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Kerry · 15 hours ago

Quality Systems Manager

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. The Quality Systems Manager will oversee the site’s Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with Company, Regulatory, and Industry Quality standards while acting as the primary contact for customer auditors and regulators.

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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Lead site’s audit program, including customer and external audits, including, but not limited to
Ensuring internal audits are being completed at the required frequency
Complete internal audits as assigned
Logging of and trending of non-conformances to drive continuous improvement
Drive root cause investigations into findings to determine corrective and preventive actions
Owner of site’s Quality Management
Oversee site mock recalls and traceability exercises
Manage site Master Validation Plan
Develop, amend, and create site procedures or documentation, as necessary, to ensure compliance with company, regulatory, and customer expectations
Utilize Intelex to manage documentation updates and routine reviews as well as audit reporting
Ensure compliance to external accreditation including, but not limited to
Halal/Kosher
APHIS
ISO 9001
EXCiPACT
Manage, support, and develop direct report Quality Specialist
Conduct regular 1-1 sessions to support, coach, and develop
Conduct annual development plan to support progression
Work closely with cross-functional groups to drive understanding of and improve compliance to expectations
Deliver quality-based training and refreshers to site teams
Provide site-based technical guidance and support of company, regulatory, and industry quality expectations
Support requests for site technical data from Customer Service and Regulatory teams, including through Salesforce
Participate in inter-departmental team projects as assigned
Act in accordance with Kerry’s Core Values while keeping “Safety First, Quality Always, and People at the Heart of what we do.”
Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Quality Management SystemISO 9001 certificationCGMP – 21CFR21021CFR211EXCiPACT certificationFood safety systemsQuality experienceFood ScienceChemistryMicrobiologyPlant environment experienceTrainingDevelopment

Required

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or similar Science/Engineering
Minimum 5 years of quality experience and/or training
Experience managing quality and food safety systems
Experience in a plant environment, excipient manufacturing preferred
cGMP – 21CFR210 and 21CFR211
Experience in food, chemical, or pharmaceutical industry

Preferred

EXCiPACT certification experience preferred
ISO-9001 certification experience preferred

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Paid time off
A 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
Employee Share Plan
Life, disability, and accident insurance
Tuition reimbursement

Company

The most innovative portfolio of Taste & Nutrition technologies and Ingredients & Actives for the global food, and beverage industries.

H1B Sponsorship

Kerry has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (14)
2024 (13)
2023 (10)
2022 (12)
2021 (22)
2020 (15)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2017-01-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Gerry Behan
Global President and CEO
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Alan Barrett
Chief Operating Officer Kerry Ingredients & Flavors - Asia Pacific
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