Quality Supervisor-Quality Assurance

Quality Supervisor-Quality Assurance

The Quality Supervisor leads as a quality champion for the plant. The successful candidate will be responsible for: Ensuring testing results are timely, accurate, and meet all regulatory requirements as well as Land OLakes specifications prior to release of product. Assists in maintaining all required electronic and file documentation.

Hours: 2nd shift: 5pm – 3am Monday – Friday; and occasional Saturdays as needed.

Salary: Salary will be based on experience: approximately 70K to 85K

Essential Functions:

• Coaching employees as needed to ensure compliance with plant quality programs, Enterprise Quality Management System, and SQF requirements.
• Assist the QA Manager in measuring and monitoring key performance indicators as well as contributing data, background, and insight into those metrics.
• Understand Regulatory requirements and work on any plant audit.
• Assist the management team in the maintenance of the quality system.
• Support Hicksville policies, procedures, specifications, HACCP, standards, and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance.
• Conduct internal plant audits.
• Developing and overseeing training of new department employees.
• Testing and disposition of ingredients and products.
• Monitoring and inspecting process equipment and in-process inspection and testing activities.
• To improve the plant quality systems and provide service to help operations for continuous improvement and compliance.
• The position is responsible for the supervision of QA technicians/QA Operators and the administration and monitoring of all laboratory testing equipment and procedures.

Required Experience/Education:

• BS in Food /Dairy Science or related field and 2 years of progressive quality assurance experience in food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management principles, food regulation and food operations.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory leadership experience
• Computer skills in MS Office Suite, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Job Duties Include:

• Must be skilled in identification of root cause analysis to improve quality and productivity of plant operation; demonstrated ability to lead and drive change at all levels in the plant with manager, peers, supervisory staff as well as line employees.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to teach, coach and implement quality programs.
• Must be able to effectively communicate and positively interact at the line and plant management level; and set and maintain high goals and standards of performance for self, peers, direct reports, and the plant.
• Requires strong analytical problem-solving skills, working knowledge of statistics and process improvement, and a clear understanding of HACCP, sanitation, food safety and customer awareness to promote the plant competitive advantage in todays business environment.

About Land OLakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land OLakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land OLakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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