Quality Supervisor

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About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program
• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs
• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people 
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth
• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs

Job Description:

Summary/Objective:  The Quality Supervisor position is a quality advocate for the plant, providing leadership for the quality and food safety systems and programs.  Key drivers are ensuring compliance to specification on incoming ingredients, in-process conditions and finished products.  The position also ensures the ongoing reduction of quality attribute variation utilizing SPC methodology to improve the acceptance of our products by our customers and consumers.  The Quality Supervisor is responsible for managing all aspects of the facility’s Food Safety and Sanitation programs in accordance with accepted Good Manufacturing Practices as mandated by government agencies and company policy and in accordance with customer-specific requirements.

Essential Functions/Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Maintains the facility’s Food Safety Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Program including all verification and validation activities.  Responsible for leading the facility’s HACCP/Food Safety team including the responsibility for performing all hazard analysis on any new raw material or equipment introduced to the facility. Establishes and maintains detailed written procedures for the cleaning of all processing equipment in the facility.  Performs verification and validation activities on the sanitation program. Manages the facility’s environmental microbiological program including the coordination of all sampling, the tracking of results, the implementation of corrective actions, and the ongoing verification and validation of the program. Coordinates key elements of the allergen control program including ingredient labeling, segregation, storage, cleanup process, verification of cleanups, and validation of cleanups, and ongoing verification and validation of the entire allergen control program. Develops Quality and Food Safety training programs, provides training for production and administrative personnel as required, and ensures employee understanding of training through verification of activities.  Provides direction and guidance to facility during food safety and quality issues to assure product is appropriately protected and root cause, corrective and preventative actions are identified and implemented. Monitors and provides monthly reporting on key food safety measures (HACCP and Food Safety Prerequisite programs) and leads efforts to drive continuous improvement. Coordinates with Operators and Engineering management to evaluate new equipment and facility layout for sanitary design and works cross-functionally to implement necessary corrective action. Investigates food safety consumer/customer complaints, identifies appropriate corrective action, and provides professionally acceptable written resolution as needed to the platform Q & FS group and customers. Assists the Quality Plant Manager and/or leads as required during regulatory audits, 3rd-party inspections, corporate audits and customer visits. Coordinates the facility’s food safety self-inspection program in support of the facility’s internal audit program.  Provides ongoing coaching and training for facility’s internal auditors.  Responsible for reviewing all deficiencies, assisting in the development of corrective actions, trending of deficiencies, and tracking and reporting the completion status and verification of correction actions. Acts as liaison for all technical and QA issues between cross-functional departments. May be required to perform other business functions as business necessitates. 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, walk, taste and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position is active and requires standing, walking, kneeling, twisting, holding, gripping, reaching, pulling, stooping, extensive bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, extensive wrist movements, and climbing stairs. Work can be performed in extreme heat and cold environments. Must possess manual dexterity necessary to handle product appropriately. The employee must be able to lift and/or move items weighing 35 pounds. The employee must be able to read, write, and comprehend the English language. The employee must work safely at all times and follow all OSHA (safety) guidelines.

Food Quality, Safety and Security:    The employee initiates action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to food safety and the quality of the product, processes, quality or safety system.  The employee stops production, if necessary, to correct food safety issues, quality issues, or safety problems.  The employee identifies and records any problems relating to food safety, quality of the product, processes, quality system or safety system.  The employee controls further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of food safety or quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.  The employee informs line supervisor, production manager, QA manager, or other management personnel of any food safety or quality issues or of any processes which become noncompliant with specified requirements.

Competencies:

Technical Capacity. Ethical Conduct. Communication Proficiency. Results Driven. Initiative.

Supervisory Responsibility:  This position supervises the employees in the Quality Department. This position is responsible for general direction, coordination and evaluation of employees in accordance with policies and laws.  Responsibilities include interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and discipline employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Work Environment:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, heat, cold, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:  This is a full­-time position.  The employee is expected to work the hours necessary to complete the job accurately, thoroughly, and within given deadlines.

Travel:  No travel is expected for this position.

Required Education and Experience:   Minimum of a BS degree in Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, food science, or related field required.  Education may be substituted for years of experience.  A minimum of three years of quality management or food industry management experience is required.  Experience of federal/state food safety regulations is required.  Experience working with USDA/FDA preferred.  Strong communication skills (oral and written), strong interpersonal skills, and superior organizational skills are required.  The ability to take initiative, maintain confidentiality, meet deadlines, and work in a team environment are required. 

Preferred Education and Experience:   Microsoft Office experience is preferred.  Lean Manufacturing/TPM experience highly preferred.

Other Duties:  Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

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