About the role

The Quality Assurance Manager will be responsible for leading, guiding, planning, organizing, developing and controlling all activities of the Quality Assurance function on the site within the business unit’s strategies and guidelines in order to realize short, medium and long term operational goals, whilst complying with customer requirements, rules, laws, and regulations. Responsible for quality, food safety, hygiene, and HACCP of the operations whiles ensuring that specification, policies and standard are effectively implementing and the quality & food safety program (including surveillance, sampling, and monitoring activities) is prioritized.

 

Key responsibilities include

Contribute with relevant information and proposals from a functional and local perspective to the regional QA strategy.

Translate regional QA strategy into local strategy and plans, and drive implementation in area of responsibility

Actively participate in setting the local business strategy.

Contribute to the development and Implement Quality Assurance & Food Safety Management Systems QA&FSMS (guidelines, procedures and SOPs) taking corporate Quality Assurance & Food Safety and environmental guidelines together with national legal requirements into considerations.

Manage timely and cost-effective delivery of high QA&FSMS reporting and professional services in the area of responsibility.

Ensure compliance of QA&FSMS audits (E.g. ISO certification) and act as a point of contact for customer audits and perform supplier audits

Ensure the professional day-to-day delivery of Quality & Food Safety services to internal/external customers; personally intervene in some more difficult quality issues.

Coordinate QA&FSMS activities with the rest of the organization particularly with operations and sales departments. 

Ensure full compliance with internal and external rules, regulations and statutory requirements for the financial and business exposure and represent the company externally.

Advise, Coach & Train the organization and external customers about all relevant quality issues in the area of responsibility

Manage the team ensuring staff are motivated, trained and ready to achieve objectives, in a positive social climate.

Manage human resources planning to achieve short and medium term business results.

Abides by statutory rules and regulations.

Improve the overall efficiency of the department.

Ensures the full implementation of necessary changes in the QA&FSMS regarding procedures, standards, tools, system throughout a change management standard. This includes the documentation and approval of procedures and work instructions, process forms etc. as appropriate.

 

Interprets conditions of services to and handles welfare problems of immediate subordinates in consultation with the Human Resources Department.

 

Manage all project related to QA&FSMS

 

Lead the QA&FSMS Corrective Action Preventives Actions (CAPA) related to several audits & visits

 

Support R&D department during new recipe implementation or recipe transfer 

 

Ensure quality and production team development in order to guaranty quality and food safety product compliant to customer needs.

 

Contribute to reduce rework product volume by supporting production team

 

Reduce customer complaints

 

Effective management of quality department budget

 

Optimize FTE and temporally personnel for Quality department

 

Administers disciplinary action to immediate subordinates in consultation with the Human Resources Department

 

Identifies the training needs of immediate subordinates and organizes or recommends training for them

 

Appraises the performance of subordinates.

Performs any other duties that may be assigned by superiors.

 

 

About you

 

Have good leadership skills: communication, open mind, not scared to take decisions, team player, thinking end to end, inclusive mindset, proactive Knows management tools such as PDCA, problem-solving, DFMEA, DMAIC, 5WHY, Change, and Project Management. Be aware of some GFSI Standards and new regulations in food Be able to train people and coach Be solution-oriented, driven to deliver Business mindset and resilient

 

A minimum of 5 years post–qualification hands–on relevant working experience in Quality & Food Safety Management System in food industry or in food safety operations leading, 2 years of which must have been in a senior management position Ability to handle food safety and hygiene operations of the plant and offer advice Make timely decisions on critical issues by assembling the relevant facts and information to support decisions with engagement of other stakeholders and team members when necessary and to take appropriate decisions on his/her own. Strong knowledge of the food processing industry, Food Safety Defense and HACCP Being customer oriented and easily with them Coached and leading the team Proficiency in MS Office application – Word, PowerPoint and Excel to a competent standard. Excellent communication skills – verbal, written to include report writing Knowledgeable in SAP and Maximo applications

 

Ability to undertake audits and inspections, assess compliance of the plant or otherwise in relation to food safety and ensure compliance or prevent non-compliance Ability to propose courses of action to quality with regional QA manager and is prepared to defend a standpoint in matters of food safety and quality