Baxters North America · 1 day ago
Quality Manager
Cincinnati, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expBaxters North America is seeking a Quality Manager responsible for the management and continuous deployment of the quality strategy within the organization. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, leading quality assurance initiatives, and collaborating with various departments to enhance product quality and operational efficiency.
Food and BeverageLogisticsManufacturingProduct Design
Responsibilities
Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the food safety and quality program, based on company, customer, legal, and regulatory requirements
Establishes and implements Quality Assurance policies and procedures for inspecting and controlling raw or packing materials, in-process and finished product to ensure that all products generated conform to predetermined standards and specifications
Manages human and physical resources to maximize efficiency and company investment
Reviews performance of the processes and personnel against approved objectives, budgets, and plans, and takes necessary remedial actions
Monitors, audits, and approves facilities and manufacturing operations for conformance with established procedures and requirements
Ensures maintenance of required records and documents, including formula test results, inspections, file samples, vendor performance, product complaints, and product disposition
Interfaces directly with the FDA, USDA, as well as various state and local agencies to maintain plant/product certifications
Supports New Business Development activities in introducing new products through the plant and test products for testing and data evaluation
Supports major plant project expansions and new products to assure proper technical input and regulatory requirements
Collaborates with other functions to understand and troubleshoot product complaints and improve customer service/product performance
Identify and implement statistically driven quality programs (SPC) as well as to provide assistance in continuous improvement in all manufacturing areas
Coordinates or aids in problem evaluation and problem solving
Timely positive release of raw materials and finished product
Provide leadership and operations with quality updates
Establish action to address quality incidents and trends
Maintain the quality systems by which BNA expectations, Customer requirements, regulatory compliance, and GFSI certification is achieved
Manage quality and food safety incidents at the site level
Oversee monitoring, verification, and validation activities to ensure that all products leave the facility meet the facility Food Safety and Quality Plans
Works with Purchasing to assure that suppliers have appropriate quality systems and process controls to guarantee the delivery of usable inventories of the needed quality
Conducts performance reviews; develops growth plans; interprets, implements, and supports employee-related policies, procedures, and programs
Delegates projects/tasks to other staff, enabling employee growth and development
Assures compliance to all procedures and policies concerning all areas of quality, regulatory, safety and human resources
Collaborate with production and supporting departments to ensure the food safety and quality of our products
Holds all duties and responsibilities in the absence of QA Supervisor
Other duties, as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in food science/food technologies or a related discipline required
5 years' experience in Quality Assurance
2 years' experience in Quality Management
External audit experience with various customers and regulatory agencies
Regulatory (FDA and USDA) experience with demonstrated knowledge of current interpretations of quality management system requirement and current industry best practices
Prior experience in food processing with a manufacturing environment under HACCP, SQF or BRC requirements
Technically savvy with applied expertise in HACCP food safety, FDA/ USDA regulations, production, thermal processing of Low Acid Canned Foods (LACF), principles of food science, flexible packaging, sanitation, quality assurance and quality control systems development and implementation
Strong leader with expertise that their recommendations and programs are beyond reproach
Provides technical expertise in the application of Lean/ Total Quality principles, processes, and tools to improve product and service quality and operational results
Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the food safety and quality program, based on company, customer, legal, and regulatory requirements
Establishes and implements Quality Assurance policies and procedures for inspecting and controlling raw or packing materials, in-process and finished product to ensure that all products generated conform to predetermined standards and specifications
Manages human and physical resources to maximize efficiency and company investment
Reviews performance of the processes and personnel against approved objectives, budgets, and plans, and takes necessary remedial actions
Monitors, audits, and approves facilities and manufacturing operations for conformance with established procedures and requirements
Ensures maintenance of required records and documents, including formula test results, inspections, file samples, vendor performance, product complaints, and product disposition
Interfaces directly with the FDA, USDA, as well as various state and local agencies to maintain plant/product certifications
Supports New Business Development activities in introducing new products through the plant and test products for testing and data evaluation
Supports major plant project expansions and new products to assure proper technical input and regulatory requirements
Collaborates with other functions to understand and troubleshoot product complaints and improve customer service/product performance
Identify and implement statistically driven quality programs (SPC) as well as to provide assistance in continuous improvement in all manufacturing areas
Coordinates or aids in problem evaluation and problem solving
Timely positive release of raw materials and finished product
Provide leadership and operations with quality updates
Establish action to address quality incidents and trends
Maintain the quality systems by which BNA expectations, Customer requirements, regulatory compliance, and GFSI certification is achieved
Manage quality and food safety incidents at the site level
Oversee monitoring, verification, and validation activities to ensure that all products leave the facility meet the facility Food Safety and Quality Plans
Works with Purchasing to assure that suppliers have appropriate quality systems and process controls to guarantee the delivery of usable inventories of the needed quality
Conducts performance reviews; develops growth plans; interprets, implements, and supports employee-related policies, procedures, and programs
Delegates projects/tasks to other staff, enabling employee growth and development
Assures compliance to all procedures and policies concerning all areas of quality, regulatory, safety and human resources
Collaborate with production and supporting departments to ensure the food safety and quality of our products
Holds all duties and responsibilities in the absence of QA Supervisor
Company
Baxters North America
Welcome to Baxters North America (BNA).
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
2025-08-26
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