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Maker's Pride · 1 week ago

Regional Quality FS Manager

Grand Rapids Metro

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$125K/yr - $187K/yr

5+ years exp

Maker's Pride is a company focused on food safety and quality assurance. The Regional Quality FS Manager is responsible for ensuring food safety and quality standards across multiple manufacturing sites, supervising and mentoring quality professionals, and supporting plant QA teams in maintaining compliance with regulatory and customer expectations.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingPackaging Services

No H1B

Responsibilities

Responsible for aiding in the development and execution of all aspects of Quality Assurance with customers, suppliers, local and corporate-wide Maker’s Pride employees and the manufacturing staff at facilities within the designated platform

Participate in and contribute to the Maker’s Pride Production System (HPS) elements (Drumbeat, Weekly KPI, etc.)

Execute gap assessments against customer/ GFSI / regulatory requirements and generate action plans to assess identified gaps

Provide support and aid in preparation for all customer visits and external audits

Coach, teach, mentor site Quality Managers and Supervisors as assigned

Provide guidance on investigation and disposition of held products as needed

Complete FSQA improvement projects as assigned

Train quality and operations teams as necessary on newly instituted programs

Aid in identifying critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for sites to drive improvements

Act as liaison between Maker’s Pride and Customer QA representatives when corporate support is required

Lead Root Cause Analysis activities and support Corrective Action/ Preventative Action program requirements

Support auditing of sanitation practices as needed and pre-operational inspection verification

Provide audit over-check and assurance that each plant is maintaining policies and directives set forth in local plant SOP’s and work instructions

Partner with cross-functional teams on key platform projects

Assess Environmental Monitoring Programs to ensure continued seek and destroy approach to pathogens

Trend and analyze data to drive focus on key areas for improvement

Other duties as identified or assigned by Platform or Senior Quality Director

Qualification

GFSI auditing schemesPCQI CertificationHACCP CertificationQuality systems experienceIntentional Adulteration AssessmentsRoot Cause AnalysisSAP knowledgeUnderstanding of SQFTeam coachingInternal AuditingRisk AssessmentsAdvanced quality statisticsMS Office SuiteCommunication skillsLeadership skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in business/science-related field is required (Exceptions approved by Senior Quality Director)

Five (5) – Seven (7) plus years of related FSQA work experience in food manufacturing

Three (3) plus years of experience managing and leading a Quality and food safety / sanitation staff in a related food manufacturing environment and direct ownership of compliance

PCQI and HACCP Certification required

Experience with audit prep, root cause analysis (RCA), CAPA, sanitation programs, and EMP

Ability to travel 50-75% of the time

Microsoft Suite computer experience

Must be detailed-oriented, have strong self-confidence and leadership skills and have excellent verbal and written communication skills

Must be able to work independently

Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessments

GFSI auditing schemes

SMART goal setting and team coaching

Basic RCA and CAPA tools

7 Steps of Sanitation

Knowledge and experience with SAP

Personnel development and team building

Internal Auditing

Risk Assessments

Strong understanding of SQF and its implementation is required

PCQI/ Food Safety Plans / HACCP Plan development and maintenance

Experience in Quality systems (pre-requisite program creation implementation)

Maintaining harmonious relationships and effectively communicating with all customers, suppliers, local and corporate-wide Maker's Pride employees

Demonstrated proficiency in advanced quality statistics, measurement systems analysis and continuous improvement required

Strong written and verbal communication skills, analytical ability, leadership strength and ability to effectively work with all levels of the organization

Ability to use hands and fingers

Ability to see, hear and talk

Employee frequently required to stand, walk, or climb

Ability to lift and carry up to 25 lbs

Walk up to 400 yards to work and break areas

Must be able to lift 25 pounds on an infrequent basis