Food Safety and Quality Manager

Position Description and Purpose:

Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Roskam Foods is a leading contract manufacturer that partners with world-renowned food brands, retailers, and food service providers to produce a myriad of frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable products. We're a scaled, diversified operation with over 2 million square feet of manufacturing and 50 production lines across 8 facilities in the U.S. and Canada. We believe in the power of purpose-driven leadership to generate value for all. And we're on a mission to optimize the potential of our people and brands. We are passionate about multiplying possibilities for our employees and our partners.

Roskam Foods produces and packages food products with the goal of consistently meeting and exceeding customer expectations for quality, safety, and wholesomeness.

The Food Safety & Quality Manager leads a team of quality and sanitation supervisors and technicians and is responsible for managing food safety, food quality, sanitation, and food defense activities within a business unit or plant. This position verifies that day-to-day procedures and activities are aligned with Roskam Baking Company's Quality Assurance Manual, State and Federal regulations, and customer expectations. Areas of focus will include allergen control, ingredient control (traceability/hold), thermal control, GMP compliance, training, documentation, sensory, weight control/SPC, internal audit, analytical/laboratory testing, sanitation procedures, master sanitation schedule, and corrective/preventative action.

The Food Safety & Quality Manager will be required to provide direction and leadership in the following areas:

Key Essential Functions/Duties:

• Provide cross functional leadership for GFSI (SQF) accreditation (SQF Practitioner), conduct risk assessments, develop and implement preventive controls and verify/validate food safety and quality programs effectiveness.
• Lead and manage a quality team and ensure resources are actively engaged
• Supervise and develop inspectors, technicians and other staff and provide guidance and feedback
• Develop specific action plans, leverage internal resources, improve processes and deliver results
• Drive attainment of Key Process Indicators for food safety and quality
• Implement a corrective and preventative action program
• Manage product identification and traceability programs
• Oversee non-conforming product/equipment procedures
• Deliver and manage training material
• Professionally represent policies and procedures to external customers and governmental agencies.
• Deliver continuous improvement (reduce/prevent internal failures, deliver right first time)
• Manage food safety, food quality, and food defense plans
• Provide risk assessment and develop mitigation strategies
• Identify/develop critical controls to reduce risk
• Verify effectiveness of critical controls and procedures
• Prepare reports on food quality status to relay to owners and upper-level management
• Keep accurate documentation and perform statistical analysis
• Identify critical food safety and quality issues and escalated appropriately to upper-level management

Education/Experience/Skills/Qualifications:

Required:

• HACCP and/or Preventive Controls Qualified Individual training or relevant experience
• Demonstrated people and team leadership skills (5+ years of supervisory experience)
• Strong working knowledge of quality an sanitation systems (5+ years of food safety/quality system management)
• Demonstrated experience with GFSI quality system implementation and management
• Experience with FDA and GMP's
• Strong interpersonal skills to include team building and oral communication
• Strong customer facing and presentation skills
• Strong project management and planning skills
• Demonstrated data analysis and statistical process control skills
• Demonstrated accomplishment in the area of continuous improvement
• Strong documentation skills
• Coaching and talent development experience
• Proficient in MS Office and strong computer literacy skills

Preferred:

• BS degree in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Food Science or a related scientific field
• Demonstrated SQF implementation skills
• Food defense training or relevant experience
• Strong regulatory awareness in the food sector
• Knowledge in Sanitation Programs
• Experience with Environmental Monitoring Programs

Salary Range: $95,000 - $125,000

Roskam Foods offers a competitive compensation package that includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, tuition reimbursement, life and disability insurance, and a 401 (k) plan with company match.

AAP/EEO Statement: Roskam Foods is a recognized veteran-friendly and equal opportunity employer.

We are excited to introduce you to all that Roskam has to offer—from the many valuable benefits to programs that support your lifestyle needs and opportunities for professional development. Roskam is an equal opportunity employer.