Description
Bringing our love of food to families for five generations! Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated manufacturer, marketer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. We are an engaging team, bringing restaurant-quality products to America including single-serve grab-n-go fresh soups, mac & cheese, and entrées in grocery stores across the country, as well as for hot bars and restaurants. Help us create the finest food experiences including those with specialty certifications that include organic, gluten-free, and low sodium, among others. Join a proven team for growth, success, and a satisfying career!
The salary range for this opportunity is $75,000-$85,000/year.
Summary:
The Food Safety & Quality [FSQ] Manager and SQF Practitioner will be a leader and a strong champion of Blount’s culture of food safety and quality and will be responsible for the design and achievement of its goals with respect to food safety and quality at their facility and on their shift. The FSQ Associate Manager and SQF Practitioner will assist in assuring compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements of the FDA, USDA, and any other food production/safety governing agencies with jurisdiction in the U.S. This position will also audit the company’s quality process to ensure quality control is effective and oversee the verification and validation program development/expansion for the Food Safety and SQF system. This position will provide daily leadership and direction to the facility FSQ staff, and will be responsible for the selection, motivation, and oversight of that staff for the achievement of the department’s goals.
Duties:
- Manages the facility SQF program and serves as facility Practitioner. Supports a cross function SQF team ensuring compliance with GFSI standards and that the facility is audit ready at times.
- Completes Internal Auditing training, conducts periodic audits of Blount facilities to assure compliance with applicable procedures.
- Administers and/or attend necessary meetings pertaining to food safety and HACCP meetings.
- Manage Food Safety and Quality complaint analysis and communicate actions to customers as needed with efficiency in the customer relationship management (CRM) platform.
- Train FSQ in-line and systems personnel in Procession Quality Control Enhancements in the designated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform.
- Update Product Technical sheets, Technical Sheet questions and responses in the designated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform.
- Review and populate Product Quality Statistics for Customer Complains feedback.
- Support FSQ and Facility Management with commercialization of new products to meet customer and consumer expectations; including but not limited to raw material and HACCP review.
- Assists In-line FSQ shift supervisors with leadership and development of FSQ Technicians.
- Conduct yearly re-validations, and initial validations as needed.
- HACCP Program maintenance: including implementation of new HACCP plans for new product lines and serves HACCP Coordinator.
- Serves as a liaison with regulatory officials.
- Facilitates any outside audits related to the facility including warehouses, vendors or co-manufacturers.
- Aids in development of training materials for building food safety culture and implementing program change as necessary
- May support FSQ Managers with daily responsibilities of the FSQ staff, assuring that there are no lapses in coverage.
- Understands product hold program, including decisions regarding questionable product. Verifies compliance with non-conforming product and equipment policies.
- Identify regulatory and compliance concerns including the facilitation of preventive actions.
- Oversee document control for the facility assuring all training for changes is completed for all affected personnel.
- Complete Root Cause Analysis Training and Corrective Action and Preventative Action Training, conducts investigation into root cause of customer complaints and takes measures to prevent recurrence.
- Responsible for maintaining and developing food safety metrics and their continuous improvement.
- Generate and maintain reports related to FSQ.
- Manage /generate key performance indicators for food safety and quality.
- Assures food safety prerequisite programs are effective
- Directly supervises 2 or more employees in the FSQ Dept on their shift. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Responsibilities for Food Safety and Quality:
- Responsible for completing required paperwork accurately and honestly, where applicable.
- Must adhere to posted GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) when working within the production facility.
- Responsible for reporting suspicious packages, activities and individuals, where applicable.
- If monitoring CCPs (Critical Control Points), must be trained in HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and adhere to approved HACCP plan(s).
- Oversees the execution of validation and verification activities for food safety programs.
- Monitor and enforce quality control points using control charts and culinary ability.
- Monitor and carry-out various batch control tests and product sampling to ensure process is in control.
- Quality systems development and management.
- Specification development, approval and review with R&D or Culinary Assurance.
- Sensory evaluation of key ingredients and attributes.
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) analysis of key analytical data.
- Continuous improvement projects both individually and as a member of a team.
- Log data and report trends using information gathered.
- Communicate any continuous improvement opportunities to Process Engineering.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor of Science in Food Science with concentration in Food Safety
- At least 3 years of food manufacturing experience
- Ready To Eat / Not Ready to Eat Food experience important
- Experience working & managing quality in a USDA, FDA facility or corporate environment strongly preferred
- Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- HACCP Certification, SQF Practitioner Certification, Seafood HACCP, PCQI, Intentional Adulteration, and Internal Auditing preferred.
- Experience with FSQ systems and quality management systems
- Valdidation/verification experience a must.
Our Total Compensation Package Includes:
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401k with Company match and Profit-Sharing Plan
- Paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays
- Education Assistance Program
- Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability
- Discounts on Blount products at Company retail locations
- Discretionary Annual Bonus Program