The Senior Director of Quality Assurance directs and continually develops, enhances and maintains food safety and quality programs including FSMA, HACCP, SQF, and GMP. They will work with division quality leaders to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure continued compliance with all regulatory, FSMA, PMO, CFR, SQF Certification, third-party and customer requirements while working with cross departmental operational groups in the development of process improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives.

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Essential Duties:

\n\nDevelop Food Safety Plan by conducting and documenting facility hazard evaluation/analysis, developing and implementing preventive controls, and verifying plan effectiveness against FSMA requirements\nMaintain GMP requirements to current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs)\nRemain current and serve as division SME on all mandated food safety regulations, laws, policies and procedures of the FDA & USDA as mandated by the PMO, CFR & FSMA.\nEnsure that all Shamrock divisions are is audit ready and serve as the co-host of regulatory inspections.\nServe as multi-facility SQF Practitioner developing and validating SQF program procedures and policies (QA Managers are also required to be SQF practitioners).\nDrives simplification and standardization of audit process and execution across Shamrock Enterprise to ensure compliance with new and emerging regulatory standards and requirements\nCoordinate all regulatory, customer, and third-party audits\nVisit and confer with representatives of ingredient and packaging suppliers to obtain information related to vendor quality standards. Ensure vendor management program includes quality and food safety review for all materials.\nWork with R&D in the development of new product formulations and label compliance review.\nEstablish and maintain enterprise quality management systems, policies and procedures that enable Shamrock to comply with regulatory requirements and current regulatory expectations.\nDevelop and maintain FSQA training for Shamrock Company. (Set annual training requirements and training frequencies)\nDevelop and maintain Shamrock vendor management program and policies, including auditing, performance monitoring and inspection readiness programs.\nInterface directly with division QA leaders to assure cross functional alignment of goals and objectives ensuring compliance and realization systems related best practices.\nPartner with IT/IS to develop and integrate a QMS roadmap that allows for scaling of systems to ensure continued compliance and growth of our business.\nAct as an expert resource and provide expertise, support, and guidance to internal and external partners in resolving complex food safety and product quality challenges and solutions for potential compliance risks.\nParticipate in a monthly Quality Management Review meeting (QMR) to review specific set of quality and compliance metrics to state of control and drive targeted actions for continuous improvement.\nOther duties as assigned.\n\n

Qualifications: 

\n\nBachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or related field required. Master’s degree preferred.\n12+ years of experience in food safety & quality assurance\n3+ years of direct management experience\nWorking knowledge of regulatory compliance with USDA, FDA, CFR, PMO and implementing and managing third-party auditing schemes (GFSI, SQF).\nDemonstrated expertise in Dairy, meat, seafood and edible oils manufacturing and processing including UHT manufacturing.\nAbility to review regulatory requirements and evaluate compliance, and experience with regulatory inspections\n20% plus travel required.\nMust be flexible and willing to work the demands of the department which may be subject to evenings, weekends and holidays.\n\n

Corporate Summary: 

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At Shamrock Foods Company, people come first – our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation. A privately-held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company, Shamrock is an innovator in the food industry and has been since being founded in Arizona in 1922.

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Our Mission: At Shamrock Foods Company, we live by our founding family’s motto to “treat associates like family and customers like friends.”

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Why work for us?

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Benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy.  That’s why Shamrock Foods pays for the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck.  And it doesn’t stop there - our associates also enjoy additional benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, as well as our incredible growth opportunities, continued education, wellness programs.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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At Shamrock Foods Co all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)