Appleton Finn ยท 3 days ago
Vice President of Quality
California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $275K/yr
15+ years expAppleton Finn is a company focused on quality in the food industry, and they are seeking a Vice President of Quality. The role involves developing and implementing quality strategies, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, and fostering a culture of quality across the organization.
EmploymentRecruitingStaffing Agency
Hiring Manager
Joshua McClure
Responsibilities
Develops and implements quality strategies by setting the vision and direction for the quality system and improvement initiatives across the multi-site operation
Implements quality policies and strategies for food safety and product quality to drive zero defects and exceed all local, state, federal, and international regulatory and food safety requirements
Deploys comprehensive Safe Quality Food, Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP), and Food Defense Program including policy and procedure deployment, audits, gap analysis, and corrective action implementation in a disciplined continuous improvement framework
Interface with USDA to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and management of quality
Ensures the shop floor deployment of procedures and management systems to ensure compliance with food regulations (GMP, BRC, HACCP, and Plant Inspections) and product specifications
Collaborates across the company (e.g., Customer, Sales, Culinary, Operations, and Suppliers) at all levels of the organization to drive a consistent culture of quality
Proactively identifies potential risks and implements preventive measures to limit exposure to quality defects
Deploys a comprehensive co-manufacturer quality program to meet the stringent requirements of ready to eat operations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in food safety, Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, or other science related field
15+ years of experience in the food industry, combined with a demonstrated track record of accomplishments in quality, food safety and sanitation within a manufacturing environment under HACCP, USDA and/or FDA
Demonstrate leadership in the areas of food safety, plant regulatory and Quality Assurance
Thorough knowledge of and experience with HACCP, FSMA, GMP, FDA/USDA and Food Safety
Possess a thorough understanding of FDA and/or USDA inspected manufacturing facilities
Must have strong organizational, leadership and communication skills
Preferred
Advanced Degree preferred
Experience with GFSI, regulatory, and customer audits. SQF (preferred) and BRC
Company
Appleton Finn
Appleton Finn is a recruitment firm that hires people for the consumer, fashion, beauty, wellness, construction, and manufacturing sectors.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase