify and evaluate the quality of raw materials, in process goods, procedures and operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and maintain quality control systems and product or process verification systems, including sampling procedures and analytical tests to ensure all products produced meet food safety quality requirements.
• Provide overall leadership, development and talent management for direct reports, which may include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, training and budgeting.
• Review regulatory environment and develop response protocols in preparation for new or amended food safety legislation.
• Investigate food safety processes to ensure compliance and report noncompliance to management and governing bodies along with developing and implementing corrective action plans.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, chemistry, microbiology, quality assurance OR equivalent experience
• Minimum one year of directly related work experience
• Willing and able to work some holidays and weekends
• Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment
• Ability to make decisions under pressure
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to relate technical knowledge to solve complex testing and process problems
• Demonstrated ability of leadership, motivation, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork and successful completion of work.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Six Sigma experience 
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment
• Experience interacting with external stakeholders (regulatory agencies, external manufacturers, customers)
• Confirmed ability to balance and achieve positive results leading multifunctional teams
• Problem solving and analytical skills with experience in Root Cause Analysis
• One year of supervisory experience
• Laboratory knowledge, including Good Laboratory Practice and instrumentation.
• Process Auditing experience

 

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet