SPD Quality Manager

Job Description

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Job Title:  SPD Quality Manager

Role Summary                                                           

Responsible for ensuring the overall site(s) quality management system continuously meets or exceeds all applicable regulatory, customer, and consumer requirements.  The role requires building a skilled and cohesive Quality team that can effectively support the needs of various internal customers, including Safety, Operations, CI / Lean, R&D, and Global Quality.  The Quality Manager is recognized as a hands-on influential leader who can effectively manage quality issues and drive change through continuous improvement activities. 

Role Accountabilities and Responsibilities                                                      

• Produce and communicate on Quality metrics to plant leadership teams as well as corporate roll up.
• Develop annual Quality team goals and align strategies with plant leadership.
• Ensure a cross-functional site CAPA team effectively collaborates on PQM Event (EVT) occurrences and meets or exceeds plant and corporate Non-Conformance (NC) investigation timeliness and CAPA KPI.
• Manage and communicate out on all site audit schedules, ensure teams are adequately prepared, and provide needed support with follow-up CAPA activity.
• Develop and deliver the time sensitive site QMR to plant/corporate leadership teams and ensure all follow-up actions are completed and effective.
• Coordinate the implementation of Corporate Quality initiatives, projects and programs.
• Responsible for always demonstrating best practices with driving the C&D safety culture.
• Identify and complete individual staff development/training plans and produce annual Employee Engagement survey metrics and improvement plan to site leadership.
• Develop and manage annual department budget.
• Direct interaction with Corporate Brand and R&D teams supporting new product launches/improvements and coordinating site team with plant trial execution and report delivery.
• Coordinate with Lean leadership on site training curricula development (local and global policies and procedures)
• Participate in various CI LEAN activities as a program lead member.
• Ensure the Quality staff is appropriately resourced and managed to effectively cover all key areas of the QMS (where applicable by product category) as part of an overall “audit ready” requirement:
• Quality Training

• Change control
• NC Root Cause Analysis / CAPA
• Validation
• Supplier oversight/CAPA
• Document control
• GxP
• Audit program
• KPI/CSD/goal metrics
• Cost of Poor Quality
• Deviations/concession/risk assessment
• Calibration
• Release to Manufacturing / Release to Ship / Plant Test Runs (PTR)
• Lean program support
• Specification review & approval
• HACCP / Food Safety / Food Defense
• Technology transfer
• Pest Control
• Product release

Education and Experience                                                           

• BS/MS degree from an accredited institution in a Science Related Field.
• Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in Manufacturing, preferred in the Consumer Products and / or Food Manufacturing area.
• Quality management and/or Supervisor experience in both manufacturing and corporate environments ideal in one or more of the regulated areas noted above (minimum of 5-8 years)
• Experience in a lab environment with supervisory background.

Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrated leadership with project management experience.
• General knowledge Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001, FAMI-QS, GFSI), food safety, and Regulatory Requirements for 21 CFR: 110, 111, 117 and 507
• Experience with leading CAPA teams and utilizing Root Cause Analysis associated tools to drive effective and sustained resolution.
• Experience with utilizing data and statistics as analytical tools (e. g. Minitab)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational/time management skills.
• Ability to effectively interact with cross-functional personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to prioritize and shift work assignments in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership abilities and skills as a team builder, coach, and mentor
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in Office Suite products and Enterprise level systems such as SAP and Oracle

Required Training

• On-Boarding
• Code of Conduct
• Sexual Harassment Avoidance
• Safety
• Standard Operating Procedures

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