Maker's Pride · 3 hours ago
Quality Manager II
North Sioux City, SD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expMaker's Pride is responsible for leading all aspects of Quality Assurance and Food Safety for the plant. The Quality Manager II will coach and manage the Quality and Food Safety teams, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and driving continuous improvement in quality systems.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingPackaging Services
Responsibilities
Manage all Quality and Food Safety programs including HACCP, Food Safety Plans, Food Quality Plans, Identity Preserved Certifications, IA Vulnerability, and Food Defense
Execute a robust internal audit program to ensure site it always audit ready all the time
Participate in Maker's Pride Production System requirements such as Drumbeat (Daily Directional Setting), Weekly KPI, Lean Steering Committee, and Tiered Auditing
Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Actions/Preventative Action (CAPA) investigations
Coach, teach, and mentor the QA and Food Safety teams to build bench strength and career paths for employees
Collaborate with all plant leadership to drive quality culture improvements and consumer complaint reductions
Coordinate multidisciplinary activities among various team members assuring timely, efficient, and cost-effective finality
Administrate all product specifications and associated floor instructions assuring compliance with regulatory label requirements
Ensure food standard compliance with FDA, USDA, GMP, and company policy
Assess Environmental Monitoring Programs to ensure continued seek and destroy approach to pathogens
Oversee the Hold and Release program, ensuring proper hold verifications and disposition processes
Lead Trace and Mock Recall exercises
Measure and monitor various company KPIs and drive for improvements in key performance areas
Lead customer QA discussions related to quality or food safety incidents in the plant
Advise commercialization and production teams on process specifications, process capabilities, and customer requirements to include recipe and sensory attributes
Support commercialization teams in integrating customer and compliance requirements into internal specifications and critical quality parameters
SQF Practitioner or other GFSI scheme by plant and PCQI duties
Trend and analyze data as need to drive improvements in the plant (EMP, Pest Control, Consumer Complaints, etc.)
Support all aspects of sanitation, including allergen matrix and control programs, chemical control programs, pest control programs, cleaning validations including all sanitation systems as assigned
May perform other functions as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business/science-related field is preferred; Post-graduate degree a plus. Equivalent work experience as appropriate and approved by Platform Quality Director
Five– Eight years of related work experience, including experience managing and leading a Quality and food safety / sanitation staff in a related food manufacturing environment (i.e. baked bar, granola manufacture, bread, cold form bar, cookies, crackers, sandwich assembly, kit assembly, etc.)
PCQI Certification and/or HACCP Certification
Must be detailed-oriented, have strong self-confidence and leadership skills and have excellent oral and written communication skills
SPC and Microsoft Suite computer experience
Preferred
SQF Practitioner certification is a plus
Company
Maker's Pride
Maker's Pride manufactures private-label food products and packaging for retail and foodservice brands.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase