Job description

Ferrara, a company related to The Ferrero Group, is an emerging powerhouse in the North American confections and sweet snacking categories. A passionate team of more than 6,000 employees works together to share delight in every bite through leading brands that have shaped the industry for more than 100 years.

Amazing opportunity in our landmark facility making iconic candies with a dynamic team environment!

Position Summary:

The Manager, Quality Assurance provides leadership, direction, and oversight to the plant facility. This role exists to ensure the plant delivers the required and highest standards of quality and food safety according to Ferrara policies, procedures, and practices and to ensure all measures of Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices are in place. The Manager, Quality Assurance will also coordinate the implementation of quality activities on site through deployment of cross-functional methods of work. Monitor the performance of equipment and processes; identify, troubleshoot and resolve recurring problems, either with the quality of the product or the reliability of testing procedures.

Primary Responsibilities, Opportunities and Challenges:

· Manages, trains, coaches, and develops direct quality staff

· Creates and manages QA/Food Safety technical and compliance system to assure food safety by creating, maintaining, updating, evaluating, and auditing all programs and policies.

· Ensures implementation and continuity of all key traceability, inspection, program management, vendor management, and microbial program metrics are established and delivered using established metrics and Key Performance Indicators.

· Manage/lead quality upgrade of facilities to obtain compliance improvement as necessary.

· Implement Standard Operating Procedures as required

· Implement raw material and finished product testing program

· Develop vendor qualification programs

· Conduct Food Safety Audits with third party inspectors as well as perform internal quality audits in all facilities and implement correction actions based on audit results

· Manage lot traceability of raw materials

· Mitigate risk associated with cross-contamination between production runs

Competencies/Skills/Knowledge:

· Defining, establishing and providing clear directions and vision to team members

· Demonstrated analytic, problem solving and decision-making skills

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education and Experience:

· Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or other relevant degree and substantial experience in quality and food safety

· 5 plus years of relevant industry experience within food or pharmaceutical industry

· Strong computer skills including proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite

· Team builder with ability to coach, mentor, and develop Supervisors and team members

· Ability to build strong working partnerships with operations, corporate, and human resources partners

· HAACP Certification preferred

· BRC Practitioner certification preferred

· Strong knowledge of manufacturing, sanitation practices, HACCP, BRC, GMP’s and SSOP’s.

· Strong working knowledge of Continuous Process Improvement principles

· Bilingual, English/Spanish preferred

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $111,172.51 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Experience:

• food industry quality: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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