Quality Assurance Director

4 days ago


Defiance, Ohio, United States balchem Full time
Job Summary

The Quality Assurance Manager is a key member of the site leadership team responsible for ensuring products manufactured at the location are safe, wholesome, and compliant with all applicable Balchem, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Quality Systems Implementation: Develop and maintain a culture of best-in-class quality through influence and coaching.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal food safety standards.
  • Performance Monitoring: Monitor performance across production areas and work with area managers to improve performance on a continual basis.
  • Quality Standards Delivery: Assist with the delivery of company production of consistent and measurable high-quality standards.
  • Industry Standards Compliance: Implement programs to ensure compliance with 3rd party industry standards (e.g. AIB, SQF, etc.).
  • Continuous Improvement: Lead SQF, FSMA, and HACCP initiatives, as well as on-going continuous improvement efforts.
  • Quality Management: Maintain, monitor, review, and implement GMPs, HACCP, SOPS, and SSOPS to ensure highest quality products and plant environment.
  • Risk Assessment: Perform risk assessment on new ingredients and update HACCP register accordingly.
  • Audit Management: Lead customer and regulatory audits.
  • Quality Escalation: Escalate any quality control and food safety issues and present plausible solutions.
  • Industry Knowledge: Maintain current knowledge of trends and changes affecting food safety and develop, recommend, and implement appropriate program additions and changes.
  • Employee Development: Develop employees plant-wide through training and creation of overall quality awareness.
  • Quality Management Teams: Play an active role on quality management teams within the organization.
  • Continuous Improvement Plan: Develop and establish a Continuous Improvement plan and annual goals for the QA program based on trending of complaints, audits, CAPAs, etc.
Requirements
  • Physical Demands: Ability to lift 50 lbs. and required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.
  • Education: B.S. or B.A. in Food Science or equivalent.
  • Experience: 3-5 years' experience in Food, Supplement, or related industry.
  • Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with SQF, FDA (FSMA), HACCP, and other regulatory and industry guidelines and requirements.
  • Certifications: PCQI and HACCP certified desired.


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