Director, Quality Assurance

Company: Idahoan Foods, LLC
Location: Lewisville
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you will find the contact information to request the appropriate accommodation by visiting the following page: The Corporate Quality Assurance Director is primarily responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of the corporate quality culture that ensures compliance to all government regulations, adherence to customer specifications and the protection of the Idahoan brands.
This position takes an active leadership role in the implementation of the company's quality culture, policies, and procedures including standard operating procedures, documentation, guidelines, and quality plans. Directs the Corporate QA organization, manages budget and provides technical assistance to production and sales. Advises and directs Plant Quality Teams in accordance with overall corporate quality plan and objectives. Principle Accountabilities:
1. QualityAssurance: Accountable for development, review, and communication of all quality assurance processes and procedures, FSMA, GMPs, food safety, corporate sanitation, and product specifications. Oversees all internal and external plant audits including food safety and quality systems audits and certifications including Kosher and Halal.
2. Supplier and Vendor Management: Monitors suppliers and vendors to ensure specification compliance. Responsible for vendor qualification program.
3. Food Safety and Sanitation Improvements: Assists Operations in identifying methods of improving the food safety and sanitation of current and new processes.
4. Quality Issue Resolution: Investigates, identifies, and assists in resolving production and packaging quality issues.
5. Product Specification Compliance: Develops new and improves existing QA testing procedures and methods, data recording and analysis of results to better monitor specification compliance.
6. Customer Support: Communicates with all customers (retail, food service and industrial) concerning food safety and quality issues and questions including complaint documentation, customer responses, identifies trends and opportunities for improvement.
7. Leadership: Provides leadership and development for Corporate QA team member as well as engagement with broader QA and Food Safety team. Alignment with Core Values of the Company
--- Respect & Value Our People
--- Stay in Front of Change While Reducing Costs
--- Delight our Customers
--- Food Quality & Safety
Professional Qualifications/Required Skills of the Position:
Education and/or Experience: Minimum Bachelor's Degree in food science, chemistry or microbiology from an accredited college required. Minimum 5-7 years of quality assurance experience in the food industry, potato/dehydration industry a plus. Quality assurance practices as they apply to individual unique products can be learned during on-the-job training, but overall capability in this discipline must be previously demonstrated. Collaboration and supervisory experience necessary.
Language Skills: Ability to read, comprehend, and compose instructions, correspondence, SOPs and memos. Must possess the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. The ability to conduct professional and compelling presentations and respond to questions from groups of managers and senior executives within the Company is critical. Effectively facilitate meetings.
Reasoning Ability: Demonstrates the self-confidence and maturity to make decisions and solve problems with minimal direction. Organized and able to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously. Possesses strong analytical, quantitative, communication, problem solving, and technical skills. Have the ability to creatively apply experience, common sense, and a strategic and economical business perspective to a variety of situations, processes and people.
Interpersonal Skills: Team player, flexible and accepts changing assignments and accountabilities.
Computer Skills: Proficient in using Microsoft applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Work Environment: The work environment is a traditional office with approximately 40 - 50% travel involved, including some international travel. Individual must be capable of carrying up to 50 lbs while traveling. Must be flexible to occasionally work overtime. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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