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High Liner Foods · 12 hours ago

Manager, Quality Assurance

Portsmouth, NH

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

High Liner Foods is focused on managing quality and food safety within their facility while promoting continuous improvement. The Manager of Quality Assurance will lead a team, implement quality and food safety programs, and ensure compliance with industry standards to produce safe and high-quality products.

Consumer Goods

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the day-to-day operations of the Quality and Sanitation Departments, which includes the management of a Quality Supervisors, Sanitation Supervisors, Sanitation Hourly employees, and Quality Technicians

Ensures the implementation and execution of quality and food safety programs and procedures to lead and support all stakeholders in the production of safe, quality and compliant products

Local HACCP Team coordinator. Partnering with Corporate Quality and Food Safety for the launch, maintenance and improvement of corporate policies, procedures and guidelines

Responsible to host and lead all customer, regulatory and third party quality and food safety audits and corrective action process

Investigate, review and respond to consumer and customer complaints

Manage the non-conformance process ensuring the completion of robust investigations, timely disposition and the execution of a strong corrective and preventative actions

Serve as the lead for validation of all changes in manufacturing process

Support new product and process trials and new product launches, collaborating with corporate R&D

Member of the Plant Leadership Team

Budget owner for lab supplies, labor, general supplies, lab services, and pest control

Ensure superior performance and compliance with GMP's, SOPs, Corporate Programs & Training etc

Ensures the plant sanitation processes are followed and are effective

Provides oversight to sanitation employees and inspects completed work for conformance to standards

Oversees the ordering/maintaining of all cleaning chemicals and maintaining all cleaning equipment. Additionally, the incumbent will oversee the requisition or purchased of cleaning supplies and equipment

Oversees special cleaning projects as assigned

Ensures the master cleaning schedules are maintained and addressed

May provide oversight to be a liaison between the 3rd party pest control vendors

Analyzes key performance metrics and leads the plant in the establishment of a quality improvement plan and the execution of data driven quality improvement initiatives

Continuously reviews core competencies and department processes for cycles of improvement. Identifies, leads and implements process and cost improvement opportunities while maintaining quality and food safety standards as well as agreed upon service levels

Ensures the creation and implementation of a robust corrective/preventative action program utilizing customer/consumer complaint data, audit findings, and internal non-conformance feedback as examples, in order to drive improvements and reduction of observations

Ability to lead the Quality and Sanitation team to provide exceptional service to internal and external stakeholders, upholding High Liner’s quality and food safety standards

Coach, develops and mentors team members to achieve personal growth and success while making meaningful contributions to the success of the Quality and Sanitation teams and High Liner Foods

Manages performance expectations including daily accountabilities, annual goals and annual performance reviews

Accountable for supporting annual budget process and complying with final approved budget expectations

Ensures the allocation and maintenance of department headcount; seamlessly manages vacation times and gaps in plant coverage and support

Qualification

HACCP certificationFood safety knowledgeQuality management toolsFood technology understandingTechnical writingLeadership skillsComputer skillsConflict resolutionAttention to detailTeamworkVerbal communicationWritten communicationOrganizational skillsTime management

Required

Minimum: BS Degree/ Food Science or Nutrition preferred and/or five years of direct experience in food manufacturing environment

Technical / specification writing experience, knowledge of USDC, USFDA, and USDA

Understanding of food technology, quality management philosophy and quality tools

HACCP certified with knowledge & experience of the Global Food Safety Initiative and FSMA

Strong leadership skills

Ability to manage and resolve conflict in a positive way

Absolute accuracy and attention to detail are essential

Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Excellent verbal and written communication skills (an ability to express complicated concepts accurately in clear and simple language)

Excellent organizational, time management skills

Excellent computer skills (i.e. JDE, BOSS, GSM, ISD (?), Lotus notes, Adobe Acrobat Standard, Adobe Illustrator, all Microsoft Applications and basic in Genesis SQL)

Benefits

Heath, dental & vision coverage

Pay for performance incentives

Employee & Family assistance programs

Wellness Programs

Retirement Planning

Supplemental Parental Leaves

Disability Support

Family friendly Flex policies & Summer hours

Volunteer hours

Learning and mentorship opportunities

Safety focused work environment

Company

High Liner Foods

High Liner Foods is a leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood.

Founded in 1899

Lunenburg, NS, CA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.highlinerfoods.com

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