Quality Assurance Manager

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Health insurance

Position: Quality Assurance Manager
Location: Albert Lea, Minnesota

Employment Type: Full-Time

The Quality Assurance Manager is a key member of the manufacturing site leadership team that provides leadership at the site for development, implementation and administration of the Quality assurance and quality control functions to ensure safety integrity and conformance with respect to regulatory, corporate, site, and customer requirements. This position also integrates quality priorities into the operational excellence process.

Responsible for managing CAPA program, including customer complaint, vendor complaint, holds and site audit nonconformance programs and root cause analysis thereof. Responsible for management of change control and portions of commercialization process. Provides leadership to develop and implement food safety, preventive controls and prerequisite programs (eg: HACCP/HARPC, Pest Control, Recall, Allergen, Sanitation, and environmental monitoring.)

As a member of the plant leadership team, requires comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles within their own functional area, and also requires basic knowledge of these elements in their relevant functional areas in order to participate in the resolution of issues that have an impact beyond the area or impact multiple areas.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field
• Project Management & Change Management Experience
• 5+ years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry.
• Familiarity with FDA
• GFSI Scheme (ie SQF, BRC)
• Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI or HACCP
• Ability to lift 50 lbs; required to stand, walk, sit, and reach.

Skills and Certifications

5 years+ Quality Assurance experience

Solid FDA, HACCP, SQF, and industry best practices experience

Bachelors Degree

Creates and maintains a Quality culture

US citizen or permanent resident

Industry experience-Food/Bev Mfg, Pharma, Medical Device